HERMANN

HELMS

1870·1963

(Phoro by l-'obian Bac;hrocll)

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BENKO TAKES MEMORIAL TOURNEY

Grandmaster Pal Benko led a quartet of players with 5~·1h scores to take !irst place in the Abe TUfTIer Memorial Tournament on J anuary 25·27. Tied with Benko, but behind him on median points, were Asa HoUman n, Arthur Feuers tein, and L. Russell Chauvencl. 135 players took part in the event, held in New York's Park·Shera ton Hotel, and all profi ts were donated to the Olympic fund. More than $500 was raised toward paying off the user's Varna deficit.

Close behind the four leaders, with scores of 5·1, wcre Bernard Zuckerman, Brian Owens, Ariel Mcngarini, James Sherwin, and Stanley Tomchin. Tomchin, who won the junior prize, forfeited in round one and then mowed down his opponents in the next five rounds, The tournament's biggest upset was scored by Charles E. Gersch (pre·tournament rating: 2158) who defeated Senior Mas· tel' James T. Sherwin.

Other prizes: Class "A"; Hy Wallach (4lh); Class "8": J. Goldsmith (31,02); Class "C": R. Keevers (31h); Unrated, K. Collins (4); Top Woman, Greta Fuchs.

The tournament was directed by user Business Manager J . F. Reinhard t with the assistance of Gerald O'Flaherty. Rat· ing Statis tic ian Gary Sperling broke the ties. $150 was generously donated toward the prize fund by the Manhattan Chess Club in memory of the late Abe Turner.

Weldon Wins Glass City Charles Weldon of Milwaukee, Wiscon-

sin walked off with fir st prize in the Glass City Open played in Toledo, Ohio on January 26 and 27. Weldon's five straight wins put him a half point ahead of second·place Paul Posehel of Ann Arbor, Mich. and third-place James Hor-vath of ToLedo, Ohio. Last year's winner, Ronald Finegold of Detroit, 1\1ich. posted a 4·1 score and edged out Chicago's Richard Verber for fourth.

The biggest surprise of the tour nament was Horvath 's third· place finish. Going into the event with a Class A ra ting of 1864, he reeled off four s traight wins (including one over uscr Master Rich· ard Verber) and drew with USCF Master Paul Posehel in the last round. Horvath is a j unior at the University of Toledo.

An added feature of the 67-player event was the fact that of the 163 games played only one required adjudication. Other prizes: Class A, Larry Mason; Class B, Dan Lawrence; Class C, Robert Beckham; Junior, William Martz. The tournament was directed by Donald Rilding.

FEBRUARY, 1963

IN MEMORIAM

With deep son'ow I learned of the passing of the Chess world's most loved figure, The Dean of American Chess, Hermann Helms. The loss of such a dedicated and vigorous worker, a tt'u ly generous soul, is one, I'm sure, that comes as a heavy blow to all of us. This is more fitt ingly expressed in the words of his devoted secretary, Miss C. Sulli· vall.

" Arter many years associa tion .... lIh a man .... ho WaS an Inspiration, the blow hurts ~ery mu

ermann 1870-1963

Hermann Helms, the Dean of Ameri-can Chess, is dead. And Caissa's chil-dren, the world round, salute with solemn pride the passing of a life that brought beauty and joy to So many.

For length of service to the royal game, for breadth of interests, for abil· ity and devotion to a noble intellectual reereation, Helms' record can hardly be equall ed in world annals. He was the most active force in American chess journalism of the past sixty years.

His life·long devotion covered all phases,- he en joyed playing witn master or novice - Marshall, Napier, Steinitz, most of the great ones, hOld a taste of his steel, yet he had time to encourage play among high·school students, and win or lose, his adversary always departed with added respect for the game he loved and for him as its exponent. He was Mister Chcss indeed!

As editor and publisher, the sixty volumes of his magazin~ are a fitting monument and as an organizcr of tour· naments he was always the moving spirit. Chess was to him an art. a fri end , a lover during all of his long life. And he was an active player to almost the last. His hale, vigorous and spirited old age is an answer to those who couple chess playing with abnorm· ality.

His work for chess was the prime stimulus of his career, which ranged from Paul Morphy to Bobby Fischcr, and it was influential both here and abroad. All of fifty.five years ago, the PiU -;: burgh Dispatch observed: "Under the able hand of Mr. Helms the chess column of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle acquired in a measurable de~ree the force of ana· tional institution" (American Chess Bulletin, 1908, p. 48) and the London Daily News commented: "Thcre arc manv other chess editors in America, but none who commanded such influence abroad" (American Ch:!ss Bulletin, 1908, p. 48).

Helms ferv ently believed that ther e is a certain nobility about chess that appertains to no other game. He was something of an aristocrat in his bearing and relations with those beyond the fold . He never apologized because chess made its appeal to intellectuals and did not regard it as a game of mere traps and tricks.

Financially, throughout his Jife, he "tilled in a stonv field ," and the verdict must be that his work was lan!ely a labor of love, reward "'d at times bv the bri"'ht r adiance which Caissa sheds on h"r devotees. In his ouiet wav. h~ soread the elusive JOYS of hi!' b"lov~d game far and wide. He Iiv.-.d for the thought that the idealism and beauty of chess were there for all to enjoy.

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A patient searcher for the truth, all through a long and good Hfe, let us hope that he has at last found it.

E.rly Life Hermann Helms was born in Brooklyn,

:"l.Y., on January 5, 1870. At the age of thrce, he was taken to Germany. While at sea , tragicaly, his father died. In Ham· burg, he r esided with his paternal grand· parents, uncle Hermann (after whom he was named), mother, and brother for sev· en years. Then his mother and brother and he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and lived there for another sev· en years. At the age of seventeen, he reo turned to the United States and settled in Brooklyn . He received all his formal education in Hamburg and Halifax.

Helms was taught to play chess by a Halifax school chum, shortiy before de· parting for Brooklyn. His love for the game grew rapidly and he soon develop· ed an aggressive style, with a nare for th e open game and an incisive break· through, like that of Emanuel Lasker. Lasker was his favorite chess player and he thought he was "as great, if not the greatest, of them alL"

While a youth, he was a bookkeeper for a few years. He was a crack cricket pl aycr (this was another game he had lcarned in Canada), r eceived a silver cup for heading bowling averages and being second highest in batting, captain· ed a team, and was secretary of the Brooklyn Cricket Club. And for many years he reported both cricket and soc· cer for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York Times, through the medium of Flannery News Service, which he first opcrated and later own ed. Only these c"'dnavors ever camc between him and chess.

In 1889. he helped to organize the Chess and Ch ecker Club of the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Y.M.C.A. and he served as its secretary for thrce years.

He join'.!d the lamous old Brooklyn Chess Club in 1892. He was on the team led by his fri end Harry Nelson Pillsbury, thc Hero of Hastings, which won the Metropolitan League Championship. And he won the club championship twice, in 1895 and 1896.

From 1896 to 1910, he plaved lor the United States and the Brooklyn Chess Club against England in five cable matches.

Jour .... lism and M.rri.ge Establishing a r emarkable record for

ch ess journa1i ~m, he bel{an his column for the Brooklvn Dailv Eagl e in October 189:1 a nd continued it dt>"ad~ aft '1 r dec· ad" until ' he paper foldpd in 19!'i5.

In 1898, Helms married May Whitney, a mmician and painter, who died in 1943. May was a member of th e Mozart

Sextette, a well·known, professional musical ensemble comprised of ber , her parents, two sisters, and a brother. The Helms' bad one child, Thelma, who died when only forty . She occasionally helped her father at the office and sometimes aceompanied him to tournaments and as· sisted in reporting them.

Helms and Hartwig Cassel, who died in 1926, began publishing the American Chess Bulletin, "a magazine devoted to the interests of aU branches of the Royal Game, home and abroad," in 1904. Thcy had jointly organized and directed the historic 1904 Cambridge Springs tournament and several important New York City events and it was from these under takings that the Bulletin evolvcd . In his office at 150 Nassau Street, New York, N.Y., Hel ms presided as publisher, editor, reporter , and annotator for over fifty years, until his death. His annota· tions were concise and pithy, yet roman· tic and personal.

Nineteen years alter he learned the game in Halilax, he won the New York Stale championship (1906) and then, aft· er another nineteen years, won it a sec· ond time in 1925.

Helms reported forei gn and domestic chcss news for thc New York Times for over fifty years, until he retired in 1962. He had a column in the New York World for fifteen years, one in the New York Post for ten years, one in the New York Telegram and Sun for tcn years, and another in the :"lew York Sun (until it was t aken over by the World Telcgram in 1926).

Tournaments and Exhibitions He arranged a mammoth Correspond·

cnce Match, 253 boards on a side, be· tween New York and Pennsylvania, and another between Brooklyn and Chicago, with 100 on a side. He was vice·president of the Pillsbury National Correspondence Chess Association. And he was instru· mental in th e amalgamation of various correspondence bodies which form the prescnt Correspondence Chess League of America, tor which the American Chess Bulletin was long the official organ.

In 1923, he was the tournament di· rector at Lake Hopatcong (this was the Kinth American Chess Congress). This tournament led, indirectly, to the 1924 New York International Tournament, at the Alamac Hotel.

One of the organizers and otfieials of the immortal 1924 New York Interna· tional Tournament. which Emanu'll Las· ker won, Helm'! nnblished and edited a book on it the followin~ year. Original exc"ptionally exhaustive annotations of all tbe games wer~ contribut~d bv Alex-ander Alekhine. This book was destined

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to become a classic among tournament books.

The tournament's first brilliancy prize (a silver cup and $75 in gold) was award· ed to Richard Reti for his game against Ewfim Bogoljubow. In Helms' opinion (who was in the minority on the award· ing committee) this was a mistake. On many an occasion he warmly expressed the view that the prize should have gone to Frank J. Marshall for his game against Bogoljubow.

As an impresario, Helms arranged simultaneous exhibition tours by Alek· hine, Capablanca, Lasker, Maroezy, and Marshall. Two spectacular performances by Alekhine and Capablanca, in 1931 and 1932, respectively, were staged at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York - with a brass band on hand! Each grandmaster encountered two hundred opponents, on fifty boards, and a record was set for attendance at a chess af· fair . This product of his imagination and eHort was one of the gr eatest satisfac· tions of Helms' whole life.

Helms was a Life Director of the American Chess Federation. He acted as its tournam ent director at Baltimore, Boston, Omaha , Peoria, and Pittsburgh. And he directed the 1945 Pan·American tournament at Los Angeles. The Ameri· can Chess Bulletin was the official organ of the National Chess Fcderation, which later collaborated with the American Chess Federation in creating the prcsent United States Chess Federation. At Syra· cuse, in 1943, during a testimonial ban· quet, George Sturgis, presid ent of the A.C.F ., bestowed upon the aging veteran the honorary title of "Dean of Ameri· can Chess."

The Dean, an Honorary Member of all clubs in the United States, was a rapid transit enthusiast and year after year was a regular participant in the weekly rapids at the Manhattan and Marshall Clubs. Never one to be immodest, he did not publish his own scores, even though he usually won a prize. It was enough for him to play the game (into his laic eighties), to enjoy the sport of trading blows with opponents of every strength, some a firth his age. Frequently, he visited other clubs in neighbor ing States, skit tting, giving simultaneous cxtibitions, and lecturing. Back in the late Thirties, he and Schuyler Broughton broadcast a chess program to the whole Metropolitan area over Radio St~ tion \VNYC every Sunday morning.

Personal Recollections Tall, slender, balding, and spry in his

later years, the Dean wore old·fashioned lace-up boots and a bow·tie. He belonged to the Strong Place Baptist Church in downtown Brooklyn, believed in "old· time religion" and practiced the "old· time virtues" of honor, honesty, courage, frugality, and forthrightness. Strict, and sometimes aloof, he was withal] kindly, patient, understanding, a wannhearted dear friend , with an extraordinarily sweet smile.

Many a night, well·on to midnight, Mr. Helms (which I always called him

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even after years of friendship) would stop off at my apartment in Flatbush on his way home. Apparently, quite un· fatigued by a long day in his oWce, the delivering of a deadline story to the l\'ew York Times, and a subway ride to Brooklyn, he would come in with an early edition of the n"xt day's Times, a book he thought I might like, ice cream, and a box of Whitman's Sampler choco· lates for my sister Ethel and me. Seldom partaking of the candy or ice cream, h I! would enjoy some tQ8st and tea, and he would subsequently assure Ethel that no one could prepare it as well as she did. After the snack, and my sister had retired for the night, he and I would settle down to play and talk chess. 81m an interesting and dangerous op· ponent in his late eighties (thou gh al· ways self.effacing), he would play the Vi enna Game, if permitted, or the Yugoslav System against the Sicilian Defense, with White, and the Bcrlin Defense against the Ruy Lopez. After our games, and between them, we would discuss the current chess scene and the one at the turn of the century. Naturally, he was very interested in conscientious reporting and effici ent organization and conducting of events. He thought very hi ghly of th e ability of Am erica 's young Grandmasters Robert F ischer and Wil· Iiam Lombardy. And he had a healthy respect for the strength of the Russian Grandmasters. Then he would roll awa)-the years and dip into the treasury of his memory _ of how he almost drowned when he fell through the ice while play· ing as a little boy in Germany, of his growing·up in Canada , of his friend Pillsbury, of the latter 's triumph at Hastings, of the great Steinitz and his explosive temperament. of his wife and family and friends, of the eable matches, of his dealings with Alekhine, Capa· blanca, and Lasker, of early Metropol· itan League battles, and of a host of other p recious chess gleanings. These were wonderful visits, never to be for· gotten.

Finel Yeers During the last thirteen years of his

life, Mr. Helms resided with Mr. and Mrs. John Boyhan in their home at 309 East 18th Street, Brooklyn. In thl' ir large, cheerful house, the kindlv Irish·Amer i· can Bovhans and their children. Kath· leen, Michael, and Patrick, showered the old gentleman with tend~r, loving car e. And here, despite the increasing infirm· ities of old age. he was happy and COT] · tent, enjoved family life, fol1ow

Hermann Helms died of natural causes on the evening of Sunday, January 6, 1963, one day after his ninety·third birth· day, at his home in Brooklyn. Services were held at the Moadinger Funeral Parlors. 1120 Flatbush Avenu e. Brooklyn , on Wednesday, January 9, 1963, at 2 P.M. Rev . Robert L. Dillon officiated. Relatives, friends, business associates, and several chess notables attended the services. A number of beautiful floral

pieces were sent. Interment was at Green·Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Surviving are Arthur P. Helms of Rowayton, Conn., and Charles D. Helms of Lynbrook, L.I., nephews, and Mrs. Clara Searle of Napa, Calif., a ni ece. With them, with friends, and with the chess fraternity we shar e the loss and sadness of his passing.

The writer is much ind ebted to Miss Cath erin e Sullivan. a friend of the Helms family and the devoted, invaluable secre· tary·assistant of Helms for over thirty· five years, to other associates, and to life-long friends of Helms for their help in preparing this obituary·biography.

• • • P erhaps it Is most approprla t e to cl o~e

wcth a selecti on o r Helms' gam es which wer e played over a str etch of forty ·eighl years In a vari e t y of contests .

F rom a bli ndfold l'xhibltlon by P illsbury .'ga'.nst seven first -class playl'rs at the Brook· lyn C.C. on J anuary 13, 1894. Pillsbury won five and d rew with Helms and another .

RUY LOPEZ H. N PILLSPIIV I. P·K" 2. N·KB3 3. B·N5 4. B· R" 5. 0 ·0 6. R·Kl 7. N"P B. RxNth , . N·B3 10. B.N1 11 . N·QS 12. R·Kl 13. N.K1 14. p .Q" 15. P·QB3 16. Q-Q3 17. NxBP lB. N·K7ch 19. BxN 20. RxR 21. B·K5 22. P · I(B4 23 . B·B2 24. Q·Q2 25. QxB

N·B3 N •• N·B4 N.N B·K1 0 ·0

N·1(3

"" P ·QBl B·B1 P·Q4

P ·KB" R·B] N·BS •• N R·K3

••• B·B2 R·KBI B·KN3 BxKB ... '

H. 26. R·KBI 27. Q. K1 28. P·KN" 29. P·BS 30. Q·B3 31 . Q.B4 32. R·1(1 33. Q.B3 34. R·K2 35. K·BI 16. "·N3 ~7. B. N3 38. R"R 39. P· KR4 4n. Q.K1 41 . Q·K5 42. g .B1 43. BxQ 44. P·B4 45. PxPch 46. K·K1 47. B·N] 4B. P"Pch

Drawn

HELMS Q·KB2

Q.N3 Q·B2 R·Kl B·B3 .. , B·N4 B·Q1 B·N4 K·B2 P·R3 .. , ... B·Ql Q.Q2 B· '33

••• BxRP P·KN3 ••• B· N4 P·KR4 ."

This one should be In "Napll'r's AmenltleB and Background of Cbess-Play"! It w as ptayed at the Brookl yn Y."M. C.A . on ApMI 2, 1895.

DUTCH DEFENSE H. H"LMS 1. P·Q4 2. P·QB4 1. N·QBl 4. N.B3 5. P.QN3 6. 8 -B4 7. B-Q1 B. P-QR3 9. avB 10. B·N2 11. P·K3

P·KB4 N· KB3

P·K3 P.QN3

8 ·N2 B·NS 0·0 •• N N·K5 P ·Q3 N·Q1

W · E. NAP'ER 11. P ·KR4 QN·B] 13. N·NS NxN 14. PxN N NS 15. P·B" NxP 16. Q· RS N·B7ch 17. K.Q2 N"R lB. QxPch . K·B2 19. p .Q$ P· K4 20 QxBPch K· Kl 21 . Q·N6ch K-Q2 22. Q·K6 molt.

Helms "'as polson to U S. Ch ampion J . M~r$hall . II .. beat hi m twice In the New Yo r k State Ch am pionshi p. I n this g~me , played in the 1897 Brooklyn C.C. Champion· sh ip . h e fi n ish es hi m off with a five move m ating combination.

PONZIANI OPENING F. J . MARSH" " . H. 1. P·K4 ".K" 2. H·KB3 N ·QB] 3. P·B3 P-Q" 4. Q.R" P·B1 5. B· NS N·K2 6. 0 ·0 P-QR3 7. p"p PxB B. Q"R NxP , . P·QN4 B-Q3 10. Q·R3 0 ·0 11 . P·Q3 P·R3 12. B·1(3 P .QN3 13. Q.N3 B·K3 14. N·R3 Q KI 15. g .82 H/3·K2

II. N·R" I'. P· N3 20. Q·B2 21. N· N2 22. B·Q2 13. Q"P 24 N·K3 25. PxN 26. N-Q5 27. N·B6ch '8. NxQ 29. N"P 30. K·Rl 31. K·Nl

HELMS B· K3

P·KB4 " ·H1 P ·BS P ·B6 B·R6 H·B5 ... ... K·B2 •• N

R·N5ch B·N7th B",Pch

R·R5ch 16. P·Q4 B·K84

32. K"B n. K· N3 N.B" "1I,te

17. Q·N3 "·K5 {Continued on page 50}

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• • • • S OF MASTER PLAY

BY INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER WI LO

THE NON-MASTER: A TRIBUTE The surest sign of a master is good CONSISTENT play.

True he makes mistakes but, generally, even then the amateur will need to be on his toes un der such favorable circumstan-ces. Nevertheless, there are many times when the amateur will risc to the occasion to produce a very interesting and instructive, though not necessarily perfect game. Rare is the perfect game even among grandmasters.

than merely passing value came along, I would analyze it. It must be realized, however, that to consider non· master games is not the specific intent of this column as indicated by the title, TIDBITS OF MASTER PLAY.

In reply to requests for suggestions for the column, I re-ceived a letter from far off Japan from Mr. Jim McDonough, USCF sustaining member, who suggested that I treat morc often of non-master games. I thought the suggestion deserved serious consideration and decided that, when a game of mor e

What's the solution, change the title? No; s ince that title would necessarily include the masterly games of the non· master player; every so often a non·master game will appear for your enjoyment. Therefore, I invite contributions of mas· tcrly non·master games marked, of course, FOR PUBLICA· TION. I will infrequenUy annotate one of these games, but I would like to suggest that USCF Master J. W. Collins ' column GAMES FROM USCF MEMBERS has long been ably accommodating the amateur games.

No. 1. Black plays the opellillg stages of this game ill all irregular mallller but is Iwt punished jor his liberties.

MASS. STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 1962

SICILIAN DEFENSE Sadowsky

1. P·K4 Ragsdale

P·QB4 2. N·KB3 P·Q3 3. P·Q4 Px P 4. NxP N·KB3 5. N.QB3 P·QR3 6. B·K2 Q·B2

In line with Black's irregular plan this move could better be deferred i.e., 6 .......... QN·Q2; 7. 0 ·0, P·QN4; 8, N·Q5, B·K2 (8 .. ....... , NxP ; 9. B.BS! ); 9. P·QR4, PxP; 10. P·QB4, P·KS ; 11. NxN, NxN with approximate equality.

7. B·KJ QN·Q2 8. N·NJ ........

An m·considered retreat. Indicated ;, N·Q5.

•• ....... . P·QN4?1 •• P·QRJ? ........

A waste of time; N·Q5 was even more forceful here.

9. . ...... . B·N2 10. P·BJ ........

By his over·cautious play White has lost his last opportunity for the vital N·Q5!

10. . ....... 11. 0·0 12. Q·K1

R·B1 P·K3

Having bluffed his way through t he opening, Black has gained the initiative. None of White's pieces are actively placed, a factor which prompts the im· mediate opening of the center by Black.

12 ...... :.. P.Q41

After 12.

13. PxP 14. NxN 15. N.Q4

.... .... , P·Q4!

NxP OxN ........

Admitting one's errors is one thing; proliferating them is another. This knight has already lost enough time; R·BI was indicated. If then Black wishes to double his adversary's pawns, he must surrender the bishop pair, thereby weak· cni ng the queen·side .

15. . ...... . 16. P·B3 17. R-Q1 18. Q·R4

B·B4 0·0

KR·Q1 ........

The discrete K·Rl was to be mended; further dilly·dallying Black too much time.

18. . ....... 19. Q·B2 20. P·K B4 21. P·B5

Q.K41 N·N3 Q·82

recom· allows

White is not satisfied with having dri· en the Black queen from the center but again, in a futile attempt to attack, leaves his K·5 available for occupation.

21. ........ B·BS Excellent! The way is cleared for the

infiltration of the knight on B5 where it will prove most effective.

22. BxB ....... . Still K·RI was better; so that should

the kn ight come to B5, the bishop on KS could safely be withdrawn.

22. ........ NxB 23. PxP PxP 24. N·B2 R·Bl

Naturally 24 . ........ , NxNP is a mistake; thus, 25. RxR+, RxR; 26. BxB, etc.

25. Q·K2 RxR + 26. RxR NxBI

Black has all that he could possibly expect; the devastating double pin on the knight cannot be alleviated.

27. NxN Q.K4 28. R·B3 ... ... ..

If 28. R·Kl, R·Ql; 29. K·Rl, QxN! etc.; and if 29 ......... , R·Bl , Q·K5 produces l'.ugl'.wang.

28. . ...... . 29. K·R1 30. Q·K1

R·Q1 Q.K51 ........

After 30. Q. K1

Now Black " neatly" finish es the game, but only with White's cooperation. The win as effected was pretty although not

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forced. White thought he had a draw by perpetual check; he didn't.

In the diagram position there is an immedia te win, but not as played In the text. For exa mple, 30 ......... , R·Q6!! 3l. N·B2, RxR f! and there is no reply. 31. Q·Bl , RxN ends the struggle since the bishop guards KBl and the mate.

30. ........ 8 xN?1 Black finds the wTong win.

31. b8 Q.87 32. RxP? ........

But White linds the wrong d raw, i( there is one. 32. Q·J(N I oUers relatively good chances [or saving the game i.e., 32. Q·Nl , QxNP; 33. RxP, QxRP; 34. p ·RJ with a difficult cnding in prospect.

32. ........ R.Q8 33. R·K8+ K·82 34. R·K7+ K·N3 35. R·K6+ K·R4 36. R·K5 + ........

Now White is rudely awakened! 37. ........ p.N41

White resigns.

No.2. Tills ,I{(ltlle i.., of threefold inter-est. First. it is fairly weI ploycd. Second. the IJiayer of the Black Pieces Is four-t een-year-olel Cecelia Rock WIIO, al-thoug/l she was the loser, shows a rare talent for the game. Third, \V1Ii/e is tlw Ilew South Eastcm New Ellgland Cham-piQfl.

SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP 1962

SICILIAN DEFENSE

Jim Ragsdale Cecelia Rock 1. P·K4 P·QB4 2. N·KB3 P.o3 3. P·Q4 P, P 4. N, P N·KB3 S. N·QB3 P·QR3 6. B·KN5 P·K3 7. P·B4 B·K2

•• Q·83 QN·Q2 9. 8·B4 Q·82 10. B·N3 P·QN4

Obviously both players arc well ac· quainted with the intricacies of modern opening theory; due cred it is acknowl· ed t!"ed. However, Black's last is an error which allows a well known sacrifice : 11. BxP, PxB; 12. NxP, Q.N3; 13. NxP+, K·B2 ; 14. N·B5 with tllree pawns and an overwhelming attack for the piece. Evi· dently White was himseU unaware of the full poSSibilities; so ..

11 . P.QR3 B.N2 12. O.().() ........

The same sacrificc was to be recom· mended.

11. ........ N·B4! Fortunately, Black has 'solved' all

her difficulties and even has some ini· tiative, especially since White's king· pawn now becomes vulnerable.

13. BxN BxB 14. 8 ·R2 R.QBl 15. KR·Kl N·R5 16. R·K3 P·K4?

Up to this point there was no doubt that Black stood better. Now with one careless move everything is ruined. 16. ........ , Q·N3! poses grave problems for

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White; if 17. N(4)·K2 then NxN; 18. NxN, P·N5! still leaves Black with the Initia· tive. Also i[ 17. NxN? then the simple r eply PxN nets material for Black.

17. N·85 18. NxQP 19. QxP 20. PxN 21. Q·82

.........

0 ·0 p, p N, N

BxBP QR·Ql ?

Black fa lls inlo a trap which White fa ils to consider. Thc simple and best so often escapes a player under the pres-sure of the tournament clock licking away. Do you see the win?

Afte r 11 . ......... QR.Q n

22. NxB1 23. KxR 24. Q·N3

RxR + 8·Q5 ........

White can hold two pieces for a rook with 24. B·Q5, R·QN1; 25. Q·N3!; or 24 ......... , BxR; 25. QxB, H.QB l ; 26. Q. B2, R·QNl ; 27. N·B5!

24 . ........ Q, N In a complex bishops·of·opposite·color

endgame Black bas slightly the worse position beeause of the pressure against the KB Pawn. Nonetheless, there should be no difficulty in drawing the game. But endgame technique is something that one must work hard to acquire ; it is not innate.

25. B·Q5 26. R.Q3 27. Q.R3

Q·K2 B·K4

Q.B31 Better was 27 .......... K·RI followed by

P·N3 and K·N2 reliving the pin on tbe KB Pawn and thus avoiding any com· binations.

28. R·KB3 29. Q·R5 30. P·N4

Q·K2 P·R3

Q.N417 This allows an elementary but pretty

combination; B-B3 foll owed by Q·K4 would be a more logical line o[ play .

After 30 . ......... Q·g ·NU?

31 . 8 xP+ 1 K·Rl 32. QxQII .. ... ...

The simple exchange; but must recapture.

Black cannot

32 ......... P, Q 33. R·R3 Matell l

The immed iate win referred to after Black's 21st tur n was: 22. NxPl! I) 22 . .. ...... , RxR+; 23. KxR, RxN; 24.

RxB etc. 2) 22 ......... , QR·KI ; 23. N·Q6 +, K.Rl;

24. NxR, RxN; 25. Q·B7, Q·Bl ; 26. RxB!

3) 22 .... ..... , QR·Nl ; 23. N·Q8+, K·Rl ; 24. QxR mate.

4) 22 . ........ , RxN; 23. QxR+ . QxQ; 24. RxR Mate.

5) 22 ......... , RxR+; 23. KxR, B·KB3; 24. P·K5, B-K2; 25. R·R3. Q-Q2+; 26. Jt.Q3, Q·N5+ ; 27. K·BI, Q·R4; 28. R·Q8!! etc. (26 ......... , Q·B2; 27. R.Q8!! etc.)

TURNER MEMORIAL N.Y., 1963

g UEE N'S PAW N OPENING (Stone.ell ) A. ME NGAR INI A. HOF FMA NN 1. P·g 4 "-04 17. "-05 " II:P 2. N·kln P' k 3 2'. R·Nleh k . R' 3. N·B3 p . k a 4 29 . Rt ' ·Nl Q.k 4 4. B·a4 ,.·a3 30. R. NS R.KNI S. " ·K3 N·. 3 31. P· KR4 P. K7 , . B·g3 B.g3 32. RII: Rch RII: R 7. N·K2 0 ·0 33. R· K' g .K'ch • • P·k R3 P·QN3 34. QII: Q P II:g t . P.k N4 N·K5 35. P· . 3 R. N' '0. PII: P " II: P U . p·k a 4 K· N2 1' . B.KS . II: B V. K· Bl K . • 3 11. NII:B Q. RS 38. k ·g 3 K.B4 13. R. Rl B-Q2 39. RII: P KII: P ' 4. N.k B4 P·KN4 40. K·g 4 P.kR4 11. N·B3 Q·R3 41 . R·Rl K·.' 16. N·Nl . ·Kl 42. K-Q3 R.N7 17. N.KS N·g2 43. R·R3ch K. NS 11. NII: N .II:N 44. RII: P RII: P 19. Q.Kl ,.·.S 45. P.R3 R-QR1 20 . • • N PII: . 46. R. KS RII:P 21. P II: P "II:P 47. RII:gp KII: P n . O·().(I gR· Kl . ... K·B4 R·RSch 23. P ' KB3 P ·K' 4 • . K. N3 • • R' 14. N·Kl . ·B4 50. p . B4 K· NS U . N.o3 BII: N 51. Res',ns 26. g il: . g ·K3

L. GILOEN 1. P ·K4 2. N·KB3 3. B·NS 4 . B·R4 S. 0 -0 , . .. ·. 3 7. P·g4 • • B·N3 t . PII:" 10. gN.gl 11 . • ·.2 12. g ·Kl U . P.KR3 '4. N.N3 '5. N(N).Q4 16. NXN

RUY LOPEZ

"·K4 N.o.3 ,,-oR3

N·B3 '43 ...

PoON4

'4' " ·K3 N·.4 .4'

" ·KN5 . · Kl . ·Kl ., . N·Bl

A . POPOV " . P ·KB4 P.QB4 11. N·.' g ·B2 19. N II: B g ll: N 20. P· IIS 11.02 11 . P-oR4 0 -0-0 21. a ·a 4 11-113 23 . g ·N4 P .B3 24. P II: NP P .KR4 21. Px BlI P II:Q 1'. KP II: P g Xp 27. Rx P R.o3 28. KR·Rl ,.· N4 29. Bx R g x B 30. R.Rleh K·.l 31. R/ I ·R7ch KXP 12. II·R4c h Rell,ns

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Opening Novelities of the Soviet Championship specially contributed to CH ESS LIFE by

The most popular openings of our time arc the Si(ilian and King's Indian. This is very easy to understand . Present-day chessmasters like to have positions wi th sharp, double·edged cha rae\eristics, and they get this wish in both the Sicilian and King's Indian. So the most important novelties of the recent strug· gle of Soviet chessmasters occurred in these two openings. In the 30th Soviet championship in Eravan, only six grand· masters competed; but there were many new names, and nowadays young masters always bring fresh and interesting ideas to the chessboard.

The keenest exponent of the Sicilian was gr andmaster Taimanov. He had a great success with the black pieces, scor-ing 71h points f rom ten black games in Erevan and being awarded a special prize . He opened most of his games with the "new Paulsen" system: 1. P_K4, P-084; 2. N-KB3, N·QB3; 3. P-Q4, PxP; 4. NxP, P-K3; S. N·Q83, P·QR3; 6. B-K3, Q-82; 7. 8 ·K2.

Here Taimanov t r ied against Tal 7. ....... .. N·83, but he had no success. The ex-world champion played energetically S. P.oR31 (stopping ..... ... , B·QN5), NxN ; 9. QxN, 8·Q3; 10. Q-Q2, 8-K4; 11 . 8·Q4, 8xB (better was 11 .......... B·BS; 12. B·K3, BxB) ; 12. Qx8, P-K4; 13. Q·N4! with an excellent game; Black has a problem in getting casUed. After 13 . ........ , P.oN3; 14. 0 -0 _0 , 8-N2; 15. R·Q61, 8 ·83; 16. KR·Ql , Tal fini shed the game with a strong attack.

This taught Tai manov a lesson. In later games, he played without 7 . .. .. .. .. , N-B3, and answered (CrOrn the diagram) 7 ....... .. , P-QN4. Here he had better sue-cess.

How shou ld White play now? Mikenas captured the black knight but after 7 .. ....... , P·QN4; 8. NxN, QxN; 9. P-KS, B-N2; 10. B-B3, Q-B2; 11. 0-0, R-B! ; 12. P·QR4, BxB; 13. QxB, poNS; 14. N-K4, QxKP; 15. B-B4. Q-KB4 Black has the ad· vantage ; Taimanov won the game.

Taimanov wasn't satisfied with his play, though; in fo llowing struggles, he took the knight with the QNP. Grand-master Stein then began a sharp attack: 7 . .. ...... , P-QN4; 8. NxN, PxN; 9. P·B4, B-N2; 10. 0 -0, P-QB4; 11 . P-B5, N-B3; 12.

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pxp, PxP; 13. B·RSch, NxB; 14. QxNch, P-N3; 15. Q·N4, 0-0·0; 16. QxPch, Q-Q2; 17. Q-K5, when White has a pawn more and the better position.

What is the assessment of these games? The "new PauI~en" system brings many troubles for Black but in what opening systcms lire thcre no problems? The inte rcsting idea of thc Leningrad grandmaster must be tested in future tournaments.

Many other new ways were played in the Sicilian. There is a lot of interest, for instance, in tbe variation 1. P·K4, P-Q84; 2. N·KB3, P·Q3; 3. P·Q4, PxP; 4. NxP, N·K83; S. N·Q83, P-QR3; 6. B· KN5, P-K3; 7. P-B4, Q·N3; 8. Q·Q2, QxP; 9. R·QN1 , Q·R6.

This position occurred many times in tournaments in the Soviet Union. the United States, and in international evcnts. Many theoreticians have analyzed the position, but nobody can answer the question: Who wins? Most of the prevo ious games continued 10. P·K5, but in Erevan the other way was practiced: 10. BxN, P Io: B; 11. S·K2. In the games Kotz-Stein and 1. Zaitsev-Krogius, Black continued with the recommendation of Bronstein and Fischer: 11 . .. ...... , 8·N2; 12. R-N3, Q-R4; 13. P-B5.

Stein now played 13 . ........ , Q·K4. If White had answered 14. N·B3I, Black would stay in a very diCCicult position.

Krogius played better 13 . ....... . , O,(); and after 14. O.(), N·83; 15. NxN, PxN; 16. QxP, PxP; 17. QxQBP, B·K3; 18. N-QS, PxP; 19. P·84, Q·Q71 ; parried White's attack.

Korchnoi tr ied a new method against Novopashin. He didn't follow the way of Bronstein and Fischer, preferring 11 . .. ...... , N·B3. The game is very interesting for the theory of the openings: alter 12. R-N3, Q-R4; 13. NxN, PxM; 14. P·85, PxP; 15. 0-0, 8-K3; 16. R·N7, PxP; 17. KRxP, Korchnoi played the excellent 17 . ........ , 0'()·01: IS. KbP, 8 xR; 19. RxB, P-Q4 and Black won.

What else can 1 say about this varia· tion? I have played in many tourna· ments, and most of tbe games in this variation were won by Black. We must

bow our heads to the chess heroes who, nevertheless, still try new ways of atlack in this interesting opening.

Many byways in the Sicilian were ex· plored in Erevan. The Moscow master Estrin wrote some time previously a long article about the sharp old variation 1. P-K4; P·Q84; 2. N·KB3, P·K3; 3. P·Q4, PxP; 4. NxP, N·KB3; 5. N.oB3, S·NS; 6. P-KS, N·K5; 7. Q·N4, Q-R4.

Estrin says tha t if 8. QxN, 8xNch; 9. PxB, QxPch; 10. K·Ql , QxR; 11 . N·N5, N-B3 with good play. Indeed, 12. N·B7ch, K-Ql ; 13. NxR, QxKP; 14. QxQ, NxQ; 15. B-R3, P-Q4; 16. B·06, N·KNS looks quite good for Blaek. But the game Krogius· Korelov showed the diCCerence between home analysis and pr-actical play. After 17. K·Kl, B·Q2 (or 17 ......... , K·Q2; l B. B· N8!); IS. N·87, P.oR3; 19. N·RSI the knight r eturned to base and White won the game.

Young players like to protect their theoretical positions, and after some rounds Korelov played the same varia· tion once more. Now his opponent Shi-anovsky didn't take the knight on move 8. He played instead of 8. QxN, 8. QxNP. Alter 8 . ........ , BxNch; 9. Px8, QxBPch ; 10. K.K2, N·Q83 he continued energetical-ly 11 . N·N51, QxPch ; 12. K·Kl , P-04; 13. QxRch, K·Q2; 14. QxP, QxBPch; 15. K·Ql , P·R3; 16. B.o3, PxN; 17. BxN, PxB; 18. QxKP and White won. These two exciting games show that this old variation remains bad for Black: master Estrin will have to make a new analysis.

In the King's Indian, like the Sicilian, there are many systems for Black. One of the most popular is the one favored by ex-world champion Tal, who begins the gamc 1. P-Q4, N·KB3; 2. P--084, P-K3: 3. N-QB3, P.B4; 4. P-Q5, PxP: 5. PxP, P-03. In this position, White t r ied many meth· ods of development. In the important game Korchnoi-TaI, the new Soviet champion didn't play 6. P·K4, but devel· oped his king's bishop: 6. P·KN3, P·KN3; 7. B·N2, B-N2; S. N-83, 0-0; 9. 0-0, N·R3; 10. P·KR3, N-B2; 11 . P·K4, N.Q2; 12. R-KI , N·Kl ; 13_ B-KN5, B-83; 14. B--K3. After some moves, Black began a queen's side attack, but Korehnoi took t he in·

CHESS LIFE

itiat ive in the eenter with Ule rou line but vcry st rong manoeuv re P·K5!

In this ga me, the climax of the struggle was not reached until the 15th or 20th move. Can Wh ile be more aggressive? In some games o( the Soviet champion· ship, White t r ied to a ttack im mediately. In the game Mikenas·Suetin, Wh ite play· ed 6, P·K4. P·KN3; 7. P·B4, B·N2: 8. P·KS. KN·Q2: 'I, N-NSI

A very intel'esting idea. Mikenas acts as 'sccond' to Keres·so maybe Ulis is an invention of Keres rather than Mi kenas. Suetin gOI a vcry diffi cult game-he made a draw, but only JUSl. Let us see the continuation: 9 . .. ......• PxP; 10. N. Q6t h. K·K21 The only mo\'e. I was the tournament director in Erevan, and duro ing the game Suetin came to me and said " U I play 10 ......... , K-BI , I lose. While has an extra tempo and could s t rengthen his attack by 11. N-K83!"

After 10 .......... K·K2, While mus t ex· change the black bishop. 11. NxBch, QxN; 12. B·84, R·KI : 13. N·B3. K·Bl ; 14. 0.0, N·N31 Again the only defense ; Black cannot permit the white bishop to remain at its st rong post. IS. 8·NS, R.Ql ; 16. PxP, RxP: 17. Q.KI , N·B31 Once mOl'e an excellent move; if instead 17 . ........• P·BS; 18. Q-R4 !. RxB; 19. QxP White's attack becomes decisive owing to the threats of B-R6 and N-NS.

18. 8 xN. Ox8; 19. Q-R4, K·Nl ; 20. N·NS, P-KR4; 21. NxP, R·KB1 ; 22. 8·R6, R·QS; and the game ended in a draw.

There is another method for White in this variation. Aft er 6. P·K4, P·KN3; 7. P·84. 8 ·N2: 8. N·83, 0 ·0 ; White can pLay 8. 8·K2 or 8. B·Q3. On all opening books we read "A bad move. Black re-cei ves excellent play afte r 9 . ........ , p. QN41; 10. BxP, NxKP; 11 . NxN, Q·R4ch."

The young master A. Zaitsev from Vlad ivostock didn ' t believe the teachcrs. lie took the black knight ll. NxN, and afte r II . ......... Q·R4ch continued against 1I0dos with 12. K·B21, QxB; 13. NxP. White has now a s trong queen's pawn, and Black must be very careful. HOODS answered 13 . ........ , Q·R3 ; but after 14. NxB, RxN; IS. N·KS d.idn 't get an equal game. White won with the continualion IS ......... , R·QI ; 16. R·KI . P·B3; 17. N·N4. P·KR4; 18. N·K3, P·B4; 19. K·Hl (19. ........ , B-Q5; 20. K·Rl! ). White is a pawn attcad. and, more important, Black's king's posi tion has been weakened . White fi nally won the game by a direct atta

CHESS KALEIDOSCOPE

by U. S. Master ELIOT HEARST

FROM HELMS TO FISCHER Hermann Helms, who was Mr. Chess in the l.:SA for more

than 70 of his 93 years, started out as a chess enthusiast when Wilhelm Sleinitz was world champion. 1Jp until fO Uf or five years ago he still competed in the weekly rapid tourneys at the Marshall and ManhaUan Chess Clubs in New York and I remember our last encou nter in one of those events-where "Mr. Helms" (no one was old cnough to cal! him by his first name) beat me decisively on the white side of a Vienna Game , a variation we had played together many times before.

Despite a chess career which spanned almost a century Mr. Helms never was able to witness the crowning of an American as wor ld champion. li Bobby Fischer ever does reach this goat, however, historians will recall the part Mr. Helms played in providing I1n initial spark to Bobby's Chess Career. When Bobby was seven years old, his momer tried to place an ad in the Brooklyn Eagle, encouraging children of Bobby's age to come and play chess with him. The ad was rejected by the paper because the editors did not know how to classify it! They turned Mrs. Fischer's leHer over to ~tr. Helms, who had been chess editor of the Brooklyn Eagle for almost 60 years. Let it be known that Mr. Helms' reply was as courteous and sinccre as it would have been if he had been addressing a world champion; these qualities were just a few of those that endeared him to everyone.

Here is the text of that historic letter:

M n. R. Fbeher 1059 Union 5t. Brooklyn, N.Y.

Dear Madam:

J anuary 13, 1951

Your postcard of Nov. 14th, miSlaid In The Eagle Office, has Just reached me.

If you can bring yO\lf IIU1e ch en'playlng boy to the Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Anny PiaU, next Wednelday evcnlng at eight o'clock, he might find someone thera abo ut hl$ own agc. If he .hould eare to take a board a nd play agalnll Mr. Pavey, who Is to etve an exhlbl· tion of simuita neoul play a t that time, J UIt have him bring along his own set of chesamen with which to play. The bc. rds, I understand are to be prOvided.

I will alao b r ln, your requelt to the I ttentlon of Mr. Henry Spinner, secretary of Ihe Brooklyn Che .. Club, whIch meets Tuuday, Frlday and Saturday evenln,a on tha thIrd tloor or the Brooklyn Academy of Mus Ic. It I, quite POlslb le thll Mr. Spinner may know a boy or two of th l t age .

Yours respectfully, Hermann Helm' Chea Editor

CHESS RAPIDS In the USA the custom is to play rapid chess at live or ten

seconds a move. Chess players of other nations look down on our form of rapid play, mostly because they feel that games move too slowly in the opening and too quickly in the middle game, and that the system requires a refe ree to keep the players " honest". More frequent outside of the USA is 5-Minute Chess, where cach player has five minutes for the entire contest and the first one whose flag falls loses the game - if he has not checkmated h is opponent by then. Good chess can be played at this speed, as the fo llowing game, played in the rapid championsh ip of Moscow (1957), attests. Great credit

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IS also duc to USSR master D. WelR:.h:In, wno waoS ab.e to copy the game score as the players bl.ilzed away.

Whita: M . Tal; Blac k : B. Spassky RU Y LOPEZ

1, P.K4 2. N·KB3 3. B·NS 4, N·B3

P· K4 N·QB3

p.B4 N·QS

4 ..... ... PxP is customat·y but Spassky had already played the text move against Tal in the USSR Championship, (1957).

S. Px P N·KB3 6, NxP B· B4 7. 0-0 0·0 8. N·B3 P·B3 9. NxN BxN 10. N·K2 B· K4 11. B· B4c h P-Q4 12. B·Q3 P·B4 13. N·N3 P·BS 14. B·K2 BxN IS. RPxB Bx P

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thought I might achieve lame by bei ng the first to have a rating less than zero. (R. T. Virgin ia)

A. Yes, it is theore tically possible. Good Luck.

Q. I have long admi red the games oC U.S. Champ ion R. J . Fischer. Where can I obtain a f ree autogr aphed pictur e of Bobby at the chess board ? (M iss E. J.. Calif.)

A. Write to: M. Ta l. Shakhrnaty. Riga. USSR.

Q. My problem is time pressure. Usually after the fi rst three or four moves of the game I have only one or two minutes left for my next 35-40 moves. In fou r gamet! I have overs tepped the time limit on the s ixth move (however , on one o( theM! occasions the dock was proven defective; the game cont inued and I ovcl"51epped on the next move). How can I avoid this problem? (N. B .• Conn.)

A. Your knowledge of the openings must be very limited ; I'd advise a thorough study of MCO. While you'r e lit it , see a psychiatrist. too .

Q. Why doesn't black always r eply 1 . ....... .. P·K4 to White's 1. P·K4? This move opens diagonals for development of black's queen and bishop, does not usurp any of the knights' best squares, a ttacks the centc r . and lessens the power of white's P-Q4, his eventual goal in the opening. No other move fulfills a ll these requirements. (M. 8.. Moscow)

A. You will never be a good chessplayer so long as you remain SO dogmatic. Everybody knows that the Sicilian Defense is the best defense to 1. P·K4.

Q. Even though I have a Mas te r 's rating I lind I cannot keep an accurate score during my tour nament games. I forget which side of the board Is the kingside and wh ich side is the queen· side and I always ge t my ranks and file s mixed up. Also, some· l imes I forget whose move it is. Can you advise me on how to improve my chess memory? (S. P., New York)

A. You have a maslcr's ra ting?

Q. Last week my opponent and I were each le(t with a king and there were no other p ieee~ on the board. A[ter a

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few moves I obtained a draw by perpetual check. Because 01 its exciting fi nish I would like to submit the game for publica-t ion In Chess LiCe. (B. R., Chicago)

A. Even though we like to encourage new talent, maybe some checker magazine wou ld appreciate it more .

Q. I have this plan Cor gaining USCF rating points. 1 play in a few out-o(·town tou rname nts under a ficti tious name and bu.ild up a ra ting about equal to my own. Then I play myself a match and I win. 10-0. I think I can ga in about 100 or 200 USCF rating points this way. What do you think of the idea? (K. 8 .• Wyoming)

A. [)Qn'l te ll anybody e lse about it. I lost about 100 points myself and maybe this method . . . .

Q. My wife gave me a Florentine·pattern chess se t for Christmas las t year. She wants me to use it in all my tourna· ment games and I have done so. even though I can't even tell the white king from a whi te pawn. As a result I've been doing poorly in our club tournament. How can I solve this problem with out hurting my wife's feelings? (Z. X., La.)

A. Maybe you could learn to play all your games blindfo lded. Men have done even more ridiculous things for love of women.

QUICK QUOTE " U the two pl ayers meant to solve the problem how to

exchar'ge as man,. Pieces as poss ible in the shortest number of moves they certa inly could not have played better. It is time that such games, If ga mes they can be called, should no longer make the ir appearance in tou rnaments. In th is case the onus lies wit h. the second player, Schlechter, who during the fi rs t part of the to urnament tried to force a d raw whenever he poss ibly could (R. Teichmann, annotating the Blackourne· Schlechte r game from the Hastings 1895 tourney; the problems of 68 years ago a re st ill problems today).

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OLYMPIC INNOVATIONS The chess olympics. at Varna brought

forth an interesting variety of nclV moves in the openings, many of which occur in important lines. If you study this article, therefore, you should have good chances of picking up points against unprepared opponents who do not read CHESS LIFE. Here I shall dea] with the moot important innoY;,tions' in KP openings; a second article will out-line the improvements in QP and ot her var iations.

Ruy Lopex with 11 . . ... .... • N~Ql. The most fa shionable way of handling

the Lopez at the Candidates' tournament ran 1. P-K4, P·K4; 2. N·Ke3, N·QB3; 3. a ·N5. p.QR3; 4. B·R4, N·B3; 5. 0 ·0, B-K2; 6. R· Kl , P.QN4; 7. B-Nl, P·Q3; I , P-B3, O.(); 9, P·KR3, H·QR4; 10. 8 -82. P-&4; 11. P-04, N.Q2.

All important continuation now is 12. PxBP, PdP; 13. QH·Q2, with which Bobby Fischer defeated Ker es at Cura· cao. Gligoric·Unzicker , Varna 1962, fol· lowed Fischer-Keres for a few moves :tnd then showed a black improvement: 13 . ......... Q.82; 14. N·81 . N·N3; lS. N·KJ. R·Q1; 16. Q.K2, P·B31 (better than Keres's 16 .......... B-K3; 17. N·Q5! with opening of the center in White's favor); 17. N·R4, B·Bl ; 18. N-QS. NxN; 19. PxN, B·H2 (the bishop is betler placed here th an at K3); 20. P·KB41. RxP (not 20 . .. ...... , PxP; 21. Q.K6ch, K·Rl ; 22. Q. B5, with a f ierce attack); 21. Q.N4, P·K5 (returning the pawn to force exchanges. 21 . ..... ... , PxP? ; 22. BxP, Q-Q2; 23. B·BS is good for White); 22. BxKP, R(Q4}Ql. Black is on the defensive, but his posl· tion proved solid enough for a draw.

13 . ........ , Q.B2 thus involves a passive game (or Black.. Boles\a'lsky has there· fore suggested an immediate 13 . ........ , P·B31. e.g. 14. N·Bl , N·H3; 15. Q.K2. R-R2; 16. H.Kl. B·Kl= or 14. N·841, PxN; 15. Q·Q5 ch, K-Rl; 16. OxR. H·Hl; 17. o-N8, H.sa t rapping the queen.

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By Leonord Borden

White's alternative pToceduTe from Diagram 1 is 12. QH.Q2. when the latest view is that Black bas sound counterplay by making a fight for the center black squares: 11 . ......... BPxP; 13. PxP. N·Bll; 14. N·Bl . PxP; 15. NxP, HxN ; 16. QxN, B·N2 (Unticker van Scheltinga. Ober· hausen 1962).

Not to be recom mended is 12. QH.Q2. H.Q831; 13. P.Q51, N.QR4; 14. P.QH4. N·H2; 15. P.QR4. H·N3; 16. P·R5, N·02; 17. N·Bl, K·Rl ; lB. P·K N4 (La ngeweg. Tarnowski, Varna 1962). White's tradi· tional attack along the KN file is par· ticularly strong here. s ince Black is de· privcd of all counterplay on the other wing.

The Open Variatian . An important pos ition arises after 1.

P·K4, P·K4; 2. H·KS3. N·OS3; 3. 8·N5, P.QR3; 4. 8 ·R4. N·B3; S. 0 ·0 . NxP; 6. p.~. P.QM4; 7. B-K3. P.Q4; a. PxP. 8. K3; 9. P·83. 8·K2.

Traditional opinion is tha.t 10. B·K3 is White's st rongest here. but recent games cast doubt on this verdict.

10. 8·K3 More promising is 10. B·82!, 0 ·0 ; 11. Q·K2, p.B4 (i f 11. ......... N·B4; 12. N·Q4, Q-Q2 ; 13. N·Q2, NxN; 14. PxN , N·N2; 15. N·B3. with a grip on the black squares. Bronstein·Korchnoi, Soviet team championship 1962); 12. p"p e.p .• BxP ; 13. QN·Q2, B·B4; 14. NxN, BxN; 15. BxB, PxB j 16. QxKP, Q.Q2; 11 . B·'84, QR·KI; 18. Q·B2, and Black hasn 't ('nough for a pawn (Brons te in v. Korch· noi. Moscow v. Leningrad 1962).

10. ... .. ... 0 ·0 11 . QN·Q2 NxN 12. QxN 0421

Stronger than 12. .. ....... N-QR4.; 13. N· Q4!, P-QB4; 14. NxB, PxN ; 15. 8 ·82, N· 85; 16. Q.Q3, P·N3; 17. B·R6, R·B4 ; 18. Q·R31. RxKP j 19. QR·Kl . with a fieru attack.

13. BoNS .. ......

Considered a refuta tion since an im· pressive game won by Keres against Un-zicker at Zuric h 1959.

13. ........ OR·Ql 14. KR.KI KR·KlI

Um:icker played 14 . ........ , N·QR4? 15. QR.Ql BxB 16. Hx8 N·K2

The pOSition (reached with so me lrans· position of moves) is level (Pielz.sch·Pach· man, VaTna 1962) which continued 11 . B·82. B·84; 18. 8 x8 , Nx8; 19. Q·84. p. R3; 20. N·K4. Q·83; 21. N.86t h. PxN; 22. QxN. PxP= .

The Center Attack 6. P-Q4 This inte resting gambit line, tried suc·

cessfull y in recent Soviel lourMrru::nls, gives White a t least equal chances and a prolonged inilia live if Black defends inatturately. The critical position arises after 1. P·K4. P·K4; 2. N·K83. N-OB3; 3. B·NS. P-QR3; 4. B·R4. N·83; S. 0-0. B·K2; 6. P·Q4. PxP; 1. R·K1, 0 ·0 ; 8. P·KS, N·Kl (if here 8 . .. ....... N·Q4?j 9. NxP , NxN ; 10. QxN. N·N'3; 11. B·N'3. p . Q4; 12. PxP e.p. BxP; 13. B-B4 wit h a strong game . Lein.KoJarov , Roslov 1962); 9. P·831 PxP; 10. HxP, P·Q3; I T. PxP.

Black has four methods of recaptur· ing; which is best? If 11 . .. ...... , pxP? 12. N·Q5, B·B3 ; 13. Q·Q3, N·K4; 14. NxN. BxN: 15. P·B4, B·83; 16. B·K3, B·K3; 17. B·N6! with a strong game (Holmov·Lein , Baku 1961).

If 11 . ........ , QxP; 12. N·Q51 B-K3; 13. NxBch, QxN ; 14. N·N5, R·Ql ; 15. Q·B2. N·S3 ; 16. B·B4, with a fine game in re· turn for the pawn (Castagna·Limbol!. VaT' ra 1962).

If n .......... NxP? 12. N·Q5, B-K3; 13. BxN , Px8; 14. NxBch, QxN; 15. N-Q4 (Skold·Buskenstrom, Vasteras 1962).

11 . ........ , BxP! and if 12. B·KN5, p .B3 ; 13. B-N3ch . K·RL or. 12. N·Q5, B·K3; 13. B·KNS, BxPch ; 14. KxB, QxN; 15. QxQ. BxQ; 16. BxN, BxB; 17. B·K7, BxN; 18. PxB, N·Q3; 19. BxR, KxB; with Iwo solid pawns for the exchange is Black's correct method of equalizing according to the Soviet theorist Suetin.

Steinitz Defence Deferred, Siesta Variation.

The lively variation 1. P·K4. P·K4; 2. H-K83, N·QB3; 3. B·NS . P-QR3; 4. B·U , P.Q3; S. P·B3, P·B4; 6. PxP, 8xP; fasci nates aUacking players eager to es· cape from Ihe "Lopez bind ." At the

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olympics, though, Black's prospects took a turn for the worse: 7. 0·0, 8-06; 8. R· Kl , B·K2 (if 8 ......... , P-K5; 9. B-B2!, B· K2; 10. BxB, PxB; 11. R-R3, N-R3; 12. RxP, 0 -0; 13. R-K3. P ·Q4; 14. P·Q4 and Black has not enough for the pawn.); 9. R-K3, P-KS; 10. N-Kl , B-KN4; 11 . R·N3!

This move is clearer than ei ther 11 . R-Ra, Q·Q2; when Black has compensa-lion for his pawn, or than 11. NxB, BxR; 12. N-N4, BxPch; 13. KxB, Q-R5ch; 14. K·Nt . N·R3; 15. P·KN3, Q-R6; 16. Q·Bl.

After 11. R-N3. White threatens Q-R5ch winning a piece, so that Black has to lose an important extra tempo with his bishOp. 11 . ........ , B_R3 (if 11 . ........ , N-R3; 12. NxB, PxNj 13. Q-B3 is strong) 12. NxB, PxN; 13. RxQ P, N·B3; 14. R-R3, Q·K2; IS. P·Q4, BxB; 16. QxB, 0-0-0; 17. BxN, Px8 ; 18. Q·Bl! and White has consolida ted his ext ra pawn (Tringov-Ciocaltea, Varna 1962)_

Steinitz Defe rred with 5. 0 -0 1. P-K4, P·K4; 2. N-KB3, N-QB3; 3.

B-NS, P·QR3; 4. B-R4, P·Q3; S. 0 ·0 , has gained an enhanced status since Bobby Fischer's sensational win against GeI-le r at Bled 1961. One idea is Ihat if 5. ... ..... , B-Q2; 6. P-B4! transposes int o a favorable position in the Duras system (if at once 5. P·B4, B-N5! is strong). A typical cxample is 5. 0 -0 , B-Q2: 6. p . B4, P-KN3; 7. P-Q4, B-N2; 8. B-K3, KN· K2? (better 8 ........ _. PxP) 9. P·Q5!, N-QNl; 10. P-BS! , 0 -0: 11. N-E3_ P-KR3: 12_ N·Q2, N·B1 ; 13_ P-QN4. with a pow. erful queen side jni tiat ive for White (Keres-Shianovsky, Baku 1961).

Aller S. 0 ·0 the critical answer IS S .. . _ .. ... , B-NS; 6. P-KR3.

Oh' S1 rlm 4

Black's solid continuation now is 6. ........ , B-R4; 7. P-B3, N-Bl; 8. P-Q4, N-Q2; 9. B-K3, B·K2; 10. QN-Q2, 0 ·0 with about equal chances (Vasyukov-Shianovsky, Baku 1961) . Morc ambitious. bu t also more double-edged is 6 .. ...... . , P-KR4! ?: which was at one time almost considered to refute 5. 0 -0. Present opinion, sup-ported by gamcs at the olympics_ is that this vcrdict is wron'l : 7_ P-Q4!, Q·B3 ; 8. PxP, PxP; 9. BxNrh, PxB; 10. QN-Q2. P-N4 (rather wild. but if 10. .. .. __ .. , B· QB4; 11. N·B4 with a clear positional advantage) 11. N-B4, B-K3; 12. BxP, Q. N2; 13. Q·Q3. p .B3; g. B-Q2. B·B4; 15. K-Rl (Unzicker-CiccaJtea, Varna 1962). Black's pawn sacrif ice has failed ; White's position remains solid and sound.

FEBRUARY, 1963

Steinitz Deferred with 5. P-Q4 1. P·K4, P·K4; 2. N·KB3, N·QB3; 3.

B-NS, P·QR3; 4. B·R4, P-Q3; s. P-Q4, p. QN4; 6. B·N3, NxP; 7. NxN, PxN; 8. P-QB3 is an interesting and underesti-mated gambit which could secul·e you big dividends against an unprepared op· ponent.

MohrJok-Kramer. Varna 1962, was a drastic exa mple of White 's possibilities :

8 ... ...... , P-Q6?: 9. P-QR4!, B-Q2; 10. PxP, PxP?; 11. Q-R5!, P-Q7ch; 12. BxP, Resigns since if 12. _ ..... ..• P·N3; 13. Q-Q5. If White had carelcssly captured 12 . NxP? thcn 12 .... ..... , N-R3 is a sufficient defense.

Some of the gilt is taken off the gin-gerbread by the fact tha t Bronstein had recommended the entire continuation up to 11. Q-R5 in Sc hilchmatny Bulletin a few months befo rehand ; but Black's problem after 8. P-QB3 is not simple. II 8 ......... , B-N2; 9_ QxP, N·B3 ; 10_ B·NS, 8-K2; 11. p.B3, 0 -0 ; 12. 0 ·0 , P·B4j 13. Q-B2. Q-B2; 14. B-KB4, wi th prcssure against Black's backward QP (Ciric·Nel· kirch, Sofia 1961). If B . ...... ..• PxPj 9. Q-R5! Q-Q2; 10_ NxP, N-B3; 11. Q·K2, B-K2 ; 12. 0·0, 0-0; 13. R-Ql, Q·Kl? (better 13 ...... ... , Q-N5); 14. B·KB4, B-N5; 15. P.B3, B-R3; 16. :-.1-Q5, and White has a distinct initiative for the sacrificed pawn (Szubo.Gligoric, Ob~rhllusen 1961).

Leonard Barde-n

Black's only good line after 8. P·QB3 is 8 . ....... . , N·B3; 9, PxP, B.K2 (not 9. . ...... _, NxP?? 10. B-Q5); 10. 0 ·0 , 0-; 11 . N-B3, B·N2; 12. P-B3, poNS; 13. N·K2, P·QB4; with good queen's side counter play.

Ruy Lopez, 4 . ... ..... , P-QN4 ond 5 . ........ , N-QR4

Many players have the impression that the unusual Taimanov Defense to the Lopez 1. P·K4, P-K4; 2. N·KB3, N· QB3; 3. B-NS, P·QR3; 4. B-R4, P_QN4; 5. B-N3, N·R4; is refuted by 6. BxPch, KxB ; 7. NxPch . This is quite wrong, and Varna games confirmed that White has to re-nounce the sacrificc in favour of the more solid 6. P·Q4 or 6. 0 -0 , e .g_ 6. Bx Pch? KxB; NxPch, K·K2; 8. P-Q4

. (if 8. N-QB3, N-KB3; 9. 0-0. P·Q3; 10. N·Q3. B-N2; 11_ N·B4, Q-Q2; 12. P-Q3, K-B2 and Black has consolidated his extra piece. Sooer-Johannessen, olympic preliminaries, Varna 1962)_ 8. _____ __ ., p. Q3; 9. N.Q3, K-B2; 10. P·QR4, Q·Kl ; 11. 0 ·0 , QxP; 12, N-Q2, Q·N2; 13. PxP, PxP; 14. N-B3 and White has only the vestige of attack (Sooer-Johannessen olympic finals 1962) .

King ' s Gambit Gambit)

(Cunningham

1. 2. 3. 4.

P·K4 P.KB4 N.KB3 N-B31

P·K4 PxP

B·K2 -.. _ ....

The best move, s ince 4. B-B4, N-KE3; 5_ P-K5, N-N5; 6. 0 -0 , N.QB3! ; 7_ P-Q4. P-Q4 at least equalizes for Black.

4. ........ N·KB3 The hunting expedition 4 ......... , B-R5ch loses too much time after 5. K-K2! e.g. 5 . .. ...... , B-N4; 6. p-Qa! . B-Ra; 7. N-Q5, or 5 ... ... ... , B-K2; 6. P-Q4, P-KN4; 7. P-KR4, P-N5; 8. N-KNI , BxP; 9. BxP, or 5_ ....... . , P-KB4; 6. P-Q3!, PxP; 7. PXP, 1>-Q3; 8. BxP, B-NS; 9. Q·Qa, N·QB3; 10. K-Q2, in all cases with a substantial de· velopment advantage for White.

s. P·Q4! ....... . Again best. A gambit 5_ B-M, NxP; 6. N·K5, popular a few years ago. is n ow thought virtually refuted by 6. . ..... .. , N·N4!

s. . ...... . P.Q4 6. B-Q3!

The new move from the olympics. Spass· ky-Liberzon, Soviet Championship 1960, reached an equal game with 6. PxP, NxP; 7. B-QB4, B-K3, while 6. P·K5, N-K5; 7. BxP gives Black a sound game with 6 . ........ , N-K5; 7. BxP, 0-0 ; 8. B-Q3, P-KB4.

•• ........ PxP 7. NxP NxN •• OxN B·Q3 •• O.() .. ......

Spassky-Najdorf, Varna 1962. White's useful lead in development proved good valuc for a pawn. The game continued 9 ......... , N-Q2; 10. Q·Q3, P·KR3; 11 . P-8 4, P·QB4; 12. P·QN4!, PxQP; 13. p. BS, B-K2; 14. BxBP, 0.0; 1S, NxP, N-B3; after which Spassky could havo. gotten the better game with 16. QR-Ql. SO the

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King's Gambit is still a fighting force, even for tournament play.

Ponzioni's Opening This ancient method of beginning the

game has been revived with Cair results in Bulgaria and East Germany; but its successes seem to be due more to Black's ignorance o( textbook defensive meth-ods than to any great positive meri ts of the opening. After 1. P· K4, P·K4; 2. N·KB3, N-QB3; 3. P·B3, P·Q4; 4. Q·R4, the game Liebert·Hecht , Varna 1962 eon· tinued with th e risky defense 4 . ...... ..• P.B3; S. B.NS, (more solid is 5. P·Q3, e.g. 5 . ........ , B-QB4; 6. P·QN4! , PXP ; 7. PxP, B·N3; 8. B·QB4, Benko-Foster, New York 1959) S .. ..... ..• KN-K2; 6. PxP. QxP; 7. P.Q4, B·Q2; 8. B·K3. PxP; 9. PxP, N· K4J; 10. N·B3, NxNeh; 11 . PxN, O-KB4; 12. 0 ·0 ·0 , P-QR3; 13. BxBch. QxB and ' Black's play against the pawn weakness-es provcd more important than White's momentarily superior developmcnt.

A sounder defense to the Ponziani was illustrated in Blau·Ciocaltea: 3. . ...... . , KN-K2 (also good is 3 . ........ , N·B3; 4. P·Q4, NxKP; 5. P·Q5, N-K2); 4. P'Q4, PxP; 5. 1\'xP, NxN ; 6. QxN, N·B3; 7. Q. K3, B-K2 and White's queen is mis-placed. Dragon Sicilian, Yugoslav Attack

This lively aHacking line continues to pose severe problems to Black who is always liable to fi nd himself ·at the wrong end of a mating attack. Two ex-amples from Varna: 1. P·K4, P-QB4; 2. N·KB3, P·Q3; 3. P-Q4, PxP; 4, NxP, N· KB3; S. N·QB3, P·KN3; 6. B·K3, B·N2; 7, P-B3, N·B3; 8, Q.o2, 0 ·0 ; 9. B·QB4, N·Q2; 10. 0·0·0 , (also promising is the immediate 10. p.KR4! e.g. 10 ........ . , N (Q2)·K4; 11. B·N3, N·M ; 12. p.R.S, N (K4)·B5; 13. Q·B2, NxKB ; 14. RPxN, NxB; 15. QxN, Q-N3; 16. 0 -0 -0 and White's attack is the stronger, Safvat· Honli, Varna 1962), 10 . ......... N·N3; 11 . B·N3, N·R4; 12, Q·Q3! (an innovation which improves on the previously recog-nized 12. Q-K2? when, after 12 . ........ . P·QR3! Black threatens to win a piece by ........ , P·K4), B·Q2; 13. P·KR4!, R_B1 ; 14. P-RS, N(N3)·BS; IS , PxP, RPxP; 16. B--R6, with a winning attack (Fischer· Purevzhav, Varna 1962).

From Black's viewpoint two defenses to the Yugoslav attack held the stage at Varna. An idea of DQnald Byrne's, onc of the most s ignifi cant American con-tributions to opening theory in recent years, is 1. P.K4, P·QB4; 2. N-KB3. p. Q3; 3. p.Q4, PXPi 4. NxP, N·KB3; S. N·QB3, P·KN3; 6. P·B3, B·N2; 7. B·K3, 0 ·0 ; 8. Q·Q2, N·B3; 9. B·QB4, P-QR4.

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Diag ra m 5

10, P·KN41? This sharp attack is White 's most prom· ising chance to refute the Byrne system. Ii 10. B-N3, B-Q2; 11 . P-QR4, Q-B1 ; 12. P·N4 (or 12. P-R4, NxN; 13. BxN, B.K3; 14. N·Q5, BxN; 15. PxB. P·R4; 16. 0 ·0 ·0 , Q-Q2; 17. Q-K2, KR·BI with even chances. Parma·D. Byrne, Mar del Plata 1962), NxN; 13. Bx1\'. B-K3; 14. poNS, N·R4; 15. QBxB, KxB; 16. N·Q5, BxN: 17. BxB, Q-QB4; 18. 0 ·0 ·0 , QR-Nl with a strong counter-attack (Weinstei n·D. Byrne, New York 1961).

lC 10. P-KR4, N-K4; 11. B·K2, P·Q4; 12. PxP, NxP; 13. NxN. QxN: 14. P·RS, N-BS, with chances for both sides (Seid-man·D. Byrne, New York 1961). If 10. 0 ·0, P·RS; 11. P-QR3, Q-R4; 12. KR·QI , B·Q2: 13. N-QS, NxN; 14. BxN, KR-B1 with equality (Shapiro-D. Byrne, Varna 1962).

10. ........ N-Q2 11 . P·KR4 N-NJ 12. B·K2 N-K4?

Later, Donald thought that he should have played an immediate 12 ........ ., P-Q41

13. P·NJ 14. P·R51 15. NxP

p .Q4 QPxP

While has an overwhelming attack (Gragger·D. Byrne, Varna 1962).

In his ga me against Corral, Petrosian introduced a remarkable new idea for Black: playing the Dragon Variation withOut actually fianchettoing the black KB. The game began (Corral white) 1. P·K4, P-Q84; 2, N·KB3, p.o3; 3. P.o4, PxP; 4. NxP, N·KB3; 5. N·QB3, QN·Q2; 6. B·K3, P·QR3; 7. B..QB4 (White is an-gling to t ranspose into the Yugoslav at-tack), P·KN3; 8. P·B3, P.oN41 (institut· ing the queen side counter play with a valuable extra tempo due to Black's de-lay in developing his KB); 9. B·N3, B. QN2; 10, o.Q2, N-84; 11. ()..()-O, P·K3! (here 11 . ........ , B·t\"2; 12. P-KN4 would st ill transpose back into lines consider ed favourable for White): 12, P-QR3, B--K2; 13. B.R2, O-BI : 14. P·KN4, P·KR4!; 15. P·R3, P·RS and Petrosian, maintaining his king in the centrc, won by uti lizing his advantage in space on both s ides of the board.

The Richter Attack This lively variation leads to some

of the most double-edged play in all Sicilian games, with both players usually attacking on opposite wings: 1. P.K4, P-QB4; 2, N·KB3, N-QB3; 3. P-Q4, PllP;

4. NxP, N-KB3; S. N·Qa3, P·Q3; 6. B· KNS, P-K3; 7. Q.o2.

Djlgrlm ,

Two important defenses to the Rich· ter were frequently played at Ve rna.

(a) 7 ......... , B·K2; 8. 0 ·0 ·0 , 0 ·0 ; 9. N-N3, Q·N3; 10. P·B3 is a system or at· tack much Cavoured by Spassky and Tal. Black has two continuations: 10 ........ . , P-QR3?; 11 . P-N4, R·Ql: 12. B·K3, Q-B2; 13. P·NS. N·Q2; 14. P-KR4, p ·N4; 15. P·N6!, BPxP; 16. p.R:>, PxP; 17. RxP, N-B3; 18. R-N5, N-K4; 19. Q-N2, B·B1 : 20. B.K2, N·BS; 21. BxN, PxB; 22. N·Q4, R-NI ; was played in TaJ.?,Iohrlok, following an earlicr game between Spass· ky and Boleslavsky. Tal now found the improvement 23. R-RI !, R-N2; 24. It-R6! with a winning attack. For the game and Tal's analysis see CHESS LIFE Novem-ber 1962, page 245. In a la ter game, ~rohrlok fou nd a more active plan for Black : 10 . ...... .. , R-QI~ ; I I. B-K3, Q--B2; 12. Q.B2, P-Q4! ; 13. PxP, f\xP ; 14. NxN , PxN; 15. K-:'H , B·B3. Fichtl-Mohrlok went on 16. N·Q4. R·Kl ; 17. N·NS? (de-centralizing Wh itc's knight), Q-K4; 18 . B-BI , P-Q5! wi th the initiative. Instead, White could preser ve an equal game by 16. P-B3, B·K3 ; 17. N-Q4. QR-Nl ; 18. B-Q3 (Gipslis-Gufeld , Soviet Tea m Cham· pionship 1961), bu t there seems no way for him to get an advantage, and the evaluation of Spassky's attack as good for White will have to be cha nged.

(b) 7 . ........ , P-QR3; 8. 0 ·0 -0 , B-Q2; 9. p.B4, B-K2; 10. N·B3, P·QN4 is an important and controvers ial line (Dia· gram 7).

White has three major possibilities now:

(I ) n . BxN, PxB ; 12. Q·K3 (if 12. P·BS, Q·R4! ; 13. K-N1, R.Bl ; but not 12 ....... .. , P·NS; 13. N·K2, P·K4?; 14. N-N3, Q-R4; 15. B·B4 as in (Johansson-Pet· ersen, Varna 1962, which leaves Black

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wit h a gaping hole on his Q4). 12 ......... , Q·B2 (beller than 12 .........•

Q-R4 ; 13. N·Q2! Lutikov·Ma lich, Salzun· gen 1960); 13 . B·Q3, N·R4 ; 14. K.Nl , Q. 84; 15. Q-KI , N·DS with level chances (Bouwecstcr-Gheorghiu, Varna 1962),

(2) 11 . B-Q3 is natural but too slow: with White's king castled QR and Black's attack already under way, White's king gets into trouble by 11. ........ • P-N5; 12. ~·K2, P·QR4; 13. P·K5, PxP; 14. PxP, N·Q4; 15. BxB, Ql'\xB; 16. N·Na, Q·N3; 17. QR·KI , P·N6 ~ ; 18. BPxP, P·R5 with a strong attack (Torslcinsson-Bardcn, Varna 1962),

(3) 11. P-QR3 is apparently a serious weakening of the king 's position, yet proves hard to meet. If Black tries to keep up his aUack, White can consoli· date and get in first, e.g. 11. ........ , Q. R4?; 12. K-Nl, P-N5; 13. PxP, NxNP; 14 . 8 -84, Q-B2; 15. Q·K2, R-QB I ; 16. B-~3 with P-K5 looming up (Soderborg-Barden, Varna 1962). Better for Black is 11. .... .. .. , P·N5! ; 12. PxP, NxNP; 13. K·Nl, 8-83; 14. 8 ·84, 0 ·0 ; 15. KR-K1 , Q-B2; 16. N·Q4, P·Q4! equalizing (Vas-yukov.Wade, Moscow 1962).

Sicilian with 6_ B-QB4 Several games Varna shed further

light on the ideas discussed in my article in the October CHESS LIFE, and one game unfortunately modified one of my conclusions. I say unfortunately, because the loser was Edmar l\Iednis, who had stud ied my article before his game with Honli of Hungary and had dceided to try out the move 6 .......... B.Q2 which I rec· ommended fo r Black. Honli, however, had played against the variation before and had worked out a new idea: 1. P-K4, P·Q84; 2. N·K83, N·QB3; 3. P·Q4, PxP; 4. NxP, N·KB3: 5. N·Q83, P·Q3; 6. B· OB4, B·Q2; 7. 0 ·0 , P-KN3: 8. B-KN51, 8·N2; 9. NxN!, 8 xN (if 9 .......... PxN, Pt1ednis feared 10. P·B4!); 10. N·Q5!, 8xN (ir 10 ......... , KxN ; 11. Px.:.'l , B·Q2; 12. R· Kl with strong pressure on the K me); 11 . PxB, 0 ·0 ; 12. Q·K2, P-QR3; 13. QR· KI , R-KI ; 14. P·B4, Q·R4; IS. P-B5, K· Rl : 16. PxP, BPllP; 17. K·RII (sacrific-ing the QP for a strong attack), NIIP; 18. R·B7 ;lod White eventunlly won after Mednis missed the best defence. This game is a distinct bull point for 6. B·QB4, and one of the most important opening contributions made at Varna.

Honfi·Sanguinetti showed Black un· successfully trying to improve the plan of exchanging N at Q4: 1. P-K4, P·QB4; 2. N·KB3, N·QB3; 3. P-Q4, PII P; 4. NII P, N·83; 5. N-QB3, P-Q3; 6. B·QB4, p·K3; 7. ().O, 8 -K2; 8. 8-N3. 0 ·0 ; 9. B·K3, NIIN; 10. 8 11 N. P-QN3; 11. P·B4, B·R3?

Here Black's only reasonable move is 11 ......... , B-N2, for which the reader is referred to my article in the October is-sue,

12. R·83, 0 ·B2; 13. R·R3, KR·QI ; 14. K. Rl , B·BS; 15. BxN, 8 x8 ; 16. Q·R5 ! and White had decisive king side attack.

In Penrose·naisa. Black tried an inter-esting varia nt of the plan based on an early ........• N·QR4; 1. P·K4, P·QB4; 2. N-K83, N·QB3; 3. P-04, PxP; 4. NxP, N.83; 5. N·QB3, p·Q3: 6. B..QB4, P·K3; 7. B-K3,

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B·K2; 8. 0-0, 0 ·0 ; 9. B·N3, N-QR4; 10. P·B4, P·K4!?; 11 . N·8S, 811N; 12. PIIB, PxP; 13. RxP, NIIB; 14. RPxN, p.Q4; 15. B·04, B-Q3; 16. R·83 and Black will soon lose his QP (Penrose·Raissa, Varna 1962).

One interesting method of handling the 6. B·QB4 system, when Black opens with thc Najdorf·Sicilian involving an early ........• P'QR3, is to hide White's KB from attack at QR2 as a preparation lor P·KB4-5. This plan has a good reputation dating from the game OJafsson·Fischer at Bled 1959, yet Varna games indicated that Black should at least equalize with correct play : I. P·K4, P-QB4; 2. N-K83, P-Q3; 3. P·Q4, PxP; 4. NxP, N-KB3; 5. N·QB3, P·QR3; 6. 8-QB4, P·K3; 7. P-QR3, B·K2; 8. B-R2, P·QN4; 9. 0 ·0 , 0 ·0 ; 10. P·B4, B-N2; 11 . P-B5, P·K4; 12. KN·K2, QN..Q2; 13. N-N3, R·BI ; 14. 8 ·N5, N·N3.

White now has two choices: (a) 15. N·R5. N-8 S! (Fischer chose the exchange sacrifice 15 . ......... RxNl? and even th is is probably good enough for equali ty); 16. BxN, BxB; 17. Nx8ch, QxN; 18. BxN, RxB; 19. Q·Q3, KR-Bl; 20. QR·Ql , R-Q5 with an active and strong pOSition for 8lack (Rivera-Tringov, Varna 1962) .

(b) IS. BxN, BxB; 16. R·B3, N·B5; 17. R·NI, 8 -N4; 18. Jt.Q3, B-K6ch; 19. K·RI . Q·N4; 19. K·BI, B·Q5; with the initiative for Black (Robatsch·Szabo. Varna 1962).

Nojdorf Variation with 6. B-KN5 It has become accepted among grand

masters that after 1. P-K4, P·OM; 2. N·K83, P-Q3; 3. P-Q4, PIIP; 4. NxP, N· KB3; 5. N-QB3. P·R3; 6. B·KNS, P·K3; 7. P·B4, Q·N3 that i.f White offers the QNP by 8. Q·Q2 Black un safely capture it; a classic example is Bilek·Fischer, Stockholm 1962. Hence, White's stock continuation now is 8. N·N3, QN·Q2; 9. Q.83, Q·B2; 10. O·O·O? (better 10. P-QR4!, P·QN3; 11 . B·Q3 followed by castling short and attacking the king's side with Q-R3). P.QN4; 11 . P-QR3, 8 ·N2. This posi. tion is well known to many club players, but with White's QN on tbe more agres· sive square Q4 rather than QN3. The difference is sufficient to give Black a good game and this is not yet well known. Try it for yourself! A recent ex-ample from the olympics is 11. P·N4, B-K2; 12. BxN, NxB; 13. P-N5, N·Q2; 14. R·N l , R-QB t ; 15. P·BS, PXP; 16. QxP. O.o; 17. P·KR4, KR-KI ; 18. P·R5?, BxP! and Black won (Gragger-Ivkov, Varna 1962).

Najdorf Sicilian with 6. B-K2 Thc British champion, Jonathan Pe n·

rose. spent the whole morning belore h is game against Sajdor! study ing my open· ings file on the Najdorf Variation, and ca me to the board fully primed in all its latest subtleties. Najdor!, nevertheless, succeeded in evading the bad positions reached by Fi scher in his games with Geller at Stockholm and Curacao and also escaped other lines known to be· in· ferior for Black. What was new in the box of tricks? Najdorf's plan, shown here, is to develop his QB at K3 before playing ......... QN·Q2 and not to react with ......... , P-QN3 when White adva nces his QRP to PR4. This plan grants Black a va luable extra tempo for fUrthering his own main freeing idea of ........ , P·Q4: 1. P·K4, p .QB4; 2. N·K.B3, P·Q3 ; 3. P·Q4, PxP; 4. NxP, N·KB3; 5. N-QB3, P·QR3; 6. B·K2, P·K4; 7. N-N3.

7 . ........ , B·K2; 8. 0 ·0 , 0-0; 9. B-K3, B·K3! ; 10. Q·Q2, QN-Q2 ; 1 L P-QR4, R·81! (not 11 ......... , P·QN3? ; 12. KR.Ql , Q-B2; 13. P-B3, Q·N2; 14. N·Bl! , followed by N-R2-N4·Q5 with a powerful bind for White. Geller-Bolboeh an, Stockholm 1962); 12. P·R5, P-Ra; 13. KR·Ql, Q-B2 ; 14. p .B3, KR-Ql . Penrose now continued 15. B·Bl , overlooking the smart freeing combina· tion 15 ......... , p ·Q4! ; 16. NxP, NxN; 17. PxN, UxP; 18. QxB, N-B3 ; 19. Q·B4, QxQ with t.he superior end ing for Black. How· ever in any case. it is not clear how White is to make progress, e.g. 15. Q. Kl, Q·B3 followed by ........ , P-Q4, or 15. N·BI. N-B4 with active counter play.

Different problems arise when White advances his KBP to KB4 instead of KBJ in this variation. Unzicker·Fischer con· tinued from Diagram SA with 7 ......... , B-K3; 8. 0 ·0 , QN·Q2; 9. P-B4, Q-B2; 10. P·BS, B-B5; 11 . P-QR4. B-K2; 12. B·K3, 0 ·0; 13. P-R5, P-QN4; 14. PxP e.p., NxNP; 15. BxN, Qx.Bch ; 16. K-RI , B-N4 (threat· ening to bring pressure against the KP by ........ , B-B3 and so foreing White to open the QR fil e); 17. BxB, PxB; 18. N·QS, NxN; 19. QxN, R-RS; 20. P-B3, Q-R3; 21. P-R3 (up to here the game has exactly followed one between Tal and Fischer in Curacao. According to Fi scher "Tal played all his opening moves quick. ly and lhen suddenly realized that he was busted. He offered me a draw and, when I refused, he thought for an hour. Unzicker, too, played the opening quick· ly and had a big think when he saw that he was lost." Tal continued 21. QR-Ql

(COtltfrmed all 1)(lge 48)

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ess In the United States

Robert Karch, chairman of USCF Arm-ed Forces chess, is now the editor of the "Georgia Chess Letter" the bi-monthly publication of the Georgia State Chess Association. From their February issue we learn that Dr. Jose A. !

• • • Grandmaster Larry Evans yielded only

two draws in a 33·board simultaneous at Pittsburgh Chess Club on January 13.

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The fortunate players were Ernest Haile, a visitor to the club from Trenton, N.J. and Bob Speer a club member. Evans' time for the exhibition was a snappy three and a quarter hours.

• • • The fifth annual USCF Pacific North·

west Open, held in Eugene, Oregon on February 2 and 3 was won by Ivars Dal· bergs of Portland, with a score of 5·1. Dalbergs' sole defeat was at the hands of runner·up Gerald Ncufahrt of Vancouver, B.C. Third place went to Duncan Suttles, also of British Columbia. Fred Byron directed the 18·played event.

• • • Dr. J. A. Fernandez·Leon won the

North Florida Open held in Tallahassee on January 18 to 20, edging out Joel Cahlifoux of the Univ. of Florida (who won their individual game) and Thomas Lucas of Orlando. All three players had scores of 4·1. There were twenty·eight contestants.

• • • Still in Florida: The Brevard County

Championship was won by Earl Thurlow, Secretary·Treasurer of the Florida Chess Association. Egon Teodorson, who also d irectcd the event, took second place.

• • • The fourth annual Armed Forces Chess

Championship will be held in Washing· ton, D.C., during the week of October

i2-19, 1963. Top players from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard will compete for the Thomas Emery Trophy which was won last year by Army representative Roy Mallett. Each of the military departments will issue instructions for the selection of their contenders: five will be namcd by thc Army, fiv e will come from the Navy, Marinc Corps, and Coast Guard, and five will be selected in an Air Force Tourna· ment at Wright·Patterson AFB, Ohio, August 26·31.

The Armed Forces chess awards pro· gram was initiated fOUl" years ago on a grant to the American Chess Foundation by Thomas Emery and has the support and cooperation of the USCF and the United Service Organizations (U.s.C.)

Further information about the Armed Services program may be obtained by writing to Sidney Wallach, Executive Di· rector, American Chess Foundation, 1372 Broadway, New York 18, N.Y.

• • • Charles E. Hansen won the winter

solstice tournament of the Clear Think· ers Chess Club in Clear. Alaska with four wins, one loss and no draws. Jack R. Tucker was second, Harold T. Griffin third.

• • • On January 28 Donald Byrne gave a

simultaneous exhibition at the home of Dr. Robert G. Bernreutcr, scoring a 17·0 sweep against members of the Penn State faculty. The purpose of the ex· hibition was to raise money for the Varna fund and a total of fifty dollars was collected. A generous contribution!

THE WASHINGTON CHESS DIVAN, holder of the first USCF club charter, hilS moved to new quarters (air·conditioned, 2400 sq. ft.) at 527 6th Street N,W., WIIShington, D.C.

CHESS LIFE

COLLEGE CHESS

CoUege chess bas come a long way since t he Nat ional Intercollegiate Cham-pionsh. ip was last held in Ph.i1adelphia in 1956. Four teen teams played that year and seven of these were from Pennsylvania. Since i t wasn' t then a set policy to decide the winner on match points, a vote was taken. Among the top teams the University of Chicago voted Cor game points and CCNY voted Cor match points. Ironically, match points made the Chicagoans the win-ners while CCNY, the runner·up team, would bave won the tourney if game points had been the cri ter ion.

I think the most important event of that tourney was the cl~l i on of Fred Kerr of Penn State as l eLA president ."'red was the (irs t to make the le LA into a year·round functioning organiza-tion rather than merely the sponsor of an annual tournament. He charged dues and built membership up to 28 college chess clubs. Four years later, when Pcte Berlow took over , the l eLA membership was about 20 but ICLA mem bership has become joi nt with USCF club affili ation. Pete has done a tr e-mendous job in two short years : ICLA membership is almost 50; he published the Am. rlc . n College Che .. Guide; last year's Ind ividual Championship with 50 entrants was by fa r the largest and so was the Team Tourncy at LaSalle Collegc in December. These are but

Games from the Inte rcollegiate

Team Championship IIENONI COUNT E R GAMBIT

W. IIUIlGAR D. RI .... ERA IW., ... 5 •• •• U .J (U. of I"un 'o Rico )

•• .... N·1e1l-3 2). Q-Cl3 ••• • , .... 1"-Cl1I' 24. Rx N Nx leP ,. , ... 1"· 1e3 35. P ·NI R·Rl •• N-ClB3 ••• t6 . R·Nl R· R2 ,. ,., P·Q3 '1:1. P·R4 II .Q5 ,. P_le' 1" . IeN3 21 . P. IIS Q·Q2 ,. N·IeB3 II· N2 29 . 1e· 1l1 ,., •• . ·K2 0 ·0 30. Nx P N·B7ch •• 0-0 ••• 31. Rx N • • R 10. N-Q2 .. " 32. 11·114 1"· . 5 11. P·KII4 N·1I2 ll. Q.R3 R·Ks It. I"-ClR4 I"· N3 34. Q·N' 8 · K6 13. Q·Bl .... lS, R. lelll ••• 14. N·B. P·QR3 '6. Il x R ••• 15 . • ·B3 l"o4N' 37. Qx ll P· II' 16. P x P ••• 3e. 1e·.2 Q-B2 17. N·K3 ... , 39. Q.Q. P· 8 ' II. N·1e2 P· Ns ' 0. Q x l" 1". 11:4 It. P_N4 B· N4 41. I"· N' Q·KN2 to. R·al •• N tt. NxQ •• N 21 . Rx ll N .... U . Q.QI mit . n . 11:-113 N,,'

a fe w of his accomplishments. (We in Pennsylvania are proud that 10 of the membe r clubs are in our state).

In 1956 three masters played on their college teams: William Lombardy and Arthur Feuerstein for CCNY and Tony Saidy fOr Fordham. I have never seen a better team captain than Saidy. In· tervening years have seen masters in college r eCusing to play for their col-lege, a fact of wbich I have been sharp· ly cr itical. This year Raymond Wein· stein played (or the Brooklyn CoUcge learn and I extend to h im my congratu· lations (or taking the time and eUort.

II your city or area is not represented in the National Intercollegiate this ycar, or even by membership in the ICLA, you can do something about it. College chess can grow much (aster if alumni and ch.ess organizers generally make the eUort to contact thcir colleges. There is no really good reason why, for ex-ample, t he University 0( Texas with playcrs of the calibre of Steven J ones and Eric Bone will not be in the Na· tionaL Intercollegiate- we must consider it unacceptable that such universities don't suppor t t heir chess teams-we must work to change such situations even I( it r equires going clear up to the governor. Or why shouldn't the University of Minnesota, winner of the Midwest Intercollegiate Championships last spring, not be in the Nationals? And why are there no ICLA members in Wisconsin? What was done at Pcnn State to raise ches3 to a vital level was not accomplished by wishing- it can be accomplished clsewhere too if you work at it.

SICILIAN De" ENSE M. VALVO •• WEINSTEIN {Columbl.1 ,arook lyn Col" ,,) .. P·1e4 P.QB4 2 • . R-Nl ... ,. N·IeBl ... ' 2f. Ie x R II-N3 ch ,. .... .., 30. 1e·1I3 "B •• ••• N-Qa, 31. P-ClN4 R·R2 •• N-ClBl . .. , n . R· N2 K· lll •• ...... N·.3 ll. 1e· 1e4 K· K2 ,. B· N3 P·1e3 34. 1e-CI5 ... , •• . ·1e3 a ·1e2 35. Ie ·B4 R·R' •• P·B4 Q.R4 36. R-Cl2ch 1e_1I3 10. Q·1I3 0 ·0 37. P·N5th le.a2 11 . 0 ·0 QR_1e1 31. R·1e2 ... , n . Q-N3 N • • l'. R·IeN2 R·RS ch 13. II x N P ·1e4 40. Ie · N3 R·KNS 14. Px P ••• 41. R-Cl2ch K-K3 a . Il x N B • • 42. R-Cl3 11· 111 " . N-CIS a · IeR5 43. R·K3c:h .... 17. Q-Cl1I3 ••• 44. RoQ3c: h K·1I4 11. BxQ R·lll '5. 1l-CI7 ••• ,h It. P· N3 B·IeN4 46. le .a2 8 -1e' 20. P· IeR' . ·Ql 47. Rx P 1e·85 21 . Bx P R·Kl 'I. P· N6 R-N7 ch 22. II ·Q4 RxKP 4'. K-Cll ••• 23. Bx RP B-Cl1I3 50. I"· N7 R-ClN 7 24. R-Cll B.N 51. P·R5 P· R' U . II x ll , .", St. K· II1 .... U . 8 ·11' ••• 53. R·K7 R·H' 27. 8 x l" 8 _B2 504. RlSl, n ,

- TOURNAMENT REMIND ERS -MARCH 23·24 & 30·31 ............. ..... ... ... .. ..... ...................... ....... .. .... ........ GREATER CHICAGO MARCH 29-31 ............ .. .... ........... .... ........ ............. .... ......... ... .. .. ............ ...... MARYLAND OPEN MARCH 30-31 ........... .................... .................................. ....................... CAPITAL CITY OPEN APRIL !).3-7 .......................................................................... MIDWEST INTERCOIJ.EGlATE APRIL 26-28 ..... ...... ...... ........................................... ...................... NEW JERSEY AMATEUR

(Detoil6 on lXfge 52)

FEBRUARY, 1963

DUTCH DEFENSE

11:. WE INSTE IN J. I"ARIeIR , Brookl,n

1. P-CI4 2. P-ClB4 , . I"-KN3 4. 8 -N2 S. N·K83 , . 0 ·0 1. I"· N' I . QN·Q2 , . N·1e5 10. N·Q3 11. N·84 11. P·1e3 1l. No43 14. N·B3

COli ... ) P·K3

I"·KB4 N·1e8' .. ., ....

0 ... , Q-Kl

QNo42 .... ... , P · Ie N4 I"·KR4

IS. NIB}-K5 N·R2 •• N ... , 16. Nx N

17. P-ClR4 11. B-ClII:3 It. Rx.

... , ••• N·B3

(Ohio 30. II:·R2 21 . N-Cl3 21:. 1"· 11:5 23. I"·R4 24. PxPc h U . H_8' U . K-R2 21. PxRP 21. B·R3 H . PxPch 30. Q.Q4 31 . R·KHI 32. Rx R 33. Hxl"ch )of. QxN :JJ.. Q-K7ch 36. Q. II:1c h 27. Qxll:c h 31. Q-Cl k h

51. 1. U.) . .. , Q·N3 K·N2 K·83

••• R·Rl ' ·R5

Q x 'ch ' ·K4 N • • ... ,

QR·IeNI

••• K· N4 ... Ie·R4 K·H' K_B3

Ru1,n, _ _.1

KING'S INDIAN D. GII:IMSHAW M . VALVO ,U. of Toronto) I . 1"-44 N·K8 ' 2. 1"-Cl84 P·KN' 3. N-Cl83 8 · N2 4.. P_K4 O.() S. 8·K3 1"-Cl3 ,. P·B3 N·83 1. Q-Cl2 P.QR3 • • KN-K2. a ·Q2 , . N·81 I"·K4 10. !"-ClS No4S 11. N· N' 1"-84 12. I"x P • • p . I"x l" U . NxN I"x N 14. axp II:·Nl 15. I"-QNl Q. R4 16. N·K2 Q xQc h

17. KxQ IL 11.83 n . N-N3 20. II· N2 21 . B-Cl l 31. K·1I2 23. Bx a 24. I"XN

(Columbl. )

II-K' P-Q' .... N.., N·K. ." N • •

21. Kx P U . QR.gNI 17. K·K3 2L K-8' H . P·K5

p .Q' ch R • •

1It -CI1 ch II-Cli ch

RxRP R·Kl 1It· 1I7 30. KII:_KI

31 . p · Ie' ••• 32. N·K2 11 · 11 7 33. Rulgn ,

MODEIilN BENON I D. GRIMSHAW D. I1IVililA IU. of Toronto) 1. 1"-Q4 2. 1"-Cl1I4 3. P.gS 4. N-Cl1I3 S. PxP , . 1"·1e4 7. N·1I3 • • 8-K3 t . H-Q2 10. 0 -0 11. 1"·83 12. P-ClR4 ll. N-II4 14. B-N5 15. 8xll 16. Q.K2 I.,. K·Rl 11. B·Q2 n . Q·KRI 20. P·B4 21 . P_K5 2:2 . I"-B5

N·KII , P·84 P·K'

••• P·Q3

I"-KN3 B·H2 0

II:·KI N·113 N.8 2

Po4N3 8 ' R3 • • N

P.QR' Q·Q1

p · IeI1, Q.1e2 N·Q2 K· II:2

••• R.KB I

OLD INDIAN D. II:IVERA (U. Of Puer'o Rico ) 1. P·Q4 2. 1"-Cl84 3. N-ClB3 4. I"·K4 S. I"-ClS 6. Q-B2 .,. 8 ·1e2 I . N.B3 t . 0-0 10. N-Kl 11. a ' K3 12. P_KR3 13. R·81 14. P-ClN' 15. H-Cl3 16. I"_B:3 17. NxN II. N·N5 It. hll :to. " ·R3

H_K83 ... , QH-Cll

I"_K4 N ...

Po4I14 I"-KN'

B· N2 0-0 ... ,

I"·N' Q.K2 K_1l1 H·Kl P ·B4

N·" Nl"x N

• • N N·R4 N ....

IU. of ,""u'o IIIlco ' 23. 8-C13 N· IeI:3 24. I"xP ch P x P 35. 8 x P ch Kx ll 2'. Q-Q3 ch K· B3 37. 1"-Cl6 Q-Ql 11. Q-R7 N/ 2.Kl 29. BxP R.KHI 30. N·K4 R' R2 31 . N. N$ch Ie· lll n . Q-N' Q x P n . N_R7ch K-K2 34. Nx N I XN » . QxR Q.Nl U . R-Cll III-Cll 27. Q-R7ch B_Hl 31. RxRch I(xl1 39. Bx ll K·83 40. Q."'6c h I(.H2 . 1. R· ll1ch K· II:1 42. Q-QBk h Q-N2 43. Q xQ INt'.

DEFENSE R. WEINSTEI N

(Brooklyn Coli ... )

" . KR·1e1 Q· R5 22. Q·Q2 I"·R:3 13. 1I.g3 P x l" 24. I"x P . ·12 15. Q-Cli 1"·11' 2'. Q-Q2 R-85 27. Bx lll I"x8 11. P ·K5 ,xl" 2t. Rxll I"x . :10. RxP Q·B3 31. R·II' Q·K2 n . Q.B3 R·Kl 3.3. R·K' Q· BI 34. Qxl"c h K·1l2 U . axPdI K·113 36. 8 x R d is ch 1e· R2 37. 8 ·N' ch Ie· ., • • B-HI dl'ch

11111.."

USCF DIRECTORS' MEETING Hote' Gunln. 5Ion Antonio, Au,ust 17, 1"2

The meethl , was caUed 10 order by P resident Cramer at 2 P .M. The r e we r e Ihlrty. nl ne DIn-d on pre.cn t. The mInute. of the preV\OUI meeUa, were .c~pk'd as printed In Clleu U fe . Pa." 110, M~ 1962. CRE DI NTIA LS COMMITTEE ItEPOIlT

PN'I Lde nl Cume . appoin ted William Sl, ler (:-1 '1' ) CIl _lnnan of the CN'dcntla' . Committee. Mr. Cramer reminded the g roup that 11$1 yea r'1 Chairman, Mr. Clenn lIartleb, had heen kUled In an a" tomoblle accident shortly ; rte r last year's U. S. Open. ~Ir. Harlleb had cner-gelieally worked for yUrs as USCF SccreUty at no ",campense, and wilB very well known, and had played In the mOl t consecutive U. S . Open Tournamonts, fourteen. The DlrecloTl Itood In Silence and dignity for a MInute In hIs honor. The followl"l proltlu were reported: E. Reubena 1, M. Trf!blow I , S. Noblin I, E. Aronson 1. ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Telle n J.ck Sh. w IN. Me x.) and Kathryn SI.ter (NY) reported tbat the followln, were ele

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It may be posllble with much labOO' and lome changcs in the Federation structure to qualify the ~'e