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INTERNATIONAL RATING LIST! USCF Rating Formulae Now Reveal First Scientific Ranking Of All

Living Masters By ARPAO ELO

Chairm.n, USCF Rating Committee

With this issue of CHESS LIFE there appears the first of what will be an annual publication of the ratings of the international masters. This wil l be a service mai ntained by the USCF so that in the future American masters can be rated (or their perfo rmances in inter­national tournaments, All too often in t he past very fine perfo rmances of. these masters were not reflected in their rat­ings since such ralings were based sole­lyon perfor mances in domestic tourna­ments.

This firs t Jist does not pretend to be a complete list of the international mas· ters and includes only players who have fulfilled the following specifications: (a) competed in at least one tournament of international scope within the past five years; (b) on whom a sample of at ~e.ast 30 games in international competItion has becn avail able to the writer. The present list. however, will serve as the basis for expanding the rating ilst to all recognized master players.

It might be of some interest to de­scribe the procedure that was used to obtain the present ratings. Actually this rating study began with three tourna­mcnts, namely. Wiesbaden t880; Berlin 1881 and Vienna 1882. These thrce tour­naments were selected since the over­all strength of the competi tion was just about the same in all three : (L. Pau lsen fo r example scored 7Ih -71k; 8·8 and 16lh-151k in the respective events) and 15 of the leading players of the day par­ticipated in at least two of the tourna­ments, The samples on these 15 player~, who might be designated now as the pri­mary standards, comprised anywhere from 31 to 63 games, As it turns out a 31 game sample of the play o~ an in­dividual is sufficient to determLne the class of the player with what is termed in statistics as "reasonable cer tainty," Le. with a 95% probability. Essentially the methods described in the June 1961 CHESS LIFE article by the writer were used to establish the ratings of the 15 individuals with respect to the norm of

the group and this norm in turn was arbitrarily designated as zero raling. The members of the initial group then served as standards of compar ison in other events and so eventually as subsequent tournaments were rated more and more players were brought into the rating list. Th is procedure was carr ied through an eighty year period right down to 1962 and during the process thcre were rated: (a) every large international tour nament; (b) many smaller tournaments of inter· national scope and (c) a greal number

Professor Elo

of tourna ments of national scope which, however, included international masters. Actually it is not essential to rate every tournament in which a player partici­pated to obtain a trustworthy rating for him. It is more important to have sam­ples of his performances which are sta­tistically adequate and which are of re­cent origin.

Throughout the 80 year period the cal· culations of the ratings were made with respect to the arbitrary norm mentioned above and only at the end was the con·

version made to the USCF scale. This conversion presented no particular prob­lcm since the many US masters who competed in international events also compcted in strictly domestic events with other US players whose ratings were well established on the USCF scale. Thus essentially only a splicing of the two sca les was requir ed since the mean­ing of the class interval or of any given di fference in ra ting is identical on the t 1\ ' 0 scales. It might be noted, however, that the ra ti ngs of some of the US senior masters have been revised as a conse· qucnce of their performances in recent international tournaments.

Formula Rev ised One further comment might be adde<l

about the procedure used, name:y, that whereas the formula used in computing new ratings in this study was in form identical to the USCF formu la there was II modification of the numerical constants of the formula. This was found desir­able because in general the samples available from international tournaments on an individual's performance are much larger than those available from prevail­ing US tournaments. Samples of 15 to 20 games arc the most common from anyone tournament and samples of 50 ga mes are readily available on any mo· derately active international master in anyone year. (On GJigor ich. for example, over 70 games were obtained in 1961 alone!) Therefore, established rati ngs were based on a minimum of 50 games (instead or 25 as in domestic practice); the provisional rating s tatus or any new player was continued until such sized sa m· pie was accumulated upon him and the form ula fo r computing new ra tings took the form: RH = RQ + 8{W-L ) + 2% (~ D). As mentioned this is identical to .... the USCF formula except for the coeffi­cients 8 and 2% replacing the 16 and 4%. This change actually serves merely to smooth out the statistical fluctuations in the ratings. No anti-attrition factor was applied at any time and it would seem that this featu re of thc rating sys­tem is not a necessary one. The provi-

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Volume XVII Number 8 AUl\I st, 1962

EDITOR: J . F . Reinhardt

CONTIUIIUTORS

Weaver Adams, Leonard Barden, Peter Berlow, Arlhur Bisguier, R. E. Braine, Dr. Richard Cantwell, John W. Collins, Fred Cramer, Edward A. Dickerson, Major E. B. Edmondson, Arpad Elo, Larry Evans, Kenneth Harkness, Eliot Hearst, Edward Lasker, William Lombardy, Ericb Marchand, Jerry Spann, Gary Sperling, Raymond Weinstein, Fred Wren.

ACTIVITY MEANS MEMBERS SPONSOR ONE MORE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR

John 8ehling, KanslS City.-Dear Ed, Thanks a million for the membership tapes, tournament roster and your personal mailing lisl. We, here in Kansas City, will use it to make the "9tb Annual Heart o[ America" tourney a major affair for the southwest. The 7 round tourney will be held at the recently remodeled Park East Hotel and plans arc under way to present awards of approximately $600. Since our tourney will be held on September 1-2·3 we would like to extend an invitation to aU woodpushers returning from the U.s. open.

WiIIllm Jessup, Camas, Wuhington,_Dear Ed, Enclosed is a copy of an invita· tion sent to 114 ebess players within a !KI mile radius. The " Ruse de Guerre Chess Club" feels that these rating improvement round robins will not only help the membership drive but will create the activily necessary for our club to grow. Please send us the necessary forms for the "Rating Improvement Tourneys."

Phoenix Chess Club, Phoenix, Arh:.-Dear Ed, With the recommendation to set up "Just One More Tournament" our tournament committee has set up two. These tourneys are designed [or tbe newer unrated members and for those who can not play on weekends.

J . P. Denne, Chiugo, 1It.- Dear Ed, I bave a provisional rating and would like to play in some rating improvement tourneys. Can you Help? (Help Is on the way-anyone in Chicago interested please drop me a card).

Paul Webb, Phoenix.- Dear Ed, Our tournament committee is expanding its tbink· lng on the "Rocky Mountain Open" to be held Sept. 1-2-3. Would you please send me membership tapes for the 10 states listed below. (They are in the mail).

M. Tr.blow, Bloomsburg. Pa.-Dear Ed, We have already sponsored "Two More Tourneys This Year." Special recognition should go to J ack Giles, BloomsbUrg Chess Club, fOI' organizing an annual tourney after only 4 months in ex istence. (Nice wOl'k, Jack).

Karlsruhe, Germany.-Captain Arthur Joy has jUst compleled an exceUent tour­ney. The Karlsruhe Open had an attendance of 30 players and produced 10 new U.S.C.F . members. With plans already made to hold the Semhach U.S.C.F . Chess Festival, Nurenberg Open and U.S.C.F . Christmas Chess Festival, Germany leads many of our states in members and activity.

Jerry Spann, Okla. Cily.- Dcar Ed, The "Okla. City" Open produced 18 new and renewal members for U.S.C.F. We are working on that "One More Tournament This Year." (It is interesting to note that Susan Spann was tied in games won with ex champion, John BeiUing-Nice work, Susan). Send information for this column to E . A. Dickerson, 2500 Hampton, St. Louls 10, Missoul"i .

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INTERNATIONAL RATING LIST-(Ctl"t'd from !1,1Il vt'ge)

sional rating period appears adequately to lake care of whatever aUri tion might ex ist otherwis~. Far from the r atings declining over the 80 year period it wou.ld appear that there was a slight syslematic rise of Ihe leading players from one generation to the next. One could say perhaps that this systemati~

increase refl ects the improvement of master play during the period but the possibility of other statistical reasons for this cannot be ruled out entirely. At any rate, the rating system appears to maintain its integr ity over an ex­tended period without any anti-attrition factor .

The Question of Accuruy

The question which might naturally arise in the minds of some people ·is just how "accurate" arc these ratings. The nature of performances In a competitive activity being what it is perhaps the term aecuracy is not even appropriate here. Often people who are not familiar with th~ nature and limitations of s ta· tistical methods tend to expect too much of the rat ing system. Ratings provide merely a compar ison of performances, no more and no less. The measurement of the performance of an individual is always made r elative to the performance of his competitors and both the per· formance of th e player and of his op· ponents are subj ect to much the same ran dom fl uctuations. The measurement of tbe rat ing of an ·indlvidual might well be compared with the measurement of the position of a rork bobbing up and down on the surface of agitated water

, with a yard stick tied to a rope and which is swaying in the wind. For those who carefully studied the description of the r ating system in the J une 1961

I CHESS LIFE and who followed the ana­lytical supplement it will be meaningfu l to add here that the standard deviation of a 50 game sample would be just 40 rating poi nts and thercfore the probable error in these ratings would be 40 di· vided by the square root of two or ap­proximately 28 points. Therefore after each of these ra tings there shou.ld pro­perly appear ± 28.

In the course of this study the ratings of all the past greats and near greats of the chess world have been obtained . Obviously thcse r atings vary through time and perhaps the most appropriate way to show such ratings is gra phically. The s tudy in the meantime is being ex­tended over the period from the Morphy era to 1882. This material will be the

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subject of a f uture nrt icle in CHESS LIFE.

Wbereas tbe ratings speak l or them­selves a few observations perhaps are in order. The ratings purport to show curr.nt playing strength and do not refl ect the earlier gr eat achievements of some of the older masters includ~d on the list. In general there is a very bigh correlation between the ratings and the FIDE ti tles of international grandmas. ter. Only in a few cases it might be said that the award o[ such a title came beCore adequate proof of a player was obtained in international competi· tion. The 2500 poi nt linc of demarcation suggested in the CHESS LIFE article for the title of "gr andmaster" seems quite appropriate. The gr~at superiority of Soviet chess is also quite obvious. In fact to achieve just a 50% score in the USSR championship a player must be grandmaster. On tbe basis of these ratings it would seem that many play· ers in the USSR, in the USA and else· where could be considered as ripe for proper r ecognit ion.

Grateful acknowledgement is made to ~{r. Bernie J epson of Cleveland who helped to accumulate some of the data for this study. His sea~hes in the John G. White collection of chess literature filled in many gaps in the vast amount of tournament data Ihnt was required In this undertaking.

INTERNATIONAL RATINGS

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HOT TIME AT Chess players from all across the nation gathered in San

Antonio from August 13th through 25th for the 1962 U.S. Open Tournament. Those who flew made the trip with com­parative ease and comfort. Those who drove displayed unusual daring and fortitude, for they hopped Ollt or their respective f rying pans into an all-time record-breaking heat wave, Aug· ust 15th was the twenty-second straight day with San Antonio temperatures 01 100 degrees or higher.

The heat wave broke on Thursday the 16th, by which time the outstanding theme of the 1962 gathering was easily apparent; the players and their families were having a good time. The family groups delighted in visits to the Alamo, the zoo, Brackenridge Park, and the nearby military bases. Per· sons with special interests along those lines took in such var ied attractions as horse shows, art exh ibits, fashion luncb­eons lor the ladies, and the vivid experience of a side trip to Old Mexico.

Everyone enjoyed the entertainment provided by the Lone Star Brewing Company. This included an afternoon swim­ming party ·and an evening barbecue (witb all the free beer you could drink) on the beautiful gr ounds of the company recreation area. Other sources of considerable pleasure and enjoyment for all who aUended were the even ings at the San J ose Mission and the Fiesta Noche del Rio.

In the midst of so much gay activity, 144 players stilI found time for the serious business of the tournament itself. This was the fifth largest field in the 53-year history of the event, ranking only behind San Francisco in 1961, Milwaukee in 1953, Cleveland in 1957, and St. Louis in 1960. Of the 144 total, 45 players were from Texas and 99 ou t-of·staters made the trek across the parched plains to the San Antonio oasis.

Seven of the twelve rounds had been compleled at press· time. The sensation of these early rounds was Stephen Jones, University of Texas student from Austin. His 6·1 score at this point placed him in a five ·way tie for first place with De· fendi ng Champion Pal Benko, 1960 Champion Robert Byrne, several·times winner Arthur Bisguier, and the Venezuelan Champion, Antonio Medina. Records of these five players during the fi rs t seven rounds were:

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PAL BENKO

I- Mabel Burlingame, Redwood City, Calif.

I- Blake Stevens, San Antonio, Texas

I- !'.utchell Saltz berg, New York City

I- Bernard Zuckerman, Brooklyn

l- Lajos Szedlacsek, Cleveland

k- Robert Byrne, Indianapolis

II _ Antonio Medina, Caracas, Venezuela

ARTHUR BrSGUIER

l-Oran Perry, Odessa, Texas

I- Rod Freeman, San Diego, California

I_ Ronald Finegold, Detroit

~--Jack O'Keefe, Ann Arbor, Michigan

I_ Dr. J. A. Fernandez·Leon, Miami, Fla.

!_ William Lomba rdy, New York City

l ---'Kenneth Smith , Dallas

THE OPEN ROBERT BYRNE

I-Carter Waid, Portales, New Mexico I- Eva Aronson, Chicago ~-Edwa rd Formanek, Berwyn, Ulinois I- Edgar McCormick, East Orange, N.J. I- Edmund Davila, Nicaragua I- Pal Benko, New York City l~Angelo Sandrin, Chicago

ANTONIO MEDINA

I- Robert Erkes, Baltimore, Maryland I-James Christman, Scottsdale, Arizona I--John Bob Payne, Corpus Christi, Texas I-Kenneth Smith, Dallas ~-William Lombarrly, New York City I- Larry Gilden, Takoma Park, Maryland ~-Pal Benko, New York City

STEPHEN JONES

I--Jim Ragsdale, Fall River, Mass. I- Max Gardner, Phoenix, Arizona I- Mar lin Harrow, West Haven, Conn. O--Edward Formanek, Berwyn, minois I- Walter Cunningham, Arcadia, Calif. I- Rod Freeman, San Diego, California I-Larry Gilden, Takoma Park, Maryland

Bunched just one·haIr point behind the leaders with 5lh · Ilh scores were William Lombardy of New York City, Ber­nard Zuckerman of Brooklyn; Martin Harrow of West Haven, Connecticut; Edward Formanek of Berwyn, Illinois; and Jack O'Keefe, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Lombardy's seventh round total was obtained as follows:

l- Dan Denney, Dallas I-Dan Rey nolds, Ft. Dodge, Iowa I-Charles Morgan, Phoen ix l -Shelbourne Lyman, Boslon i.- Antonio Medina, Caracas i.- Arthur Bisguier, New York City ~-Bernard Zuckerman, Brooklyn

Eighth round pairings for the leaders were Bisguier vs. Benko, Medina vs. Byrne, O'Keefe vs. Jones, Lombardy vs. Formanek, and Harrow vs. Zuckerman.

In the lead for the Women's Championship were EYa Aronson of Chicago, 4 !f.: ·2lh , and Kathryn Slater of New York City, 3lh -3lh.

Results in this year's Open also determine the U.S_ Hnn­dicap Chess Champion. (Details of the Handicap System ap­peared in CHESS LIFE [or May 1962.) Early leaders in the race lor the Handicap Title were:

Handicap Score J oe Kelly, Houston ....... ................................. 2475 Dennis Sims, Fayetteville, Ark .. ................. 2416 Edward Formanek, Berwyn, Ul . ...... ....... ..... 2387 Cecilia Rock, Becket, Mass ......... ... ... ... .. .... . 2319 Wm. Weller, Boulder , Colo_ ............ ... ......... .. 2319

Young Cecilia Rock's score has also placed her in top con­tention for the U.S_ Women's Handicap Chess Title.

Final resul ts will be carried in the next issue, incl uding all Prize Awards and a complete crosstabJe.

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I i I • en e

by Master

• LEONARD BARDEN

~~~'IDQ1.~~~~('I@'~~~1aJrJj1il,~~~~r""jil~~~Nj~~Il1.'" POLUGAEVSKY'S ATTACK-A NEW POINT SCORER

The King 's Indian and Sicilian have a lways atlracted attempts at bli tz de· struction. The plan of castling Jong and hurtling forward the KNP and KRP to­wards the black king not only looks promising, but is simple enough in idea and execution to be carried out success fully by quite inexperienced players .

In recent years, grandmaster interest has drilled away from the early pawn storm aga inst the King's Indian, (5. P·KB3 the Saemiseh) owing to the ap· parent s trength of Gligoric's counter · method involving an early Black ....... . P-KR4.

One grandmaster who has remained faithful to the while side oI the vari· ation is rising young Soviet star Polu­

/ gaevsky. His convincing strengthening of White's play outlined here could mark the beginning of a new bull market in the Saemisch.

The var iation opens 1. P·04, N-KB3; 2. P·QB4. P·K N3; 3. N-QB3, a·N2; 4. P-K4, P·03; S. P.B3, 0-0; 6. B-K3, P·K4. The standard reply; Polugaevsky eClnsiders it a mistake! Very recent tournaments indicate that other grandmasters are swinging to this viewpoint. These new methods of defending the Saemisch will be explained in a later article. 7. P-QS, P·B3 (Diagram 1).

Dlallnm 1

8. Q.Q2

8. KN·K2 is los ing favor. A recent ex· ample is S ......... PxP ; 9. BPxP, P-QR3 ; 10. P-KN4, P·KR4! (an idea introd uced by Gligorie which slows down the king's side attack); 11. P·KR3, P'Q~4 (better th .. n 11 ... ......• N·R2?; 12. PxP, Q-RSc;h ;

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13. B-B1, QxP(R4); 14. N·N3. followed by P-KR4-S with a good attack. as in Bot­vinnik-Lombardy. Leipzig 1960) 12. B·N2, QN·Q2; 13. B·;"l5, Q·R4; 14. Q·Q2, P·N5; 15. :-I·Ql, N-B4; 16. 0 ·0, Q·N3; 17. N-B2, PxP; 18. RPxP, P·R4 with level ~han~es (Botvinnik-Penrose, Hastings 1961·2).

Another possibility is S. KN-K2, PxP; 9. RPJCP, P·QR3; 10. N-N3 . In a radio game Lilienthal-8kold, 1961 , Black continued 10 ......... , N-Kl ?; 11 . B-Q3, P·KB4; 12. PxP, PxP; 13. B-KB2, P·K5!?; 14. PXP, P·B5; 15. N-B5, BxN ; 16. pxn, and white secured a big advantage by the knight maneuver N·K2-Q4-K6. Bl ack could have done much better, however, with 10. N-N3, QN·Q2!; 11. B-Q3, p·QN4; Iallowed by ........ N·N3, ........ B·Q2, ........ RQBl and play along the QB file, after which White's knight is likely to prove m IS­placed at KN3.

8. . ...... . 9. BPxP

10. 0·0-0 I

PxP P·QR3

This is Polugaevsky·s re£i nement. If White plays immediately to. P·KN4?, again Gligoric's 10 ......... P-KR4! is good.

Another feature of White's plan is his postponement of K~-K2: by keeping clear the diagonal oI his KA, he remains ready to exchange off Black's QN if it occupies the outpost square QB5.

10 . ....... . P-QN4 11. K·Nl!

White is going to saIeguard his king position before proceed ing with his pawn advance on the other side.

Diagram 2

Leonard B .. rden

From Diagram 2, Black has two plans available.

(a) He can bring his QN to QSS via QN3, possibly supported by a rook at QBl.

(b) He can play 11. ........ 8·02, intand· ing to advance his queen's side pawns and then bring his QN into action via QR3 and QB4.

(a) Black aims at ODS with his QN. 11 ......... QN.Q1 12. R·BlI

A further consolidation of his king position--but the move has a subtler, long-range objective. A theme of Polu· gaevsky's system is that after blunting Black's queen's side attack by exchanges, White will himsclf use the open QB fil e as an invasion route.

12. . ...... . N-N3 13. P·KN4

White's advance begins. He does not necessar ily expect a mating attack; it will be sufficient for White's plans if he call jam several black minor pieces in defensive posts on the king's side.

(Cml(d on p. 171)

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• • S OF MASTER PLAY

BY INTERNATIONAL

This, the tenth game, was played under extremely high tension. The ninth game had been adjourned and was thus hang· ing over our heads. Holding excellent prospects for winning that ninth game, I still had to win the tenth in order to tie the match. During the match I had been playing far below form, and Evans, with bis usual tenacious style, was the one to take fu ll advantage of the sltua· t ion. However, I surprised even myself by playing the last two games with a good deal of my usual vigor. I won the tenth game, but careful defense on the part of the U.S. Champion salvaged the haIr point and won the malch (or him. I suppose a lay-off of a year made it dif­ficult for me to play with any consist· ency. At any rale Larry deserves full credit and congratulations for a well contested match.

, SICILIAN DEFENSE

Lombl rdy EVins 1. P·K4 P·QB4 3. P.Q4 PxP 2. N·K2 N.QB3 4. NlIP P-K3 This defenSe has recently come into favor. Black allows the Maroczy bind (P-QB4) in order to begin a swift attack against the White pawn formation, i.e. 5. p .QB4, N·KB3; 6. N·QB3, B·N5. S. N.QB3 P·QR3 7. P·84 6. B·K3 Q·B2 The theoretical recommendation is p. QR3 so as to avoid B·QN5. However, I had in mind the sacrifice of a pawn for a king·side attack, should Black be so willing. 7. ........ B·NS 8. B·Q3 N·R4?1 IC Black intends to accept the pawn this move has some point; otherwise it is a waste of precious time. KN·K2 a la Hrorllllein was the sounder course; if 0·0 then Black could simplify with NxN followed by B·B4. 9. 0 ·01 N·BS? Better was N·KB3 and if P·K5, BxN, PxB followed by N·Q4 gives Black some counter·play. The text allows White the choice of two advantageous lines of play.

(1) 10. BxN, QxB; 11 . Q·Q3! gives White the better ending because o{ his superior development and domination of the centcr.

(2) 10. BxN, QxB; 11. Q·N4! , as played, takes full advantage of Black's backward development by prying open the king side. 10. BxN 11. Q·N4! ........ 170

WILLIAM

Posit ion . ner 11 . Q.M41

Let's takc stock of this position. (I) Black has the two bishops but has

yel to develop the queen bishop. (2) White has completed his develop·

ment and is ready to commence the at­tack.

(3) Black has no development at all to speak of.

(1) White completely dominates the center.

(5) White has a theoretically won game. 11 . ........ P-KN3 Startling as it may seem, B·Bl is the safer course. Black cannot afford the weakening of the black squares. He can later regain the lost tempo with N·KB3; however, his position remains rather bad but not hopeless. 12. P·BS ....... . An obvious but rather powcrful push. Having played P·KN3, there is nothing Black can do to prevent the opening of the king bishop Cile. 12. ........ N·K2 13. Q·R4 B·B4 Black had spent considerable time on this move, some forty minutes. The idea is to neutralize by the pin the eUect of the knight on Q4 and the bishop on K3 for the timc being. and thus he will be enabled to catch up in development. 14. Q.82 .. ..... . The threats of opening the king bishop file or N(4)·N5(!) cannot both be de· fendcd. 14. Q·B6 is less efCective, Le. R·BI , 15. PxNP, RPxP, 16. QR-Ql, N· QB3 and Black has some chance of holding out. 14. Q.B6, O-O! ; 15. PXP, NxP; 16. R·Q l , B-K2 and although Black's position remains difficult, he retains some practical chances for defense. 14. ........ P.Q3 17. QR.Ql B.Q2 IS. Px NP BPxP 18. R·Q31 ....... . 16. Q·B7+ KoOl

Posit ion .n.r II. R·Q3!

The idea is to nudge the queen away from QB5 ; then the king pawn will faU.

18. ........ R·K1 19. P·QR3 B·R2 The queen was threatened with P·QN3. 20. B·B2 ........ To fr ee the White rook for action along the queen file. 20. ........ P.QN4 21. PoON3 Q·B2 Against Q·Bl the simple N(4)·K2 would sumce. Should White choose, he can also pick up the Black king side pawns. 22. NxP+ BxN 26. Q-N5+ Q·K2 23. Qd N·Bl 27. Q·Q2 Q·K4 24. Q.QS BxB+ 28. NoOS I ........ 2S. RxB R·R2 White renews his attack. The threat is Q·R5+.

POll tlon Ifte r 28. N·QSI

28. ........ PoOR4 30. P· KR3 ........ 29. R.Q4 P.KR3 Both sides afe short of time, so t1iese last few moves to the time control were made at lightning speed. 30. ....... . P·KN4 33. N·RS Q·K2 31. R·BS Q·N2 34. Q·821 . ....... 32. N·B6 R.K3

CHESS LIFE

There is no defense. Black has been playing the whole game without the services of his queen r ook and he will soon be relieved of this piece. 34. ... ..... Q.Q2 36. N-B6 Q.B3 35. P-KS K-B2 37. PxP+ NxP

39. Q­of the

If 37 . ........ , RxP; 38. RxR, KxR; Q4+ leads to mate or the win queen. 38. RxN ... ~ ... Sufficient to win. In time pressure I missed the obvious 38. R·B5 winning the queen, Le. 38 . ........ , QxR; 39. R-B4! QxR; 40. QxR+ etc. 38. ........ KxR 39. OxR More precise was Q-Q4+. 39. ...... .. R·K7 40. 0-04+ K·K3 Here White sealed R-B3 and Black re­signed without resuming play.

GAMES FROM THE CANDIDATES' _ c:TOURNAMENT - --- - . ----'-'-,,-.. __ .- . -_ . .. . . ----. .

KORCHNOI 1. P·K4 2. N .KB3 3. B_N5 4. B.R4 5. 0 -0 6. R·Kl 1. B·N3 8. P·B3 ,. P·Q3 10. QN·Q2 11. N·BI 12. B·B2 13. N.K3 14. P' KR3 15. P'Q4 16. PxP 17. NIlN 18. QIlP 19. Q.Q3 20. B-N3 21. N·Q5 22. QxB 23. R·NI 24. R·QI 25. BxN 26. QxQP 27. B·K3 28. Q·N8ch 29. P·QN3 30. QR·BI 31. RXR 32. P·R3 33. Q·Q6 34. Q·Q2 35. R·KT

GELLER_ v..

I . P-K4 2. N.KB3 3. P·Q4 4. NxP 5. N·QB3 6. B·K2 7. N·N3 8. 0 ·0 9. P·QR4 10. P·B4 11. P.BS 12. P-R5 13. B·K3 14. PxPe.p. IS. K ·RI 16. BxN 17. BxB 18. Q_K2 17. R·R2 20. N·R5 21. NoGS 22. PxN 23. Q-Q2

RUY LOPEZ

P·K4 N-QB3 P-QR3

N·B3 B· K2

P'QN4 0-0

P·Q3 N.Q2 N·N3 N· R4

P·QB4 N·B3 B·K3

BPxP ... ~.

R·BI P·N3 N·B5 ... B-B3 R·KI Q_K'1 ... ••• R·K] K·N2 R·B1

R/ 3.B3

••• R_B6 B_K4

P· KR4 Q·B4

PETROSIAN 36. Q·QI R.Q6 31. Q.NI Q.Q2 38. Q-BI B·B6 39. R·BI Q.Q4 4G. P·QN4 Q·N6 41. B·BS B·B3 42. Q. KB4 Q·K3 43. Q·BI R.QB' 44. Q·Q2 RxQRP 45. R·KI QxRchl 46. QxQ R.R8 47. K ·BI RxQch 41. KxR P-QR4 49. PxP B·B6ch 50. K ·QI BxP 51. B-Q4ch K-BI 52. K· B2 K .K2 53. P·B3 K .Q3 54. B·K3 K·Q4 55. K ·N3 K .B3 56. B·Q4 B.N3 57. B-B6 B-B4 51. B·N'1 K·Q4 59. B·B3 K.K3 60. P·N4 K ·Q4 61. B·B6 B.Q3 62. B·N2 P-B4 63. PxBP PxP 64. B·B3 P.B5 65. B-N2 P·N5 66. B·B6 B. K4 67. B·N5 K-QS 61. KxP K-K6 ". K .B4 KxP 10. Resigns

SICILIAN DEFENSE

P-QB4 P·Q3 ...

N·KB3 P·QR3

P·K4 B·K3

QN·Q2 B·K2 Q-B'1 B·B5 0-0

P·QN4 NxNP

KR-QBI ... .. , R-NS Q-N2 Q.B2 .x. R·N4 Q·B4

FISCHER_v.. 24. P.B4 25. Q·K'1 26. R.B3 21. N-B6 21. R·B4 29. P'QN4 30. NXR 31. Q·Q3 3'1. R·BI 33. QxQ 34. R-QNI 35. K·NI 36. K_BI 31. K ·K2 38. KxP 39. R-KB1 40. R·B3 41. K-Q3 4'1. K·K4 43. P·B6 44. K·Q4 45. P.R3

R·N3 B·N4 B-B3 P· KS P-K6 ... ,x.

P·QR4 Q-B6 ...

P·KR4 R-QBI ... .. N. K_R2 K ·R3 K-N4

R·B6ch R·BI P·N3

P·KR5 Draw

AUGUST. 1962

PETROS IAN I. P-QB4 2. N·KB3 3. P-Q4 4. NxP 5. N·QB3 6. B_NS 1. P_K3

ENGLISH OPENING

P.QB4 N·KB3

KORCHNOI 12. P' QR3 13. P.QN4 14. P·B41 15. BxPch. 16. Q·N3ch 11. N ·Q5 11. N·K6

8. BxN

••• P·KN3 .... ... Q-R4 ... 19. N/S.B7ch

B·K2 Q. K4 Q.NI K ..

K-KI B.Q3

P-QN4 K-K'1 K ·BT 9. BxP

10. QR·BI 11. 0·0

B.QNS P-QR3

N ·Q2

20. N'Q4 21. NxR ReSigns

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED KORCHNOI-O I . P·QB4 N·KB3 2. N·QB3 P· K3 J. N·B3 P-Q4 4. P·Q4 P·B4 5. BPxP NxP 6. P.K] B· K'1 1. B·Q3 PxP I. PxP P·QN3 9. NxN QxN 10. 0 ·0 N·Q2 II. R-KI N· B3 12. B.KNS B·N'1 13. BxN BxB 14. B·K4 Q.Q2 15. P-Q5 R-Ql 16. Q. B2 BxQP 17. BxB QxB 18. KR·QI Q_N2 19. RxRch BxR 20. R·QI B·B3 21. Q.R4,h P-N4 22. Q·QN4 B-K2 23. Q-R5 0.0 24. N.K5 R·BI 25. P·KR3 Q.N3 16. QxQ PxQ 21. R·Q7 K ·BI 28. K·BI R·B8ch 29. K·K'1 R·B7ch 3G. R.Q2 RxRch 31. KxR B·B4 32. P·B3 B·Q5

33. N ·Q3 34. P·QN3 35. N ·N4 36. K ·Q3 37. N·B2 31. K.Q2 39. K.Q3 40. N· K3ch 41. N·B2 42. N·N4 43. K-Q2 44. N·Q3 45. N·BI 46. N ·K2 47. K ·Q3 48. N·BI 49. K-Q2 50. PxP 51. N·Q3 52. K·K2 53. N·Kl 54. N·B'1ch 55. N·K3 56. PxP 57. N· BI 58. K.Q2 59. K ·KI 60. K ·QI 61. K ·KI 62. K ·QI 63. Resrgns

TAL- I K·K2 K·Q3 P· B4 a·N1 K-B4 P·N4 K ·Q4 K ·K4 K-Ql P·R4 B·QS P·R.S B·B4

P.QN5 K·Q4 P·K4 P_KS X .. B·Q3 K.QS P-N5 K-K5 ... P·BS

P·B6ch B-B5'h

P·N4 K·Q6

B·N6ch P·B7

KERE5-1 I. P·K4

SICILIAN DEFENSE

KORCHNOI-o

2. N-KB3 3. P.Q4 4. NxP 5. N·QB3 6. B·K3 1. B·K2 8. P·QR3 9. 0 ·0 10. P·B4 II. Q.KI 12. BxN 13. PxP 14. Q·N3 15. K-RI 16. B-K3 17. 8-Q3 18. QR·KI 19. B.Q2 20. N·QI 21 . P·N4

FISCHER_ I I. P-K4 2. N-KB3 3. B.N5 4. B·R4 5. P·BJ 6. P·Q4 1. 0 ·0 8. P·Q5 9. BXBch 10. P·B4 II. N·B3 12. PxP 13. N·KR4 14. P·B4 IS. B·K3 16. P-KR3 17. PxPe.p. 18. Q·K2 19. QR·QI 20. K ·R2 21. R·Q2 22. P·KN3

P.QB4 N·QB3 ...

P·K3 Q·B2

P-QR3 N·Bl B·K2 0 -0

P.Q3

••• P-K4 ...

22. N·K3 Q-QI 23. R.QI B-R5 24. Q·B3 N_NI 25. N·B5 B· B3 26. B-Kl Q-B'1 21. P·B4 B. K'1 28. P.B5 N·B3 29. Q.K2 QR·Ql 30. B' QB4 B·KBI 31 . B·Q5 P·KN3 32. N·R6 N-Q5 33. Q·B4 BxN 34. BxB P·QN4

KR·KI B.QT K_RI B-K3

QR-BI

35. Q·R2 Q·K2 36. B·K3 K·NI 37. BxN PxB 31. RxQP Q·N4 39. Q-KB2 Q.K4

Q-N3 N·Q2 ' _K>

40. R/ I ·QI K .N2 And BI, ck resigned.

RUY LOPEZ

P·K4 23. R/ I .QI N.QB3 24. N·N2 P.QR3 25. B.Q4

P-Q3 26. P-KN4 B·Q2 21. BxB

P· KN3 28. R·Q4 B·N'1 '19. QxNP

QN-K2 30. QxQ QxB 31. K·Rl P_R3 32. P·KBS

P·KB4 33. RxKP PxP 34. RXN

N·KB3 35. N·B4 P-K5 36. N·K2 0-0 37. K·N2

P·B4 38. RxP PxP 39. K·BI

Q·K3 40. K·B2 K·R2 41. K_K3

R·KN1 42. K ·K4 N·KI And BI~ck then

P·QR4

FILlP-o N·N3

QR.NI R-N2 ' _K>

R/ lxB ••• N ·K4 N-B6ch

••• R·K4 ... R·N6 ...

RxPch R/ 5·R5

N·K8ch R-Rkh

R/ 5-R1ch R. Rkh

K·N2 resIgned.

FILIP-O KORCHNOI_ I .. P·Q4 N-KB3 22. KxB BxNP ,- N.KB3 P-B4 23. NxPch ••• ,- P.B3 P.K3 24. Q·N4Ch Q.N2 .- P.KN3 P·Q4 25. QxB QxKP .- B·N2 N-B3 26. Q-N4ch Q·N2 .- 0 -0 B·K'1 21. QxP,h K_RI ,- ... . .. 21. N·B5 Q.B3 . - B-N5 0-0 29. QxQch ••• .- QN·Q2 B·K2 30. P.N4 P·N4 IG. BxN , .. 31. R·B7 P·NS 11. P·K4 P·Q5 32. K ·N2 R-QN3 12. PxP , .. 33. P_KR4 P·QR4 13. N. B4 B·B4 34. N·Kl P-R5 14. P·K5 Q.B2 35. N_B4 R/3·NI IS. QR·BT P-QN3 36. N·KS P·N6 16. N-NS B·N2 31. PxP ... 17. N.Q6 B-R3 38. P·N5 ... II. BxN ... 39. N.B7ch . K ·NI 19. Q-RS P·R3 40. N·R6ch K ·BI '10. N / 5xBP ... ' 41. PxP R·N3 21. P-QN4 'x' 42. Resigns

BARDEN-(Confd from p. 169)

13. ........ B·02 Another idea is 13 ......... , R-N1; 14. B-

Q3, KN·Q2; 15. N{B3)-K2. In Polugaesky· Gurgenidze, Soviet championship 1959, Black unsoundly sacrificed a pawn by 15. ...... N-B41 ?ire suggests 15 . ...... N-R5 and .. .... .. N(R5)-B4 as stronger, but White in turn could speed up his attack by 14. P·KR4!

14. B-Q3 White can also continue more sharply

14. P-KR4, R-B1; 15. P-R5, P-N5j 16. N-Ql, RxRchj 17. QxR, Q-Nl; (so far Aaron­Najdorf, Leipzig 1960); 18. B-R6, R-B!; 19. Q-Q2, BxB; 20. QxB, Q-B2j 21. B-Q3, N·R.'); 22. Q-Q2!, followed by N-K2, when White is poised e ither to switch his queen to the KR file and r evive bis at· tack or to transfer his rook to the QB file.

14 ........ . R·B1 If 14 . ........ N-B5; 15. BxN, PxB; Black's

attack along the QN file is not dangerous. A recent example; 15. P-KR4, R-N1; 17. P-R5, Q-B2; 18. KN·K2, R·N2; 19. N-Ql, KR·Nlj 20. N·(K2)·B3, P-R4; 21. K-Rl, B-Kl; 22. Q.K2, B-B1; 23. Q-R2! (with bis king safeguarded, White revives his at· tack), Q·K2; 24. B·N5 with a clear plus (Podolbmy-Blagovidov, Moscow 1961).

15. KN-K2 N·BS 16. BxN RxB 17. N-N3

Diagram 3

(COIlt'd on p. 179)

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by U. S. Master ELIOT HEARST

CHALLENGES AT CURACAO

The victory of Tigran Petrosi an in the Challengers' Tour­nament at Curacao has not captured the imagination of the chess world. Perhaps this indiHerence is due to Petrosian's rather tame style of play, but a more likely explanation is that Pctrosian's success was onc of the least dramatic aspects of the Curacao struggle. Chess fans have spent so much time debating Tal's tragic misfortunes, Fischer's uneven play, Keres' last-minute disasters, (and the widespread suggestions o( coll usion among the Russians,) that by comparison the fi sc of pctrosian os world champion challenger seems only a minor matter.

Sovieh Under Suspicion: Possible collusion among the Russian contenders is a topic that can be argued endlessly- without any real hope o( settling the maUer. SPORTS n.LUS'l'RATED was brash enough in its issue o( June 4, 1962 to describe the Russian domination oC the tourney as "winning without really trying." The author of that article pointed out the inevitabil· ity of a draw whenever the leading Russians sat down across the chess board (rom each other; he further declared that, by prearranging draws, the Russians had already performed the Red equivalent of drawing straws for the right to take on champion Botvinnik. Reports (rom Curacao indicate that an overwhclming nlimbcr of the fore ign correspondents and local organizers also believed that the Russians were deliberately soft on each other in order to assure a Soviet victory.

What did the Russians themselves have to say about this rash of draws? Yuri Averbakh , the grandmaster who aiong with Grand master Boleslavsky and one sceurity agent ac· companied the Russian chess players to Curacao (there was no aggregation of 17·20 analysts, agents, doctors, and dentists, as some correspondents had predicted), said that "draws are a matter of style. Bobby is an aggrcssive player who shuns thc draw, while Petrosian is not." Averbakh told the story of the game Bannik·Petrosian, an ll·move draw in a recent Russian Championship, where the judges immediately com­plai ned about the brevity of the game. Petrosian defended himself by replying that the game was a " theoretical draw" and that he would have to compromise his position in order to win- a risk he was reluctant to take.

Averbakh also recalled a 1961 Soviet chess cartoon that depicted Geller and Petrosian sawing away together at a large wooden point and ending up with numerous half-points as shavings. The caption read : "The Fruits of a Long Friend· ship." Further evidence of Petrosian's policy of non·aggression was his offers of draws to Fischer and Keres in the fina l rounds at Curacao, in positions in which he had a distinct advantage.

Keres, when asked about his relatively quiet play at Cur a· cao responded : "Why should I take r isks? In the 1959 Chal· lengers Tourney I took chances and it didn't work. Now I'm trying another way!"

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The suggestions of Russian collusion are very difficu lt to evaluate.

At present the salest comment to make is that Petros ian, Keres, and Geller have played a large number of draws with each other in the past, and therefore the persistent draws at Curacao give no evidence of anything particularly suspicious. H's true, also, that Fischer's poor start, and the immcdiate rise of four Russians to the top of the scoretable, made it rather convenient for the Soviet s tars to continue their point­splitting course. If Bobby had won his first few games, draws among the Russians would have been the worst possi­ble course for them to follow, since that procedure wou ld have placed them lurther and fu rther behind the American. Bobby could the n have used "Russian draws" to his own advantage, just as he did at Bled and Stockholm, where ovcr 90% of the encounters between Russians also ended in draws. In any event, the Russians would certainly have been compellcd to change their tactics if Bobby had gained the lead, and this would have made for a much more exciting tournament .

Tal in Trouble : After three rounds (ormer world champion Tal had three losses and was doomed to be an also·ran in the tournament. Everyone attributed Tal's debaclc to his physical condition, and this Cactor probably had a great deal to do with his poor showing. Two months before the tourney Tal's condition had necessitated a major operation. After 21 rounds of the Curacao event, continuous pain lorced him to return to a hospital for medical tests, which revealed some signs of a kidney disorder. But a few days later the doctors discharged Tal and he was as lively as ever when he came back to the tournament rooms. Tal did not wa nt to withdraw from the tournament ; in (act, he had hoped to playoff his three postponed games fro m his hos· pital bed, but the tournament organizers would not hear of this. In addition, Averbakh had a long chat with Tal and tried to convince him that, if he were to continue, he eould not improve his own score very much and might very well eliminate one of the th ree Russian contenders (was this "col­lusion"?) As it turned out, Ta l was actually lorced to with­draw, since the final decision was not his own, but one made by the tournament committee and the Russian group's leaders.

U Tal has the relatively permanent illness that his physi­cal condition suggests, he may never regain his position in the chess world-a real pity since his aggressive style and outgoing personality helped popularize chess during the years of his reign as a chess king.

Cantwell's Corner: CHESS LrFE contributor Dick Cantwell and his wife Agnes spent two weeks at Curacao and witnessed the last seven rounds of the tourney as well as the in-between· rounds activities of the players. Most of the commcnts that follow were derived from an interview with the Cantwells and from the diary that Dick kept during his two weeks as a chess Can in the tropics.

CHESS LIFE

Bobby Fischer tried to win every game and rejected numerous draw offers. U Bobby's position is better or if the game is " even," he never takes a draw. Only if there is no play left, or if he has the worst of it, will the American even listen to talk of a draw ... The tournament organizers and Curacao chess fans completely ostrarued Benko after he de· feated Keres in the semi·final round and then overstepped the time limit in the final round against Geller in a drawn position. Evaryone (except Petrosian) was rooting for Keres to win the tournament and Benko incurred widespread ill· will by administering the decisive defeat to their favorite. Then, in the final round , Benko did not add to his popularity by losing to Geller in an adjourned game so advantageous to Benko that the tournament director had already authorized publication in the final bulletin of a statement that Keres finished a clear second in the tournament. By losing to Geller and permitting him to tie Keres for sct:ood, Benko forced the editors of the bulletins to tear up their copy and start all over again. Virtually no one in Curacao would talk to Benko after this series of events-some even called it a scandal-and he left Curacao quite shaken by tbe harsh treat· ment (only to be revivified a few days later when he crushed aU opposition in the Eastern Open in Washington). , .. Asked why Fischer did not do better in the tourney, Benko replied , "He's simply not the best plaYer! " The two Americans are probably on better terms with tbe Russians than they are with each other . . . Unlike the other competitors, who ate before the 6:30 starting time lor the games, Bobby Fischer placed his order for dinner at 6:30 and ate it alone in his room around midnight, after the round. This necessitated quite a shakeup in the hotel 's dining hall schedule, since Bobby's dinner had to be kept under guard and warm (or him after the dining hall closed at 11 p.m . .. , Tal was very hurt that none of the Russians came to visit him while be was lingcring in the hospital. His only sick room visitor among the competiton was Bobby Fischer ! When Cantwell and AP Cor1'C5pondent Heru'y Stockhold visited Tal, he was in the process o[ r(!(:eiving an intravenous Injection. Tal 's first words to them: "Excuse me, I'm having dinner now!" . . . Bobby Fischer never saves his old games, nor makes much attempt to remember them. In contrast, Tal can play over in blitz fa shion without error any game he has ever ptayed . .. Insofar as ehess theory Is concerned, Bobby is interested only in opening analysis. He laughed when asked whetber he wanted to purchase books on the middlegame or endgame : "What can 1 learn from that?" he said. Bobby ex­pressed a great deal of interest in 19th century volumes of Steinitz' International Chess Magazine, since he feels Steinitz bad a "lot of good opening ideas" ... Petrosian '5 favorite comment when fending of{ a vicious attack in 6-minute chess was ' 'To Moyell", a bilingual phrase meaning " to me?" . • . Tal, black, vs. Cantwell, white, in a 10 to 1 game (Cantwell had ten minutes for the entire game, Tal had one minute­even tougher than the 4. minute to 1 minute odds Bobby Fischer gives E. Hearst): after 1. P·K4, P·QB3; 2. p .Q4., P .Q3!!. Tal commented, perhaps significantly, "Now I play like Pe­trosian" . , . Tal, Korchnoi, Filip and Keres all spoke good English, while Geller and Petros ian were fluent only in Rus­sian .. . ~'ven the Russians were surprised that their wives were permitted to jOin them after the hallway mark in tbe tournament, The traditional Russian opinion on such mat. ters had been like that of Averbakh, in Helsinki last year, who expressed himself strongly against the presence of wives when he noliced that American Jimmy Sherwin had brought along his wife to the tournament. ...

Sally Tal, a red·headed actress, was the most vivacious oC the wives, but Bella Korchnoi (an engineer), Oxana Geller (a ballet dancer), Rona Petrosian, Markala Filip, ·and Mrs. Keres (no one remembers her first name; either it's too com.

AUGUST, 1962

plicated or too simple) were very popular with the Dutch and American spectators and rooted hard for their r espective mates. They spent much time shopping and discussing their children with the otber women who frequented the tourna· ment. . . . From these facts you can deduce that the only bachelors in the tournament were the Americans, Benko and Fischer ... Mrs. Geller, the prettiest of the wives, occasioned comments 00 her patriotism whenever she went swimming in her r ed, white and blue bathing suit ... Against Pachman at Bled, Tal's first eight moves were pawn moves: 1. P·K4, P·QB3 ; 2. P·Q4, P ·Q4; 3. P·K5, B·B4; 4. P·KR4, P·KR3 ; 5. P.KN4, B·Q2; 6. P·R5, P·QB4; 7. p .QB3, P·K3; 6. p.B4, Q·N3 ; 9. N·B3, N·QB3. After his eighth move Tal went over to Mrs. Paehman, who was Sitting nearby and joked, "I prom· ise to mOVe a piece next move!" Korchnoi. later poi.nted out that Tal could still have played a reasonable ninth pawn move (9. P-QR3) and so be shouldn't have made the promise! Tal later played 10. N·R3 in tbe Pachman game, but he now thinks that 10. B·Ra (as he played against Bagirov in the last USSR Championship) gives white a position he "would like to play against anyone in the world" ... Curacao's organiza· tion committee spent two years preparing for tbis tourna­ment. Tbe tourney room was especially constructed for the event, the demonstration boards had clocks elecrically con· trolled by the play en' clocks, and conditions were otherwise ideal. Dutch offici.als De Graaf and Withuis were imported from Holland to run the tournament and take care of the bulletins . . . .

Cantwell took so many photos and distributed so many of them to the Russians tbat Mrs. Filip called him "Santa Claus." Mrs. Keres and Keres wanted a picture of Bobby Fischer fOr their I6-year·old daughter. Asked why, Keres replied, "He will be the next world champion." All the Rus· sians have great respect for Bobby, but of the American grandmasters they find Lombardy's personality the most attractive. . .. Cantwell asked Tal, "How do you study chess?" Tal responded, "I don't like to s tudy chess theory; I just like to play! This is my own view and might not work for everyone." . . . About tbe only other activities the playen engaged in at Curacao were swimming in the hotel pool and gambling in the casino adjacent to the playing roolTU. Almost everyone came out behind at the card tables and slot machines . .. Benko used 1. P-KN3! as white to defeat both Fischer and Tal in the early rounds at Curacao. The bulletins of the Havana tourney later caUed the move the "Benko Sys· tem," which implied that Benko had devoted a great deal of time in preparing the debut for Curacao. Benko laughed when asked about this and said he chose this opening " to avoid prepared lines by his opponents."

QUESTIONS OF BOTVINNIK (asked dUring the Interzonal Tourney in Stockholm, 1962)

Q. Who has the best chance in the Candidates Tourney in Curacao? A. In his entire career, MikhaU Tal has won every tourna· ment he had to win. Q, Of all your games and tourneys, what would you say was lhe happiest moment of your chess career? A. It is difficult to say; but, recently, my greatest thrill was regaining the world Litle by beating Tal. Q. Will you play in the next matcb for the World Title ? A. II I do not feel physically well, 1 will not play. (In iliat event, Petrasian would play a match with the second·place winner at Curacao, which wOllld be decided by a match be­tween Keres and Geller,- EH)

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LESSONS IN THE

ENDGAME by DR. ERICH W. MARCHAND,

U. S. Master 1. Rook and Pawn Endings

Endings with Rooks and Pawns arise very frequenUy. They come in many types and contain numerous tricks, lraps, and strategems. In some cases a player who is one or two Pawns behind may be able to draw or even win with somo! hidden resources. It is small wonder that Fine's Basic Chen End ings devotes over 150 pages to Rook and Pawn endings.

We shall not attempt an exhaustive analysis of these endings. OUI aim is to pr esent some of the main ideas and prin­ciples plus some typical examples. Thus the beginner can become somewhat familiar with this area of chess theory and can later s tudy It systematically if he wishes.

One point should be clear already. When a player has attained some advant­age, say a Pawn or two, he should try to get into an ending with minor pieees rather than a Rook and Pawn ending with its many complexit ies. And accord­ingly, a player behind in material should try to create such an ending.

2. King, Rook and Pawn versus King and Rook

Rook and one Pawn against Rook us­ually only dl'aws if the defending King can reach the Queening square. The following position is typical.

BLACK

WHITS

The play might go 1. P·KS R·QR3 2. P-K6 R·R8

A mistake would be 2 ......... , R-N3?;

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3. K·B6 (threatening R-Ra Mate), K.Qlj 4. R·R8ch, K-B2; 5. K-B7, etc. OrdinarilY, the moment White's Pawn goes to the sixth rank the black Rook must go to the eighth to -check from behind.

3. K-B6 R-B8ch 4. K·K5 5. K·Q6

R·K8ch R-Q8ch

3. The Case with the King Cut Off

Consider the same position but with Black's King out of position at his QNl and his R at N7.

BLACK

=

WHITE

Here the most obvious try is not best. For instance

1. P-K5 2. P-K6

K-E!.1 K·Ql

and Black will draw as in the last example. Correct is to cut off the Black King by

1. R·Q7 2. R-Ql 3. P-K5 4. K-K6 5. K·B6 6. K·K7 7. P-K6 S. K-B7 9. K·KS 10. P·K7

K-81 K-B2

R-B7ch R·K7

R-B7ch R·K7 R·K6

R-B6ch R-K6

R·KB6

Not 10 ......... , K·B2j 11. R.KB 1, R·K7 (11 ....... .. , K·Q3; 12. K·Q8, RxP; 13. R-Qlch or here 12 ......... , R-QR7 to threaten mate 13. R-B6ch); 12. K-B7, K·Q2; 13. R·Ql ch.

We have reached a famous position where it would seem that White should win, but the winning procedure is not at all obvious.

BLACK

WHITE

This is known as the Lucena position. Some early theorists declared this to be a draw. The difficulty is indicated by the fact that White cannot very well get out from in front of his own Pawn with­out running into endless checks. For instance, 11. R-B1ch, K.N2; 12. K·Q7, R·Q6ch; 13. K-K6, R-K6ch; 14. K-Q6, R­Q3eh ; 15. K-K5, R-K3ch.

The winning procedure, however, lies in

11. R-Blch 12. R·B4!

K·N2 R-BS

Or 12 ......... , R-Q6; 13. R-B4 making a bridge so that 14. K-B7 may follow without being checked away.

13. K-Q7

14. K·K6 15. K-Qli

R-Q8ch R-KSch R·Q8ch

Or 15 . ......... RrK7; 16. R-B5! to make a bl"idge.

16. K-K5 R·K8ch 17. R-K4 -.......

So the Pawn at last will queen.

The moral is that the extra Pawn usually wins if the White King can get to the queening square. But there are some exceptions. A Rook·Pawn, ior example, will not suffice to win if the defending King is reasonably near.

CHESS LIFE

4. An Ending from Practical Play WHITE

;=

BLACK

The above positIOn is f rom Mauer· Marchand. U.S. Open. Rochester, Minn., 1958. Black has emerged Crom the middle·game with an exira Pawn. The game continued

33. . ...... . K·N3

Better than 33 . ........ , R·K4 s ince the King can defend the BP and leave the Rook free to r oam. Furthermor e. KxNP is threatened. However, 33 .........• R·K7 was also strong. It is well known thai the seventh rank IS a fine place for a Rook to operate.

34. R·R3 R.K7

Better than 34. coming exchange P awn for Black.

........• R·K2 since the will create a pas~d

35. RIiP 36. K·N2 37. P·R3 38. R·B7

RxNP P·N4

P.QBS KxP

Black s tirs up some complications s ince 38 .......... R·NG; 39. P·R4!; PxP; 40. RxP(4), P·RG; 31. R·QR4 would be hard to win.

39. RxP(7) K·N3 40. R.QB7 R·R7 41 . R·BS R·N7 42 •. P·R4 PxP 43. RxP(QB4) P·R6 44. R·QR4 P·R7

The bas ic winning plan for Black is to march his King over to the Q.side to help his RP. White's Rook cannot lenve the R·m e s ince be must prevent ~be RP from Queening. Actually White was very sbort of the time on the clock. Otherwise he might have t r ied K·B3, K·K3, P·B3 and K·B4 with some fa int chances.

45. R·R6c:h 46. K·B3 47. K·N2 48. K·B3 49. K·N2 SO. R·R7ch 51. R·R4

K·N2 K·B2 K·K2 K·Q2 K·B2 K·N3 ........

No better is 51. R·R8, K·Bol (or even 51. ......... K·N4; 52. R·N8ch, K-B5; 53. RxR, p .R8(Q).

51 . .. ..... . 52. R·R7 53. K·B3 54. Resigns

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K·N4 K-NS

R·N6ch

Alter 54. . ....... , n ·R6 the Pawn will queen. The presence of the K·side Pawns made this ending conside rably diIferent {rom the case discussed in Sections 2. and 3. In the absence of K·side Pawns, White could have run across with his King and helped to stop the Black RP from queening.

5. Another Practical Example

BLACk

This position is from Isaacs·Marchand, U.S. Open, Oklahoma City. 1956. Here again, Black has an extra Pawn. But the difficul ty of winning, especially when all Pawns are on the same side of the board will be clearly illustrated. The game conti nued

38. R·N5 39. R·N7 40. PxP 41. K·N3

p·e3 P·B4

RxPch P·N4

The more Pawns are exchanged off, the less chance for Black to win.

42. R·K7 R·KB5 43. bP K·B2 44. R·R5 P·R4

Not 44 . .. .... .. , K·B3; 4:5. R·R6ch. KxP; 46. ft..R6.

45. R·R7ch K·B3 46. R·R6ch KxP

47. R·R5ch 48. R·R6c:h 49. R·R4

K·N3 R·B3 ... -...

After 49. RxRch, Black would win the K and P ending easily.

49. . ..... . . SO. R.QN4 51. R·N5ch 52. R·N8 53. K·R3 54. K·N2 55. K·R3 56, K·B8ch

R·K3 K·B4 R·K4

P·RScn K·B5

R·K7ch KxP ........

Normally two conccled passed Pawns should suffice to win. But Black, know· ing this, relaxes a bit too soon.

WHITE

BLACK

56. ........ K·K6? Overlooking White's s imple reply

which. forces a draw. Correct was 56. ........ , K·K:5; 57. R·K8ch (57. R·KN8, R· K6ch; 58. K·N4?, R-N6ch), K·Q6; 58. R· Q8ch (58. R·KN8, R·K4), K·B5; 59. R· B8ch. K·Q4; GO. R-Q8ch. K·B3; 61. R-B8ch, K·Q3; 62. R-Qach , K·K2; 63. R·Q5, K·B3.

57. R·B5 R·K8 sa. RxP K·B5 59. R·N2

Not 59. KxP, ft..R8 Mate. 59. ........ K·B6

Of no use is 59 . .. ...... , R·RSch; 60. R-R2, RxRch since the RP cannot be forced through.

60. R·QR2 Drawn.

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ES BY USCF

SURPRISE FOURTEENTH

White wins a miniature with a surprise sacrifice on move fourteen.

Sacramento Club Championship, 1961

ALEKHINE DEFENSE MCO 9: p. 81, c. 11, (c:A)

W. C. Baines (2079)

M. E. Mattingly (1868)

1. P·K4 2. P-KS 3. P·Q4

N-KB3 N-Q4 ...... ".

In preference to the Four Pawns At­tack (3. P-QB4, N·N3; 4. P-Q4, P-Q3; 5. P ·B4) White chooses the morc positional, restrained, Modern Line.

3 ....... .. 4. N·KB3 5. B·K2

P-Ql B-NS

P·QBJ

This is Flohr's move. If 5 ......... , P-R3; 6. P-B4!, N·N3; 7. PxP, PxP; 8. P-Q5.

6. P·B4 ........ Sharpest is 6. N-N5!, B-B4; 7. P-K6!

BxKP; 8. NxB, PxN; 9. B·N4!, N-B2; 10. 0-0, N-Q2; 11. R-Kf, P-K4; 12. BxNch, QxB; 13. PxP, 0-0-0; 14. Q-K21 threaten­ing 15. P-K6.

6. .. .... .. N-B2

Preferable is 6 ......... , N-N3. 7. B·K3 .. ......

More preeise is 7. PxP. 7. . ...... . N·Q2

With 7 ......... , BxN; 8. BxB, PxP; 9. PxP, QxQch; 10. BxQ, N·Q2, White is left with only the advantage of the two Bishops.

8. PxP PxP 9. 0·0 P·QN3?

Disliking 10. P·B5 in answer to 9 ..... , P·Q4, Black weakens his Q·side. The im· mediate 9 ... ...... , P·Q4 or 9 ......... , B·K2 are bettcr.

10. N·B3 B·K2

Now if 10 ......... , P·Q4? 11 . Q.R4 is too strong.

11. P·KR3 B·R4 12. Q·R4 P·QB4?

Ignominious as it may be, 12. ........ , N·Nl is relatively best.

13. PxP NPxP If 13 ...... ... , QPxP; 14. N·K5.

14. BxP!! ...... ..

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BERS

After 14. BxP!!

White exploits the pill on the Knight at Q7 very sharply.

14. ........ PxB Or 14 ......... , BxN; 15. BxB, PxB; 16.

B·B6, and White wins. 15. QR·Q1

Threatening 16. N·K5. .. ......

.15. ........ P·B3 A belter defense is 15 . ........ , B·B3,

although White keeps his attack going with 16. N-K4.

16. N·K5! ... ... .. Anyway!

16. ........ PxN If 16 ....... ." BxB; 17. RxN, Q·Nl; 18.

RxBch wins the Queen. 17. BxBch P·N3

If 17 . ... ..... , KB1 ; 18. RxN, Q·B1; 19. Q·B6, wins for White.

1 B. B·N4 Resigns White regains his piece with a crush·

ing position.

THE TWO KNIGHTS A case in which two Knights have

it all over two Bishops.

New Orleans Open, 1961 QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE

Meo 9: page 252 F. Repass F. Chavez

(1891) (1946) 1. P·Q4 N·KB3 2. P·QB4 P·QN3

The usual sequence, 2 ......... , P·K3; 3. N·KB3, P·QN3, is superior, as afLer the text·move White can secure control of K4.

3. N·KB3 ........ Back to the usual. 3. N·QB3 and 3.

P·B3 go for 4. P·K4. 3. ........ B.N2 S. B·N2 B·K2 4. P·KN3 P·K3 6. 0·0 N·R3?

Annotated by

U. S. Master JOHN W. COLLINS

This deviation proves wholly unfor· tunate. Regular is 6 . ........ , 0·0; 7. N·B3, N·K5; 8. Q·B2, NxN; 9. QxN, P·KB4.

7. N·B3 0·0 B. P·QR3 P·Q4?

Now Black will have a bad QB. Logi· cal is 8. ........ , P·Q3 and 9 ......... , p.B4. 9. N·KS P·B3 11. PxP KPxP 10. B·B4 N·R4 12. P·K3!

White has no desire to duplicate the status of his opponent's QB.

12. ... ..... NxB 13. NPxN P·B3 14. N·Q3 N·Nl

BeUer is 14 ......... , N·B2. But ....... . , P·QB4?; 15. PxP, PxP; 16.

15. K·Rl

if 14. Q·N3!

Thc semi·open KN file provides ready access to Black's castled·position.

15. ........ N·Q2 16. R·KNl K·R1 17. B·B3 P·KB4

This is a move which cuts both ways: it cedes control of K4 and obtains control of K5.

18. R.N2 Less passive is

R·KNl IS ....... .. , N·B3 and

19 . ........ , N·K5 . 19. N·K5 . ...... .

Threatening 20. N·B7 mate. 19. .. ... .. . Q·Kl 20. Q.K2 B·R5

Better is 20 ......... , B·B3. 21. R/ 1·KNI Q·K2 22. B·R5 ....... .

Threatening to win the Queen. 22. ...... .. QR·KB1 23. R·N6!

Black is denied the defense of 23 . .. ...... , P·N3.

23. ........ N·B3 If 23 ......... , NxN; 24. BPxN, PxR?;

25. BxP, and the threat of 26. Q·R5 mate wins. And if 23 ......... , R·B3?; 24. RxR and 25. N·B7ch wins the Queen. But 23 ..... ... . , NxN (at least getting rid of the pesky KN); 24. BPxN, P·B5! is quite feasible.

24. N·Q1 N·NS? Why give away a Pawn? Correct is

24 . ........ , NxB; 25. QxN, R·B3. 25. BxN PxB

White's KR is, of course, immune. 26. R/6xNP/ 4 P·B4 27. Q·B3 PxP 28. PxP B·KB3

Threatening 29 . ........ , P·Q5; but overlooking

29. N·N6ch!

BxN; 30. QPxB,

. ..... .. CHESS LIFE

After i t. N.Nk h

....... . male in [our. 29. ........ PxN 30. Q-R3ch RH IIIM

For if 30 .........• B-M; 31. RxBch. QxR; 32. QxQ mate.

A RETURN FROM UTAH We are pleased to publish our first

game lrom Utah since 1960.

Solt Lake City, Open, 1962

BUDAPEST COUNTER GAMBIT MCO 9: p. 232, c. 31, (b)

J. Penquite (2176)

I . P-Q4 . 2. P.QB4

J. Fisher (1863)

N-KB3 P·K4

Black essays the Budapest gambl&­witb a special throw of the dice in hand.

. 3. PxP 4. B-B4

N·NS P·KN4

An d this is it. Pachman believes It is Black's best chance. Usual is 4 ......... , N-Q83; 5. N.K83, B-N5ch; 6. QN·Q2, with advantage to White.

S. B-N3 ••••••• •

Better is 5. B-Q2. NxKP; 6. p·K4. B-N2; 7. N-QB3, P-Q3; 8. B-K2, with a clear positional advantage for White. S. ........ B·N2 7. N·B3 KNxK P 6. N·KB3 N-QB3 8. NxN ....... .

Or 8. P-K4, P·Q3; 9. B·K2, 0·0; 10. NxN, NxN; 11. 0 ·0, K-Rl ; 12. P·B4, PxP; 13. BxP, P-KB4; 14. Q.Q2, B·KB with equal chances.

I . . ....... N, N 9. P·K3 ....... .

Gligoric-Bakonyi, Budapest. 1948, con­tinued: 9. P-K4 (to control Q5 and KB5 and to be able to attack the KNP with the Queen), P-Q3; 10. B-K2, B·KS; 11. 0 ·0 . Q-Q2; 12. N-Q5, 0 ·0 ·0 ; 13. Q-Q2, p .KR3 with equal chaDces.

9. ........ p-Q3 10. B-K2 B-K3 II. Q-B2 Q-Q2

Not U ......... , NxP? (11 . ........ , BxP?; 12. BxB. NxB; 13. Q·R4ch and White wins the Knight); 12. BxN, BxB; 13. Q-R4ch, P·N4; 14. NxP. BxN; 15. QxBch, K-BI; 16. 0-0, R·QNl; 17. Q.R5, BxPj 18. QR·Nl. and White will obtain a passed QRP.

11. P.fII3 0.0-0 13. 0-0.0 ....... .

Where is the King safesU -

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I 3. . .. ... . . 14. P·B4

P_KB4 N-B3

Menacing 15. . ....... . N-N5; 16. Q·Q2. BxN; 17. QxB. NxPch.

15. P·QR3 16. B·KI 17. N·Q5

P·NS Q·B2

KR-K.I This is the wrong Rook.

18. B-R4 More judicious is 18. B·QB3, challeng·

ing one of Black's "long spears." 18 . ... _.... R-Q2 19. B·Q3 R·ElI

If 19 ......... , BxN?; 20. PxB, QxP; 21-BxP, wins the exchangc.

20. P·QN4 BxN Parting with the QB is undesirable •

but the domination of the Knight Is intolerable.

21- PxB N·K2 Again if 21. ........ , QxP?; 22. B-B4.

Q.K5; 23. QxQ. PxQ; 24. B-K6, and White wins the exchange.

22. B·QN5 P·B3 23. PxP p,p 24. B·R6ch .. ... ...

Of course not 24. BxP??, NxB; 25. QxNch, R-82 and Black wins the Queen. 24. ........ K·NI 26. BxB QxB 2S. R.Q3 B-B1 27. KR-Ql R/ IoOl

No advantage is gained by 27 . ........ , Q·R8ch.

28. K·NI Q-K3 29. P·NS? ........

After !to P·N5P

Now it will cost a Pawn to unlock the Bishop. Better is 29. B-B4.

29. ........ P-B4 U 29 ......... , PxP?; 30. R-N3!

30. R·N3 K·B2! 31. P-N6ch? ....... .

Why hurry? 31. P·QR4 and 32. P-R5 seem indicated. 31. ........ PxP 34. Q.N2 R·QNI 32. B·NS N·B3 35. PoOR4? ....... . 33. BxN KxB

And another Pawn goes. 36. ... ..... Q-K5ch 17. R/ I-Q3 R·R2 36. K·Bl QxRP 38. Rl(QPch ... .... .

It 38. R-RJ, Q-N5ch; 39. R(Q3}NS, Q-K8ch.

38 ....... .. 39. Q..KSch 40. Qd

.,. '-83

The perpetual check is not there: e.g .• 40. Q·K6ch, K-82; 41. Q·K5ch, (if 41. Q·K7ch, Q-Q2) K-N2; 42. Q-Q5ch, Q·B3.

-to. ._...... Q·R8chl

Black goes to bat. This is stronger than 40 ......... , QxRj 41. QxR, QxPcb, although that wi ns easily also.

41. R·N.1 Q.B6ch 42. K-Ql R-Q2ch 43. Resillns

It is mate with 43. K·K2, Q-B7ch; 44. K·Bl , QxRch; 45. K-B2, R-Q7ch; 46. K·N3, Q-K8.

And so another State is heard fro m. In August, 1960, after the publication of the OPERATION M REPORT, we began culling our mail for games from every State. To date, we bave bad re­turns (rom tw@nty·nine. plus tbe District of Columbia and P uerto Rico, in the column. This leaves twenty-one - Ala· barna, Connectkut, Delaware. Georgia. Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, N@w Hampshire, North Dakota. Oregon, Rhode !SlaDd, South Dakota, Tennessee, Ver­mont. Virginia. Wyoming - to break into print. Officials and players in these States ar e invited to submit games in order that the Parade of the States will be complete .

TRAPPER TRAPPED

With a distiDCtly superior position. White lets bimself fall into a pr epared trap. But it turns out it is the trapper who is trapped.

Team Match Pittsburgh, 1962

KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE MCO 9: p. 315, c. 45, (n)

M. Lubell (2066) IPittsburgh) 1. P-Q-4 N·KB3 2. P.QB4 P·KN3 3. N·QB3 B-N2

B-Shelley (2001) (5. Youngstown)

4. P·K4 P-03 5. B-NS ...... ..

5. p.KR3 (one of Bronstein's ideas). 0 .0; 6. B-N5. is an interesting change.

5. ........ QN-Q2. Alternatives are 5. . ....... , ()..() and 5.

........ , P-B4. 6. S.g3 .. ......

Usually, this is not a good square lor the KB in the KID. 8. P-B3, folowcd by 7. Q-Q2 and 8. 0 .0 .0 , as in the Samisch Variation. 11 preferable. 6. ........ OOO 8. p·QS N·K4 7. KN.K2 P·B4 9. P.KS3 N·Kl

Black should play for ........ , P·QN4 with 9 .........• P·QRS, 10 . ........ , B.Q2, and 11 ......... , R-QN1 .

10. N·N3 ....... . White seta h imself to meet bis op­

ponent's break at KB4. Less precise is 10. p.B4, NxBch ; 11. QxN.

10. ..... ... P·84 Although consistent. this creates a

backward KP and a hole at K3. Black, evidently, does not care to sit light and await the advance of White's kingside PawDS. 11 . PxP NxBch 13. NxB RxN 12. Ql(N BxP 14. B-K3 ....... .

White has tbe advantage In develoJ)­ment and pawn·structur e.

(Collt'd on p . 188)

GAMES FROM THE WESTERN OPEN

WEIN8ERGER KOSTIC

Q.K2

••• .·K4 N-Ks? •• a P·R3 • • N R· K3

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a ·N2 QR.al KR·KI

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R. BYRNE 8·N2 .,. Q.B2 N ·a3 8·K3 N", • • a ... R·a3 R.Ql

P·K R4 25. Ru l"nl

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ANGELO SANDRIN A . MENGEL IS

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P·K3

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B·R4 PxNP

PxPch 8 ·B2

P-QR3 .. N3 P·N3

N·QB3 P·R3 P·H4 a ... 8·R4 P_N4

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CARO·KANN (by transposit ion)

0 ·N3 ... .0

Q.B2 NxltP QR.Hl

N·HS ' .0 K .H2

QNxKP NxNch

H-B3 8 ·N3 K·a3 B· 1(1 K.Q2 K-81

Resigns

R. E. FAUBER C. aRASI(ET

1. P·K4 2. Px P 3. P·QB4 4. P·Q4 S. N·QB3 6. 8·N5 7 . N·B3 8. P·85 , . P·QN4

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CARO·KANN BARDEN-M. SCHULMAH T . WEINBERGER (Com'd f rom p. 171)

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R. BYRNE

I . P44 2. P-QB4 3. P·Kt" 4. PxP S. N·KBl • . N· B3 7. PxP B. B· tU 9. 0 ·0 I ~. B·N5 II. BxN 12. Q. BI 13. BxB 14. N·QS 15. Q· K3 1'- N· B4 11. QR·gI 18. N ·Q ) 19. P·H3 20. K ·N2 21 . QR·Bl 22 . R·84 13. P·KR4 14. KN· KT 25. P.8] 26. Q· B2 27. QxP lB. Q ·82 29 . g · B6

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AUGUST.

P.gB3 , ... ... H· B3

NPxH II ·H5 g .1!I2 P· K3 ... ,

B·K84 ". 0 ·0 ·0 P· KII4

P· B3 H· B4 N. K5 g . N)

H .K.3 P·KN3 , ... ...

P· 1I4 Q. R4 B· N2 H·B3 0 ·0

P.KR3

••• B· R6 ... B· H2 P·K3 Q-.'

KR-QI P·KN' .... QR-QI

P·K' • Q· K3 P· NS

P·KR4 B· R3 '", N·QS

R / 4-g2 Q.Q4ch

". Q·KI I'. B-BI 20. g ·K] 11. K·RI 22. P·Ht 23. HxP 2 •• PxP 25. Q·QII3 26 . g ·Bl 27. QxH 28. g ·R4 29. QxRP n P·B3? 31. Q· N7 32. KR·KI 33. R~slgns

30. K·R2 31. Q·82 32. P·K3 33. QxP 3 • • g·R3 35. gxR U. Q· N2 37. R· B2 3B. Q·Q5 39. Q.B4 40. K· N1 41 . R· B2 '2. P· K' '3. KlIR 44. H·B] 45. K·H2 U. H .NS 47. N·B7ch "- .... ott. H·N. SO. K· R2 51. HxP 52. H·B6 53. Q· Blch 5 • • Px. 55. Q· R3 56. Q.Q7ch 51. Q·K7ch 58. H. Q6<eh

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PxQP B·B' N·H. H· K5

NxBP ". '" Q· Kl

R·Rl QR·HI

II·K4

GOLLA

B·H2 P· B4 N·K3

R·KBI ... R· KB2

Q·QI Q·KBT

N· B1 K·RI Q.KI

Q·B3ch RxRch

Q.B)ch Q. BI Q-K' B· B3 KoN' Q·Hl K· BI B·K2 Q· N5

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A critical position in the Polugaevsky Attack; tournament practice indicates that White has excellent win n i n g chances.

1£ 17 ......... Q·R4; 18. p .KR4, N·KI? (passive); 19. P·R5, p .B3 ; 20. PXP, PXP; 21. N·BI, P·N5; 22. N·K2, Q·N4j 23. N(Bl )·N3, K·B2; 24. QR·KNI (polugaesky· Hart, Moscow 1960), and White broke through on the king's side.

If 17 . ........ Q.R4; 18. P.KR4, P·N5 (more consistent, but Insufficient); 19. QN·K2, RxReh; 20. NxR, R·Bl; 21. P·R5, B·R5; 22. P·N3, B-N4 (so fa r, Gromek· Szabo, Marianske Lazne 19S9). White now saw ghosts on the queen's side, liquidated his own aUack with 23. PXP?, BPxP ; 24. N-Q3? and later lost. Ins tead, 23. B·R6! (23 ......... B·R1 ; 24. N·B5!) is very strong.

If 17 ......... Q·Nl ; 18. p .KR4, KR·Bl ; 19. QN.K2, P ·NS ; 20. RxR, RxR; 21. N·QB1, P·QR4; 22. P·R5, B·KI; 23. B·RS, B·Rl ; 24. N·B5 (played r ather to regroup the knight to the center than because of the transient threat of N·K7 mate), Q·B2. This sequence occurred in Polugaesky· Panno, Mar del Plata 19S2 (Cor the com· plete scorc, see CHESS LIFE, June 1962, p.130).

Polugaevsky DOW played 25. Q·N5? Correct IS 25. N·K3!, R·B4; 26. N·N3, R·N4; 2:1. R·QBI, Q·Nl (if 2:1 ......... Q·QI ; 28. N·B5!, with the crushing threat of 29. R·BB!); 28. N·B4 (2B. N·BS is good, too), P·R5; 29. N(N3)·R5. and, with his knight commanding the entry square at . QB6, White's pieces are r eady to In·

vade the queen's side.

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Womlnl Champion; Kit, SlIIu" Wilmltt" illinois

Runner·up; Mrs. ,. M,nry Hoffmln, BO$colMl, Wiscon ii n

Jun Ior Chl mplon : Rlch . rd VtlrlMr, Chlclgo, IIl1nols

Runnlr'up: Willilm Marh, Hartllnd, W isconSin

M,ult A.oInt! Juk PIHy, Toronto, C.-nMI

ell .. A: Norri, Weav." Mlnn .. polis, Mln~$011

CI ... II : G.org~ R.dlcln, ChlcoIgO, IIlJnoh

CIIIS C: Jim .. Fuii~r, Aurorl, Illinois

• FORI'EITS •• WITHDRAWN

1962

This variation is worth replaying, as it shows clearly the steps in the strategy of the Polugaevs ky Attack:

1. White sa[cguards his king before ad· vancing P·KN4.

2. White swaps of( the counter·at tack· e rs on the queen's side.

3. White ut ilizes his king's side pawn adVance to ti e up the black minor pieces in defense.

4. White switches his own attack to the QB file , translating his plus in space into a winning break through.

(b) (continue from 5econd diagrllm) 11. ........ B·Q2 12, B.Q3

Also good is 12. R-BI, e.g. 12. .. ...... P·N5; 13. QN·K2, P·QR4; 14. P·KN4, N·R3; 15. N·N3, B·Kl j 16. P·KR4, N-Q2; 17. P·R5, N(Q2)·B4; 18. B·R6!, and the attack should win.

12 . ........ 13, P·KN4 14. P·KR4 15. R·QBl 16, B·R6 17. KN·K2 18. N·N3

Q.B2 R·B1 Q·N2

P·QR4 B·R1 N·R3

(Subo·DoUII , Hungarian championship 1962.) White has consolidated on the queen's s ide and is ready to resume bis ki ng's side aUack. I give the remaining moves fo r the instructive way they show White switching his attack from the QB filc to the KR and KN files and then back again : lB . ........ P·NS; 19. N(B3)·K2, N·B4; 20. N·BS!, BxN; 21. NPxB, N·M ; 22. B·K3, NxB; 23. QxN, B·B3; 24. PXP, RPxP ; 25. QR·N1, P·R5; 26. B-NS, P·NG; 27. P·R3, Q·K2; 28. N·B3, BxB; 29. PxB, K·R2; 30. Q.Q2, R·Rl ; 31. N·K2, QR·QBIj 32. R·QBl, Q·R2; 33. P·B4, RxRch; 34. RxR, Q·B7 ; 85. PxP, N·N6; 36. Q·B4, QxQ; :no NxQ, PxP; 38. N·K6! (a pretty finish), PxN; 39. R·B7ch, K·N I ; 40. R·B8ch, K·N2 j 41. RxR, PXP (41. ........ KxR; 42. P·Q6 and queens); 42. R·KB, Resigns.

METROPOLITAN CHESS LEAGUE New York City

SHIPMAN (Ml nhl ll in

I . P-Q4 1. H .KBl 3. B·'" 4. P·KR3 5. P· K3 '. P· B3 7. QH·Q1 •• B-Q3 ' . P·K. 10. B·R2 11. PxP 12. P· R3 13. 0-0 14. P·K5 15 .• ·KI 16. P-QH. 17. P ·N5 IL Nx" 19. PxP 21. BxB 21 . Bx H 12. N· B3 21. g .Q1 2 • • QR. NT U . NxR

c.c.) H · KB3 P·KN3

B.N2 0-0

P·B4 P· N3 B· N2 ~.,

P·K' KPXP

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NJ'xP M •• ... ... ••• B· N1 R·RI

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1962 MI!DNIS

(Ml r.t!.11 C.C.)

26. R.Nl Q-'" 27. N ·B2 Q • .,

28. N.... 8·.' 29. Q·KB3 BxN 30. RxB Q-QB'ch 31 . K. R2 itxP 32. Q·B6 Q.B2eh 33. P· N3 P.Q6 34. R.Q' R·RI 35. RxP(5) Q-Q8$ 36. R·Q4 Q. B7 37. Q· B3 It· lt7 3B. R·KB' R·R2 39. !l.g. R· R7 '0. R. KB4 R· R2 41. R·Q. P-Q7 42. K· H2 R·R' 43. Q-N7 R.Kt 44 • • ·K84 Q "' '5. R-Q' "-QI(Q) 46. R.Q ItxR 47. g·Hlkh K· N2 48. g . t<5ch P· B3 .,. Q· B7<eh Q· 82 so. Rulgn.

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USCF RATING SUPPLEMENT -AUGUST, 1962 By Gary Sperling

USCF RATING STATISTICIAN

W ith this issue of Chess Lile, we lake another slep for­'Gc ds-cnd backwcrrds! Once again, in answer to tha many re<=uests from tournament organizers a ll over the country, 7>e- are including the slales of residence a long with the :l=es and ratings. We hope that Ihis ploctlce, discontinued :n 1961 because of space considerations, will solve the "two­~ple-with. the.same-name" problem which so often occurs. The eddresses lis ted are the most recent the Rating Dept. hcs; if. however. yours is listed incorrectly. or if you have a new a ddle", il would be a good .idea to drop us a card. Fur""hern:ore, should you, in the future. move 10 another slale, .. e suggest you notify the Rating Dept. aa we ll aa sending i::. your usucl change of addreu 10 the M embership S&cretary.

We a re al!>O returning to anotber old practice: in tbis, c::d future issues, tbe names of tbose players wbo bave less

than three games on file are omitted. It is quite impossible to obtain a statistically Bound rating from only three gameli. Indeed, even four or five games Is not enough for any leal accuracy; in the future, we may have 10 w ise that three­game limit !>Omewhal.

It would be noted here that all tournaments are now rated within three days 01 receipt: thus the rating system is almost entiIely up-ta.date. For this Ust, all tournaments received on or before July 2, 1962, a bout a week before the completed list was due on Ihe Editor's desk, were included.

Thls i l the largest rating supplement ever publlshed in CL: o ver 200 tournaments, leaqun, matcheIJ, etc., were rated; over 4000 performanceIJ were tabulated. This iii an accurate indication of the growth of American chess and of the USCF. Let', keep it growingl

Events rated for this supplement:

INTERNATIONAL- Candidate's Tournament, 1962- May-June.

NATIONAL-U. S. Amateur Championship, Asbury Park, N. J . May.

U. S. 'Vomen's Championship, N. Y., N. Y.- Apr.·May.

FOREIGN-Garmisch Open- March. Karlsruhe Open-June . .

ALABAMA_Huntsvillc_ Birmingham Team Match . Birmingham Open. Huntsville-Birmingham Team Match-June.

ALASKA-Alaska Open Championship-Feb.

ARIZONA- Tucson Open-Mar . . Phoenix C. C. Championship (All seeUons)-Nov .. Feb. Phoen ix C. C. Rating Improvement Tournament-Mar. Phoenix Open- Apr. Phoenix C. C. Rating Improvement Tournament-JUne. )Iatches: OWes·Harris (3); OWes·Melnnes.

CALIFORNIA- Herman Steiner C. C. Championsh ip Finals-Jan.·Mar.

Herman Steiner C. C. Reserves Tournament--Jan.·Mar. Hamilton AFB Championship-Jan.·Mar. South Bay C. C. Championship.-Sept.·Dec. (reported late). San Diego Northern County Cbampionship-Oet .. Feb. San Diego Rating Tournament #9- Feb.·Mar. Cilv Terrace C. C. Novice Tournament-Dec.·Feb. Caiifornia Intercollegiate Championship-Apr. Sacramento Open_ Apr. Chess Friends of Northern CaliIornia Oakland Tmnt. San Bernadino Open-May. San Diego CiLy..county Championship Preliminaries--Sec.

# 1_ Apr.·May. Expert's Candidate's Tournament San Fernando-May·

J une. Expert 's Candidate's Tournament- Downey- May·June. Expert 's Candidate's Tournament-Santa Monica-May·

June. Sa n Diego City·County Championship Preliminaries--Sec.

#2. Hamilton AFB Open-June. Sacramento Dept. of Public Works T mnt.- Feb.·June. )Ialches: ;\{clnlyre·CUster : Kleinick·Gardner; Henderson·

McLennan.

COLORAOO- Denvcr Chess League Raling Improvement Tour· nament- Feb.

Co lorado·~ew Mexico Team Match- Apr . DeO\'cr YMCA Closcd Championship-Jan .• Apr.

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CONNECTICUT - Ivy League Team Championship-Feb. New Haven Open- Ocl.·Apr. Yale University Open Championship-Apr. Connecticut State Championshlp-Mar.·Apr. Matcb : Durbam·Gamm.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-Washington Chess Divan Rating Improvement Tournament-Apr.

District of Columbia Team Championship--Oct .. Apr. Pan·American C. C. Annual Tmntl.- Sec. I & II- Feb. J une. Matches: Batchelder·DiJoseph; DiJoseph·Schara.

FLORIDA-North Florida Open-Feb. Coral Gables Open, 1961-June (reported late). Southern Championship (Amateur Championship), 1961-

July (reported late). Orlando City Championship-Feb. i"lorida Experts' Tournament-Mar. Orlando Spring Tournament. Florida Gold Coast Open-May. Coral GabLes Championsh.ip, 1962-June.

GEORGIA- Match : Karch·Hart.

IDAHO- Canyon County Winter Rating Tournament. Idaho State Tournament-Feb. Boise C. C. Championship-Mar.·May. Idaho Open-June.

ILLINOIS-ehess Unlimited Open Tournament- Mar. Oak Park C. C. Round·Roblns (Sec. I & lI)-Dec .. Mar. Gompers Park C. C. Championship--Ocl.·Mar. Gompers Park C. C. Group n Finals--Jan.·Apr. Fox Valley Open-June. Match: Blade·Hoye.

INDIANA-Crossroads o[ America Open- Apr. Eastern Indiana Amateur Tournament-Apr. Indiana Closed Championship--May.

10WA-Midwes~ Student Team Championship-Apr. Iowa State University Championship Playoff-Mar. Iowa State Championship-Apr.

LOUISIANA-New Orleans C. C. Class C Cham'ship--Jan.·Feb. New Orleans C. C. Class B Tournament-Jan.·Mar. Trj·C Round Robin Tournamenls-Jan.-Feb. New Orleans C. C. Class B Championship-Feb .. Mar. New Orleans C. C. Class B Quad . Tournament-Feb. Apr. New Orleans lnvilalional-Jan .·)tar. New Orleans C. C. Class C Quad . Tournnment_ Apr.·May. Matches : Moore-Randolph ; Repass·Springer ; Acers-Baldock.

CHESS LIFE

MARYLAND- Maryland Open- May. MASSACHUSETTS-Western Massachusetts-Connecticut Val-

ley Tournament-Feb. Berkshire Hills Amateur- Mar. Lithuanian C. C.-Cambridge Y Team Matches-Dec.-Feb. Massachusetts-Connecticut Team Match- Apr. Western Massachusetts Chess Tour nament-May. WachuseU C. C. Round·Robin Tournament-Jan.·J\.1ay. Greater Boston Open_ May.June. Central New England Amateur-June.

MICHIGAN- Huron Valley Open- Mar .. Apr. Huron Valley Amateur- Mar.·Apr. Motor City Invitational-Jan.·Apr. U. of Michigan C. C. Championship-lo1ar .·Apr. Matches: Mack·Karageanes; DriscolJ-Mekus (l961- lale).

MINNESOTA- Minnesota Championship-Premier, Major, and Championship Sections-Feb. and Mar .

MISSISSIPPI- Delta Open (Classes A, B, and C)-Mar . Mississippi.Loui siana Open- Apr. Mississippi Open-June.

MISSOURI- Heart of America Amateur Open- May. Missouri Open- May. St. Louis District Tourn ament--Mar .-May. St. Louis Class B Tournament- Apr.-May.

NEBRASKA- Lincoln City Championship. NEVADA- Nevada Open- Apr. NEW JERSEY- Princeton Univ.·Brooklyn Poly Team Match

- Mar. Farleigh Dickinson-Princeton Team Match- Mar. Woodbury C. C. Championship-Nov.-Mar. Atlantic City C. C. Rating Improvement Tournament- Mar. New Jersey Amateur Championship-Apr. South Jersey Chess League. BeHmawr Spring Tournament--Feb.-May.

NEW MEXICO-Albuquerque-Los Alamos Team Match- Mar. Albuquerque Open-June. Match: Anderson.Doddridge.

NEW YORK- Metropoli tan Chess League Individual Cham-pionshjp-Dec. (reported late).

King's County C. S. Championship-Nov.-Feb. l\larshall C. C. B Tournament--Jan.-Mar. Marshall C. C. C Tournameni-Jan.-Mar. Metropolitan Intercoll egiate League Individual Champion-

ship-Mar .-Apr. USCF Rating Improvement Tournament- Apr. Marshall C. C. Winter A Tournament-Jan.-Apr. Marshall C. C. Championship Finals-Dec.-Apr. Baltic C. C. Champi onship-Oct -Apr. London Terrace C. C. Champi onship-Jan.-Apr. Marshall C. C. Junior Championship F inals--Feb.-Apr. LeMoyne College ChampionshiP-Jan.-May. Lake Ontario Open- Apr. Marshall C. C. AmateUr Championship-June. Syracuse C. C. Class A Round-Robin- Mar.-Apr. IBM·Chadwick C. C. 1961-2 Championship. Rochester City Champio nship-Jan.-May.

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FORE IGN MASTE RS

FiliP. M. (Cnch) ............ ..... .. ................ .......... ... 153. Gelle r, E. (USSR ) ..... ........... ..... .... ... ..... ..... ......... . 2113 Ke res, P. (USSR) ... ................. .................. ...... .... 2119 Ko r chnol, V. (USSR ) ... ........ ...... .. ..................... 2661 Pe trosl.n , T . (USSR) ........ .......... ... ............ ....... 211. T i l, M. (USSR ) ...... ..... .............. .............. .. .... ....... 162.

A UGUST, 1962

New York State Amateur Championship-June. Matches: rTcdericks-Murphy; Fredericks-Loos; Bibuld vs.

Met League Opponents; Sperling·Sgro; Evans-Lombardy.

NORTH CAROLINA- North Carolina Invitational Tournament - Mar .

Vir ginia-North Carolina Team Match- May. North Carolina Open-June. Matches: Rohinson-Gamm; Robinson-Boyte.

OHIO- Gem City Open- Feb. Capital City Open-Mar. Ohio Amateur Championship-Mar . CincinnaN Championship-Feb.-May. Forest City Open- Apr . Mahoning Valley Open- May. Toledo Silver Knights Open- May.

OKLAHOMA- Oklahoma City Open-June . Oklahom a Open Championship-Dec. (reported late) . Match- DeVault-Campbell .

OREGON- Pacifi c Northwest Open- May.

PENNSYLVANIA- Met. Pitt sburgh Championship- Feb. Phil adelphia Intercollegiate Championship-Mar. Germantown YM CA Tournament. Pennsyl vania Ind ividual Collegiate Championship. Golden Triangle Open- Apr. Philadelph ia Championship-Apr.-May. Pittsburgh Chess League-Oct.·May. Pit tsburgh C. C. Championsh ip-Mar . ..]une. Pittsburgh C. C. Open Championship-Mar.-J une. Southeastern Pennsylvania Open-Ju ne.

RHODE ISLAN D-Rhode Island State Champ'ship-Mar .-Apr.

TENNESSEE- Nashville Invitational Tournament- Apr. TEXAS- EI Paso Open- Feb.

San J acinto Open- Mar. Texas State Championsh ip Finals-Mar. Soulh Texas Open-Apr. Big "D" Opeo- May, '61 (ratiog delayed). San Antonio C. C. Championship-Mar.-Apr. Grealer Houston Open_ May. San Antonio City ChampionshiP-June. Match: Riddel·Neil.

UTAH-Salt Lake City Open- Feb.-Mar.

VIRGINIA- Arlin gton C. C. Ladder- Rds. 201-21O---Jan.-Mar. Arlington C. C. l..adder- Rds. 211-22Q-Mar.-May. Matches: LewiS-Ri der ; Brcnnaman·Bloodgood; Brennaman­

Atkinson ; Goodman-Atkinson.

WASHINGTON_ Pu get Sound Open-Junc.

WEST VIRGINIA- Huntington YMCA Spring Rating Tourna­ment-May.

WISCONSIN- Milwaukee Municipal Chess Association Cap-tain's Tournament-Feb.·Mar.

Wisconsin Championship-May. Madison Invitntional Tournament-June. Match: Martz-Berger.

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EXPERTS AND CLASSES A, B, AND C

Exp.rt: 2000·2199 Clus A: 1100-1999 Cl ... B: 1600-1799 Cl,lS C: Below 1660

'indlcetes provlsion.1 noting, based on few' r th'n four perform,nc's.

Auhus, O. (Mlnn.) ...... 1924· Ab,rno, F. (N.J . , ....... ,1624 Abene, F. (L •. ) .. ...... .... 165&· Abr.h,m, J . {FI •• ) .... ... . 1872 Abrams, R. (Wlsc.} ... ... '107'1 Abr.ms, R. (P •• ) .......... '1115 Absheer, R. (C.I.) ... ..... 1716· Acers, J. (L •. ) ........... ..... '1161

182

Bishop, p. (T.x.) ... ..... 1786 Bishop, R. (Cal.) ....... . 1509· ·Blur, I. (N.Y .) .. ........ 2T" Bbley, E. (Cal.) ... ......... 1766· BI'chton., J. (C.I.) .. '1040 Blade, T. (111.) •.•..•....•. 1775· 81,lr. J. (Okll.) .... .. _ .... IU5 Blais, E. (Mass.) ......... . I560 Blake, J. (Mlch.' ........ .. 161O. BI.ncha.d, E. (N.C.} .... 169J BII$$, R. .) ....

B:O:.::,~gOOd' C.

, , , ,

Burk.tt. M. (N.M.) .... .. '1074 Burkh.rdt. R. (Md.} .. 1790 Burllng.me. E. (Arlz.) .. 1585 Burllng.m., M.

(Arlt.) .... .................... 1862 Burn.p, A. (CI. ) ........ 1688· Burn,p. C. (Ct.) ..... _.I586· .urn.u, T. (N.J. ) ...... 170· Burns, N. (Mlch.' ........ l'"40 Burns, R. (Mlnn.) ........ 140S· Burns, R. (W. Va.) .... I400· Burrt", B. (IOw.} ........ 1629 Bunteln, W. (MasS.) .. 1899· aurton. C. (Mo.) ........ 1894 Bush, B. (Tex.) ........ .. .. 1790 Butlu

d A. (Mass.) .. .. .... 1652

Byl.n, W. (P • • ) .......... 2024 Byllnkln

k B. (C.I.) ...... 1701·

Byrne, . (CII.) .......... 1735

Clure, E. (Mlnn.) ........ 16U· Clury, N. (Mus.) ...... I82S · Clem, D. (O.) ................ 16l6· Clement, E. (111.) .. .... 1595· Clements, J. (V • • ) .. .. .. un Clev.l.nd. C. (AI •• ) .. I841 Cochr.n., J. (D.C,) ...... I8&9 Cockrell, E. (AI • • ) ...... 1620 Cod.r. D. (Md.) ............ 1861· Cod.rr., T . (Mlnn.) .... 1589·

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CHESS LIFE

Dem.rnt, R. (N. Y.) ...... 1510* Dempsey, J . (Md.j ...... l466· Denn., J . [111 .) ••••••• , .•.. .. 15'17* Denney, D. (T ... ) . .- .... IISS D. Prlnt , D. (K. n$.) .. 17l0· Oerr, 0.1. (P • . )._. __ . . I7:JO· O. rrill1l, H. (N .J . )._ ... _1I57 O. trich, J . (C • •. ) ...... _ .. lnl OeVlult, R. I

AUGUST, 1962

Eldridg., W . L. (M • . ) .. 1901 Eillngs.on, J . (Wls .) .. 174)· EIII$, A . (ld •• ) .... ......... . ll00 Ellis, H . (V • • ) .............. .. 15S6 Ell ison, T . {0 .) .... ~ ...... 1"8 Ellyson, C. (low. ) __ 1141 Elm.n, 8 . {N.Y.) .......... 1511 · Elmquis t, R. (Mlnn.) .... I.H Elo, A. Emeul.n, M. , .

Freem.n, W. (Md.) ..... . 1134 Freimann, G. (Ut.) ...... 15U· Fremont, 8 . (AI.I.) .... 18~· French, D. (M.ss.. ) .... "1720· Fr iedberg, L . ( N .J . ).".~ 18$t·

Friedeberg, W . (Mich. )I400· Friedm.n, M . (Md.) .... 1745 fritsvold, J . (Wls.) .... _17"· Froemke, P. (FI •• ) ........ 1410· Froemke, R. (Fla .) ...... 2432 Frohiilrdt, D. (MICh. ) .. 148S· Fronhelur , E. (P • • ) .... 1487· Frueh, H. (N.J .) ...... .. .. 1747 Fuchs, E. (N.J.) .. .......... lI40 Fuchs, G. (Ct .) .. .......... l72a fuchs, W. (G. rm. ) ...... "07· ,

I I .. . . ). .. . .. .... I

Goltz, J . (Arll.) ..... ..... 1530· Gon1l1es, D. (T ... ) .... 1.S) · Gonules, J . (Md.j ........ 141.· Gonules, M . (C.I.) .. _ .. 146.· Gonrales, S . (L •. ) ........ lS64 Goodall, M. (C.I .I .... __ lI11· Goodm.n, 8 . (V • • ) .... ln.· Goodman, L . (N.Y .)_ •. uao Gordon, A . (Fla. ). _._ .... 1700 Gordon, H. (Neb.) ....... '6l 6 Gordon, M . (C. I.) ... ... 1.3.· GoregU.d, S. (P • . ) ...... 17.7· Goren, D. (FI • . ) ..... ..... .. 20.7 · Gorse, M. (AI • . ) .......... 1626·

Hur's, J. (N.Y .) .... ... . " .. 1796 H.rrls, M. (M .. s .) ........ 1136 Hurls, O . (111.) .......... .. 1514· Harri s, R. (Ind.) .. _ .... _ .. IU3· H. rT is, R. .. .. H.rrls, S. . ..... H.rris.on, G . J.

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Hornick , J . (H.y .) .... .... "4'· Horning , J . (c:. I.) ....... ,1721 Hornstein, G. (H.c: .) .... l'" Horn$lein, H. IH .c: .) .... ,,7J Houghton, R. IH .J .)" .... '$4' House r . R. (0 ... ) ........ 152.· Ho"~ ... irth , G .

Mich. . ....... _ ........ _._.1742 Housleld . L . (WI • • ) __ .... 1'" How,.d. A . (R. I.) .......... 1"7· HOWirCI. F. tWuh.)._.1700 Howe, E. {Mu •. ) .. ~ ...... 1"'· Howe, J . {~".). .. _ ..... U72· Ho w • • R. (ct .) .............. ,",· Howe. A. (O . ) .............. ~ •. U2J· Howell , F . ( .. ,

lewln;ekl, G. (H.b.)~_'4IS: th ... , L . [0.). __ .... __ 2.,.. Imerlel, A. IMlch.).~ ... 1$24. In. D. (O.) ..... _M_.M_.1425 Incie, L. (AI ... ) .~. __ .~.1"': Ingels, W. (Al'.) .. M __ •. 1411. Inks.etllr, G. (MII ... )._.17"! Irwin, G. {It 1.) ...... _ .... ," Irwin, P . (N.J.) ..... ~ ....... 215'. Irwin , It . tC.I. ) .............. '111 hhk.n. J . (Cr, ) ............ 11.0 Iskowit., J . (P • . )~ ........ '7n. lurd, R. (TIlI .)"_ . ".~ .. UU

Johnson, R. (Mlnn.) .... .. l1lt· Johnson , R. (Mu •. ) ...... ,,,. Johnson , R. (D.C.) .. ...... 141.· Johnson, S, (H.D.) ...... ,.2J Johnson, W. (C.I.) ...... 14'O· Johnston, L. (Wuh) .... Ull Jolt ... t, C. IArb.I __ .. _ .. 14n·

Jollenll"n. It. (Md.) .. '''' Jonn. He'etl (V • . )._. __ '4I' Jon .... Hom. r (V •• ) ...... 201I Jonn, J . IT • • • ) .............. 14"· Jon .... J . (0.) .................. 17 •• • JOnH. K . (N.v.) .......... ".1 Jones, W . (0 .) .............. 1$45 Jord.n, J . ID.C. J .... __ .. 1t"· JOrg.nlln, T . (N.J.) .... I. 53 Joy, A . (APO) .. .. .......... l$n J ..... n", A. (L •. ) ............ 1$50· J"r.vlcs, J . (T ••• ) ........ 1tU

I(I' inl(k, M. (C.I.) ... " .1151 1<1.lnmln, O. (N.y .) .... ,,,,· KUmowski , J . (0.) ........ 1579 I<l1no". A. (Mns.) ...... 1970 KI"., R. (C.,. ) ................ II'.· KniPp, E. rw ..... J ........ 17:J11 K ... pp, E. (V • • ) ............ I9M Kn.pp. L. (Minn.) ........ 1147 Knowles, F. (ld •. ) .. _~ .. lt40· Knox, P. (FI •. )~~ .......... I'OO Knox, W. (M.n.) ... _ ....... 20· I<ob.lt, C. (Wb.) __ ...... 1750· KochiS, A . (Okl • • ' ........ 1410· Koni... Z. I. Koehler, W . ,.

. ....... ..... ............ .. '.71· J . {M.U.) ...... 16H·

L"lln~, R. (Mlch.j ... ,18S7 LtC!.,c, P. (Ct. ) .......... I':u L.C:omptt. G. (AI •• ) .... 1"4· L.d.r. O. (0.) .............. '710 L ... D. (N.Y.) ..•. ~ .... _ .. .. '49'· LN, N. (ldi .) .... ............ 1417· LN. It. (APO) ....... _. __ .1562· LHCI .. O. (N.Y .) .... ~ .. _ .. 1n5 1.. •••• D. (MIISS. )._. __ .2101 I..ff.rts, 1: . (N.Y .) .. ~ .. 'I06· L.ffl.r, S. (N.J.) ......... _.17 ... L.ffmln. F. (Ariz.' ...... 1676·

R. I

MeG .. , p, (Mlnn.) ...... '84'. 1 McOlnl.y. R. (T ... ) ..... . '490· McGuire, E. (Ar)I.), ... .. 1423· McGuir., J . (Ct.) .......... 1521· Mdo(ugh, G. (N.y .) .. " .... ,",· Mellr.th, J. (c:.I.) ...... 1194 Melnlsh, D. (FI • • ) .... _ .. I.n· Melnl ... , J . (FI • • ) .. _._._19n· Mdnlsh, It. IFI • • ) .. _ .. _1604 Melnnu, Ii. (Arit .)._ ... I.." Mclnn'l, J . (Aril .) ...... ISOO MClnlosh • • • (AI • • ) ...... I5U. Mc'ntosh D. (N.Y.) ...... l.8S MCintyre, P. Melntyre, It. McKN, D .

CHESS UFE

Moon, r . L. Moskowltl. Mouzon. H. (v •• ) .... _ .... 105t Mowry. K. (T ... ' .. ..... .. . I71. Mue,kl nburglr. P.

(N.Y.) ... ....... .... ............ 1841· Muff. W. (N.M.) .. ...... .... 17U Muhl , J . (N.Y.' ........... ... 1S11· Mull i n , G. (P • .) ....... ... ,, ",,· Munnell , J . (Okl • . ) ...••. .. un· Murbl,h. J . (111.} •....•..•. 1616 Murphy. 8 . (Mlls.) ...... I". Murphy. O. (ld •• } .......... U15· Murphy. R. (N.Y.) .... .... 1061 Muruy. A. (Wllh.) ... ... I.11

AUGUST, 1962

OUuho udt, L. (N.C.) .. 1400· Olte rhou .' . R. (Ar IZ.) .. 1410 Ot" .mln. H . IArll.) .... 1470· Otte rlbach, J. (Mo.) .. .. 17U· Otteson, W. (Wll.) .... ,,1529 Oft lnger. B. ICI l.j .. _._ ,1470· Ou t h l. F . K. (N.J . ) .... " .. Ousley. K. (L • . I_ .... _._. 'Ul Ouilley. T. IL •. ) ..... _._._.1.U O"ard. M. (Ind.J._ .. _ ... ' ''S Old". D. (Aril .) .......... 1120 Olols, A. (111 .) ...... .......... 173. P U ll , E. (N.Y.) .. .. ..... ... 1760·

Pl t hetO, S. (T .. .) ... ... .. 1713 Pegast s, M. (N. Y .) ...... 17 .. P.p, J . (C.I.) ..•..•.•..•... ' .. 1· P. lc ll usk.s, V. (UI. I .. 20t0 P. llwod., A. (C. I.J ...... 1497 · p.lle ttl, G. (N.J .I ........ ,.CI1· P.lm." F. (FI •• J ..... .... . a .. · Pl lm'r, G. (C.I. ) .......... I".·

J . (N.Y.' ...... 2059 , M . ..........

Pohl , E. IAI ......... ) .... .. '863· Po l.dl.n, G . IM .... ) ...... 146'· PoU. koff, L . {T ... ) ...... ,,,, Poling, P . (AI •. )._._. __ .I4S6 Pollac k , W . 1111.1 __ ._._'"' ' Polu lk ls. J . (N.Y.J __ ._ltu Poole, J . (MIIl.I ..... __ ._1973 Po podi, A. (Md.I_ .... ... _1790 Popov, A. IN.Y.) ... ....... 20'1S Por.t, D. (N.Y.) .......... .. 1683· Porce lli, E. (Arll .' ...... IS24· Porter, 8 . (N.Y.) ... " ...... . 1741· Po rter, J . (P'.) .. . ... ...... . 1591· Porter, W. {N.Y.) ........ .. I906 Posche l, P. IMlch.J ........ 1175 post, A. {Md.) ................ 1520· post lew. lt, D. IM'n.J .. IU' · P01tm~, J . (C.I .) .......... 16U· Potter, K. (Mlnn.) ... ..... '68'

... ...... . "''' '-" ' ' . \6U' Richardso n. T . (Tn. I .. 1709 R Ichhelm." D. IN. Y .) .. 141 O' Rlchm.n , D. (N.C.I ... _. If09 RI,hm, n, J . (N.Y. J._211 7 Richte r , E. (N.J . I_ ... _ 1701 Rldde l, R. (T".I ... _ ... IU 4 Riddle, D. Ilnd .l-. ...... U 5S· Rider, C. (V •. ) ... _ ........ ,." Rider, J . (T ... ) . . ...... 1nD Rle .. nbeck, J . (0. ) .... 1811 Riley, A. (M'nn. ) .... ... 1'S2 Riley, W . (R. I.) ... ......... 1'65· Rill, 8 . (N.Y.) ............ 14"!!· RlnlOld, H. (P • • ) .. _ .... 170 Rlord. n , J . (tII. l-. ... .--. ... 151f· Rive r., C. (FI • • I ........ 21 7.· Ri ver., P . IFI • . ) .......... 10U · Rob. rson , C. (N.M.' .. .. I."

, .. ......... .. ..... 1.04

O. (111 .) ... " .. . 1574' L. (N.M.I .... 1610·

R. (MIII.) ...... 1410· ;C" ,W;. (CII .) ...... 181. · _: H. (Colo .) .. ).01

Sandrln , Ani . (111.}._.2113 $antora, C. IN.J .I __ ••.. 19DS· Santucci. J . (1011111.1._.1400' Sarch, ~ . (N.Y.) ........ 140"'· Saue r, G. (C II. ) .. _ ...... I530 · Sauers, P. IN. v .) .... ...... II"· Saul , O. IPa .) .. ..... " ... .... 1510· Savery, C. (C.I .)." ...... . 1."· Sayr., C. (Md.) ......... ... I157 Sl yr t, E. (Mo. ) ............ 1641 S. y,., P . IW. VI .I .•.• 11J8 Scanlon, P. (Md.' .•..•.•... 110]' Scanlon. W. (Md.) ........ I".· SchllCht.r, K. (Aril .)_17.54 Schu ffer, F . (P •. ) ...... 1752" SChlff.l , I. (Ct.) ........ 174S

185

IB6

(Md.) .. .... ... . 1884 (Mns.J ... ,1971

(Okla .) .. 1'36 J . C.

Vorpage l, R. (Md.) ...... 1822 Vozga , J . (N.Y.) ....... . 1410·

. (O.C.) ........ . .. 1798 . (N .Y.J ........ lI 38

(W n h ) ...... 1706· C. (N.J .J .... 19" J. (N. Y.J .... 18"· , O. (1 ;0 .) .. 1454 ' , R. ( ld;o.) .. 1980

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.... . ....... ........... 161. (Ar ll. ) .. ... ... .. .. 1730· , . \Fla .J .. .. .... 2158 (C;o .) ........... .. . 1657· (Pa.J .... .... ..... 141 0·

I. ( 111 .) .. .. .. ... ....... 1642 P. (O.C .) .. .... 1722

R . (MO. ) .... .... 1855 W. (N.Y.J .. 1860·

i , S . ... ..... ...... ..... .... ..... 2054

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WINDSOR CASTLE

Plostic Chenmen •

THE WINDSOR CASn.E CHESS SET Ia the tlnut eheas set .vaU· able .t lueh a moderate price. rt Ia used exdullvely In the U.s. Championship, U.s. ()pen, U.s. Amateur, ele .•• nd Is officially .p­pro ... ed by the U.s. Chell Federation. Thb tet Is exaotiy the rlabt size. wel'ht .nd dul,n for .eal eh.uplayer .. Mlde of solid pintle t hat Is praetle&lly Ind.structlbl ...... n under the Rvere,t le.t, It II deal6f\.d to lu t ror y.ar.. Auth.ntlc St.unton d esl.en. Kin, Height "" . Fella ceme nted permanently with ipedal p1lllltlc: elue. Lollded "U hive bl, I .. d wel,nla moulded Into bases. Unloaded sets are much h.lvler thin "",.ll1Ited" ehnlmen made fr(lm pi..,.. tic ahelli. Color I, m.ek .nd Mlple. Pl1cn include h.ndsome 1.lth· ereHe two complrtment c .... W. ply all post.ge Ind handlin, co,tl.

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No. 22 BI.ek .nd )lIpl •. t'elled Ind hu ... Uy loaded set In l .. th .... eUe-eover.d de luxe u se with Indt,·ldu.1 fell·lIned dlvislon for all pIece ..

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14. ........ P· K4? Black should contrivc to complete his

development_ 14 ........ . , Q-Q2, 15 . ...... .. , N-B2, and 16 ... ...... , QR-K81.

15. PxP._p. . ...... .

Now White has an ideal outpost at Q5 for his Knight.

1 S. . ...... . 16. 0·0-0

R-K4 0 ·K2

Not 16 . ........ , RxP; 17. BxP! 17. 8 ·M RxP 18. N..QS Q·Q1 19. KR· Kl R·N1

If 19 .........• N-B3? 2Q. RxR, QxR; 21 . N-B7, and White wins the excbange.

20. 8 ·021 ....... . The motives for this are 21. B·8 3, dis­

puting th e QRI-KR8 di agonal, and 21. RxR, QxR; 22. R·Kl , taking control of the K·file .

20. ........ P·QN4 Black prcpares his trap . ..

11. RxRl BxPc:hl 22. KxBI ....... .

An., 22. K.,81

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In the United States

Tom Mazuchowski ran up a 5-0 score to win the Silver Knigbts Tournament in Toledo, Ohio on May 3-19, Second place in the 12-player f ield went to Roger Underhil l.

.. .. .. .. .. W. A. Bills and Robert Brieger tied

in the Greater Houston Open on May 26 and 27 wit h scores of 41h points each. The event was sponsored by the Houston Chess Club.

.. .. .. .. .. Bert Edwards won the City Champion'

ship of CinCinnati, beating out defending champion Tom Lajcik, who finished third. Second place went to Adam Rueck· ert, fourth to Rea Hayes.

.. .. .. .. .. The St. Louis District Tournament

which ran f rom March 4 to May 6 was won in a walk by USCF Master J obn Ragan with eight wins, one loss. Second and third went to Donald Galbreth and Carl Goldsberry who had 5* points each.

.. .. .. .. .. Clarence Kalenian, Jeffr ey Harris, and

Arnold Chertkor - all with five points out of six _ tied lor the Philadelphia Championship, played at the Franklin· Merca ntile Chess Club. The tournament was held as a memorial to the late Al· tilio DeCamillo and attr acted 28 players.

• • • • • J ude Acers won the strong, to-player

New Orleans Invi tational with a score of 71f.!·Jlh. Second and third places were shared between Richard Dean and USCF Master Adrian McAuley, 7·2. The New Orleans Chess Club, sponsors ol the event. hope to make it an annual feature in the city's chess life.

• • • • • Robert W. Walker edged out Rober t

G. Shean on tie·break points to win the Denver YMCA Closed Championship with a 10·1 score. Third place in tbe 12-player event went to Richard H. Moore.

• • • • • The 1962 Albuquerque Open was won

by local s tar Jac k Shaw, who scored 41,2 points in the five·round Swiss played on June 23 and 24. William Bragg of EL Paso, Texas edged out Tom Heldt of Albuquerque for second place. Bragg was also awarded the upset tr ophy for his win over Max Burkett.

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The Pan American Chess Club (Wash­ington, D.C.) finished its championships in June: winner in the l ·A section was J. F. Bacardi, with Consuelo Rodriquez and A. E. Gropp tying in Section 1-B,

• • • • • The First National City Bank won the

championship o( the Bankers Athletic League (N.Y.C.) by posting a record of 10 wins and 2 losses. Cbase Manhattan (9-3) was second and Irving Trust Co. (7!f.z) took third. Theodore Lorie, of tbe Bankers Trust team, took top individual honors with a 1Q.2 record. Grandmaster Arthur Bisguier was guest of honor at t he tenth annual dinner follow ing tbe completion of the season's schcdule.

• • • • • The Bayou City Open, held in Houston,

Texas on June 30 and July 1 ended in a lie for first and second between W. A. Bills and Eric Bone. Houston was -also the site of a remarkable "first"; a weekly television program devoted to -chess had its premier over station KURT·TV on June 3. The program will have at least a fo ur month run, through September, and may then be further extended. Members of the Houston Chess CLub, the Bellaire Chess Club and other players make regular and guest appear­ances on tbe show, presenting all phases of tbe game. If you happen to be visit· ing Houston, or passing through, the program is on Channel 8, Wednesday evenings at 10 p .m.

• • • • • The New Jersey J unior Champion.

ship, played at the Log Cabin Chess Club in West Orange [rom June 29 to July 1, was won by George Hadley of Chatham, who edged out Donald Gold· man of West Orange and Bill Phair of Summit-all with 4-1 scores. U. S. Jun· ior Champion Robin Ault was the tour­nament diredor.

• • • • • The Yucca IV Regional Tournament,

played July 14-15, was won by Walter Dorne of Albuquerque, N.M. ahead of Carter Waid, Portail is, N.M. and WllIiam Bragg of El Paso, Texas. All had scores of 4-1. Joaquin Lobato of Juarez, Mex· ico won the junior award and William Bragg, Peter Cook and Murray Pro;ec­tor- all from El PasO---qualiried for the Texas Challengers Tournament to be held later in the year.

An item}rom St. Louis: Ed Dickerson, US CF membership chairman, won the st. Louis Amateur Championship, with J oe Bohac and Robert Moore plaCing second and third respectivciy.

• • • • • Minneso ta won its annual match with

Manitoba, which was held this year ~t Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, on J UDe 24 by a convincing score of 17-6.

• • • • • Lawrence K. Snyder edged out Mi­

chael YatTon (both with 5·1) to take the 1962 Southeastern Pennsylvania Open, played in Read ing on June 23·24. Third place in the 32-player event was Rich­ard A. Abrams with 4. The Greater Read· ing Chess Club was the sponsor of the event and the di rector was Frederick S. Townse nd.

• • • • • Kozmo Kuz won the June Rating Tour­

nament in Phoenix, Arizona wilh a clean 4-0. W. G. Ba ety and Ken Schachter tied for second and third with 3-1 each.

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CHESS LIFE

TOURNAMENT LIFE August 1S-U

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

The site of the 5-Round Swiss wID be the Pierre National Bank, Pierre, South Dakota. Starting time will be 9 A.M., C.S.T. Entry fee: $5 plus U.S.C.F. mem­bership. For further information, write to the Sot':h Dakota Chess Assn., Box 1466, Rapid City, South Dakota.

August 31-5ep'. 3

CHICAGO OPEN

Sponsored by the Chicago Cbess Club, a 7-Round Swiss will be held at the Mid­land Hotel, 172 W. Adams, Chicago, DI. U.S.C.F. entry fee is $12. for seniors and $10 for juniors under 18 years. Prize Awards: $2SO-1st.; $125-2nd; $75-3rd; $25-high A; others. Address ad­vance entries and inquiries to Richard Verher, 2725 W. 84th St., Chicago 52, Ill. Participants are requested to bring clocks. Starting time is 8 P.M. Friday, Aug. 31.

August 31·S""t. 3

NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP

Grouped into A & B sections, a 7· Round Swiss will be held at the Haver· hill Y.M.C.A., 81 Wintcr Street, Haver­hill, Mass. Open to all, contestants must be U.S.C.F. and New England Chess As­sociation ($2.00) members. A $100 first prize is guaranteed in the A section; other prizes will depend upon the num­ber of entries. For further information, write to Richard A. Quimby, 25 Oxford Av. R 3, Bradford, Mass. The Haverhill Chess Club is the sponsor.

August 31.Sept. 3

NEW JERSEY OPEN

7-Rollnd Swiss, sponsored by the N.J. State Chess Federation, will be held at The Washington House, Somerset St., Watchung, N.J. (motel) Entry fee is $10.00, ($6.00, jr. under 21) plus U.S.C.F. and N.J.S.C.F. ($2.00) membership. First prize _ $150.00, 2nd. - $100.00, 3rd.­$50.00 4th, 5th, 6th.- $25.00 each. Tro­phies to highest Expert, A, B, C, Un­rated, Juniors (16, 18, & 21 yrs.) Highest scoring N.J. resident receives custody of the N.J. Championship Trophy. If pos­sible, bring clocks and sets. Inquiries: Leroy Dubeck, 6 Lee Court, Maplewood, N.J. Entries close 7:30 P.M. Aug. 31.

AUGUST, 1962

Augu~t 31-Sept. 3

MICHIGAN OPEN

7-Round Swiss to be held at the Lan· sing, Mich. Y.M.C.A. Sponsored by the Michigan Chess Association, first prize $100.00, 2nd. $50.00, 8 other cash prizes. Trophies Cor high Class A, B, C, Women's junior; club award. First round statts 8:00 P.M. Aug. 31. Speed Championship-10:00 A.M. Saturday. For In(o: V. E. Vandenburg, 505 W. Lenawee, Lansing, 33, Mich.

Sept. 1-2.

8th ANNUAL IOWA OPEN

5-Round Swiss, sponsored by the Iowa State Chess Association, will be beld at the Sheraton·Montrose Hotel, 233 Third Av. S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Entry Cee to USCF seniors--$6.; juniors under 19 yrs., playing in the junior division; $2. First prize-$50., 2nd-$30., 3rd-$20., 4th-$10. Handicap performance Score: 1st-IO., 2nd.-$5. For entries and in­quiries, write to John M. Osness, 606 Longfellow Av., Waterloo, Iowa. An un­rated challengers Division, limited to players raled below 1700 and who are over 18 yrs. old, will be run concurrently.

Sept. 1-3

PENNSYLVANIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

The Pennsylvania State Championship sponsored by the Pennsylvania State Chess Federation, will be held in Pitts­burg at the Sherwyn Hotel, 212 Wood St., Pgh. 13, Pa. Eligibility: either a resident of Pennsylvania or a bona-fide member of any Pennyslvania Chess Club. A 7·Round Swiss; entry fee-$5 plus U.S.C.F. membership. Registration: 12:00 to 1:00 P.M., Sept. 1, Fayette Room. For further information, write Wm. W. By­land, 1610 Bigelow Apts., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Sept. 1-3

ROCKY MOUNTAIN OPEN

6-Round Swiss to be held at the Hotel Westward-Ho, 618 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona. Guaranteed Ist-$I00, 2nd-$M, 3rd-$25.- trophies for all classes. Entry fee is $10. Directed by James Christman, the sponsor is the Phoenix Chess Club. Registration closes at 12:30 Sept. 1.

sept. 1-3

THE SOUTHWEST OPEN

Open to aU who are or who become USCF & TCA members ($2.00), a 7-Round Swiss will be held at the Statler· Hilton Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Entry fee: $10. $250. guaranteed first prize: place prizes, upset awards and trophies. Ad· vance entries and inquiries to C. F. Tears 8626 Inwood Rd., Dallas, Texas. GC(lrge Koltanowski directs: registration closes at noon.

Sept. 1-3

VIRGINIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 7-Round Swiss, restricted to residents

of, or members of the Armed Forces sta­tioned in Va., wiU be held at the Bank of Phoebus Bldg., 30 S. Mallory St., Phoebus, Hampton, Virginia. Sponsored by the Virginia Chess Federation the cntry tee to U.S.C.F. members is S4 plus VCF dues of $1. For furlher information write to Warren S. Gilman, 11 Tomahawk Road, Hampton, Va.

Sept. 1-3

OHIO CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

7-Round Swiss open to aU USCF mem­bers. $5.00 entry fee plus O.C.A. Mem­bership ($4) for Ohio residents 18 years oC age or older, $3 plus O.C.A. member­ship for Ohio residents under 18, $5 for non-residents of Ohio regardless of age. Non·residents of Ohio do not have to join the O.C.A. Trophy and title to high­est ranking Ohioan. Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, lrd; woman's and junior prizes awarded. Registration: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 1. First round at 12:00 noon. For details: James Schroeder, Box 652, Springfield, Ohio.

Sept. 1·2.·3

N.C . STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

6-round Swiss, sponsored by the North Carolina Chess Association, to be held at the Jaycee Community Center, 2405 Wade Av., Raleigh. Open to residents of North Carolina and service personnel stationed therein. Entry Cee $5.00 to USCF members; first prize, $50.00 and trophy. Register by 1 P.M. of first day. Inquiries: Dr. George Harwell, 2115 Wilson St., Durham, N.C.

Sept. 1·2.-3

SEMBACH CHESS FESTIVAL

(1Oth USCF Europeln Rlting Tournament)

7·Round Swiss at Sembach Rod & Gun Club, Sembach AFB, Germany. Open to aU USCF members. $3.75 entry fee; cash prizes depend upon number of en­tries. Speed Tourney (SOC fee): simulta· neous exhibition (50<: fee). For informa· tion, write (air-mail) to Tournament Di­rector, Capt. Arthur C. Joy, Hq. 17th Signal Bn., APO 164, New York, N.Y.

Sept. 1·2.-3

TENNESSEE OPEN

Sponsored by the Tennessee Chess As­sociation, a 6-round Swiss, entry $5.00, will be held at the J ames R. Robertson Hotel, 118 7th Av. N., Nashville, Tenn. Open to all uscr members the winner will be the Tenn. Champion. Trophies to the first Tenn. top scorer and junior; cash prizes: 1st, $50; 2nd, $30; 3rd, $20. For further infonnal.ion, write the tour­nament director, Peter P. Lahde, 80 Lyle Lane, Nashville 11, Tenn.

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Sept. ' ·3

9th ANNUAL HEART·OF·AMERICA OPEN

7·Round Swiss, to be held over the Labor Day weekend at the Park East Hotel. 10th & McKee, Kansas City 6, Mo. Guaranteed fir st prize--$200, Jun­ior-$50, Unrated- $25, A.B.C.-$20 each. 2nd thru 5th- per entries. Entry fee : $10 plus U.S.C.F . membership. Con· testants are requested to brings sets and clocks. For fu rther info rmation write the tournament director. J ohn R. Beitling, 3533 Genesee St., Kansas City 11 , Mo. (WE-1-5893). Registration Closes at noon.

Sept. 7·" WESTCHESTER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

A championship and a handicap tour· nament (6 Round Swiss) will be held at the Westchester Club, 8501 Emerson Ave., Los Angeles 45, Calif. Entry fee to UB.C.F. members is $3.00 ($1.00, jr. under 16) plus club membership . Tro· phi es and cash prizes. For iniormation how to join the club and enter the tour­nament: Joe Kalivoda, 6:523 Firebrand St., Los Angeles, 45, Calif.

Sept. ,

EL PASO OPEN SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP

A seven· minute time limit tourna­ment, twelve to fo urteen rounds, will be held at the U.S.O. , 505 N. Santa Fe, El Paso, Texas. Resgistration closes at 1 P.M. The tou rnament should end by 6 P.M. Cash pr izes according to entr ies. Address inquiries to the di rector, Peter K. Cook, 1212 Randolph Dr., EI Paso, Texas. Bring friends and chess clocks.

Se pt . lS·l,

MAPLE CITY OPEN

4-Round Swiss, starting at 10:00 A.M. will be held in the Public Library, Gene­see St., Hornell , N.Y. Entry fee is $5.00 plus U.S.C.F. and Southern Tier Chess Association ($2.00) membership. Prizes according to entr ies. Players are re­quested to bring clocks, sets and boards. For further information, contact Joseph Harris, 57 Bemis Ave., Hornell, N.Y.

Tourname nt OrlenlleU wlshln, e n­nounee me nt of USCF reted e "entl should mike eppl/catlon It In,t s he weeks before the pvbllutlon dete of CHESS LIFE. Spedl' fonn, for re­que stln. sud. II nnounee me"tt me y be obtll ined only from U.S, Che ss FMera­t lon, 8G E. 11th St., New York 3, N.Y.

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Sept. 22

Penn 30·30 OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

6-Round Swiss, 30 moves per 30 min· utes; first round at 10:00 A.M. The tour­nament will be at the Central Y.M.C.A., Reed and Washington SI.. Reading, Pen­na. Prizes will be awarded to U.S.C.F. members only. Entry fee $2.00 if re­ceived by Sept. 15; $3.00 between Sept. 17-21 ; $4.00 if paid on Sept. 22. Please bring clocks, sets and boards. Address entries and inquiries to F. S. Townsend, 103 Halsey Ave., West Lawn, Penna.

Sept. 22·13 QUAKER CITY OPEN

Sponsored by the P hiladelphia Chess Assn., a 5·Round Swiss will be held at La Salle College, 20lh & Olney Ave ., Phila., Penna. Entry fees will be $5.00 regular, $3.00 junior. Cash prizes ac­cording to entries plus a special handi· cap prize. Address inquiries to Mr. H. Morris, 3480 Emerald St. , Phila. 34, Penna. Please bring clocks, sets and boards. Entries close 9:30 A.M.

Sept. 29·30 FALLS CITY OPEN

5-Round Swiss (first round 9:00 A.M.) will be held at the Louisville Chess Club, 3rd. & Broadway, Louisville, Ky. under the direction of Herb Fowlcr. U.S.C.F. entry fee--$5.00. Prizes : I st.-540., 2nd.- $20., Unrated- $lO.

Oct. 11_14 Massachusetts Stlte Championship

Sponsored by the Boylston Chess Club and the Mass. State Chess Association, a 7·Round Swiss will be played at the Boylston Y.M.C.U., Boylston St., Boston, Mass. The highest scoring resident will be the Mass. State Champion. First prize -$100.00. Others according to entry in each class plus handicap prizes. M.S.C.A. dues of $2.00 required of Mass. residents. An experimental entry fee is scheduled by Robert B. (rt)odspeed, tournament di· rector; fees according to class with a pre·dated discount. Entry fee (prior to Oct. 10) Class A-$8.50; B----$5.; C-$3.; Unrated- $5.; J uniors (18 yrs.) $1.00 less. After Oct. 10, A-$lO.; B--$6.; C-$4.; Unrated-$6.; Juniors $1.00 less. Regis· tration closes 7:30 P .M. Address entries and inquiries to R. B. Goodspeed, 245 Park Street, Stroughton, Mass . Players are requested to bring sets and clocks.

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