Vol. IV

Number 2 OfficiCll Publication of jije United States (bess federation Tuesday, September 20, 1949

TOURNEYS FEATURE UPSETS ! Unexpeded Vidories Startle Players In New York and lfIinois Events PAVEY SURPRISES NEW YORK TOUR'Y

In a tonrnament of upsets and surprises with a tight finish the o netl me champion of Scotland, Max Pavey of l3rooklyn , came through with an 8·2 score to win the New York Slato Championship. Behind him In II games tic at 71h-2J.,i were lIl o new Soutliern Ass'n Champion HUlls Herliner and the defending CIi (Lm lll rm l..llrry l!:VUIlS. Fourth was thu veteran Dr. Edward Lasker willi 7-:1. Then came a four-way tie III ~; %-:l % to complcte the prize list of Il. K ,Iunlor Champion Arthur III BK ulel', .Iorem iah l~. Donovan, GOOrgu 1;:1'1IL11~ 1 ' and CCLA Ga mes Edit or J:l('k Soutlakoff.

Jlllt ()ut~hle Ih(l mag ic clrr:le Wall

(!11~;~S 1.1 1,'1'; !lnnotator Dr. Max lI url:l",r"oIr, for mel' LIghtning t 'llIlIlIlIloII Dr. Ariel i\lellg:H'l nl with (I ~ ""'Ii nnd CIII-:SS LWI~ Gll llleB Edlulr Jo:rlrh W. Mllrchnnd, 1l0Cl At 6LA. · .. ~ with McCormick, MOl'gall, 80.1I t1l6101'0, Sibbon, Siegel a nd Wc~,'t1::'l"Och:.

III winning Pavey lost a. game to Evans by overstcllllll1g the lime limit and drew wltll Jack Soudn­kuft und GeorJtO KrumOl'. An!\ nmong tho crnclul gumos of UIO

conc ludin g rounds woro Dorllner's 9th round victory ovor Evnlls in a. titanic 70 11\0\'0 !Jnl tlo and Kramor's 40 movo dnlw wILli Derllnor In tho final round. A s poclal 111'11.0 for the best score by u nOIHlrlze-wlnller against prbe-whuHll'S In tho state champlollshl ll W3S awarded to A. E . Sanlns iere.

DUch;;unp Win. Cla5s A

VictoL'y in the Class A Tourna­ment wenl to Marcel Duchamp ot New YOI'k Clly, 1l0ted French art­Ist. who scored 6 consecutive wins. Rev. George C. Switzer of Roches· ter was runnel'-Up wilh 5-1, while Carl Dl'esdner a nd Paul C. Ott of Rochestel' Rnd Z. L. Hoover of Mon· tours vil1e, I'll.. ticd wHh 3-3 each [or third.

The Amateur Tournament was won by Donald V. SuJlivan ot Roch­cster who scored 4'1.!-1h in the pre­liminaries and Ulc n won three straight from the other finali sts, John Hasclloehrl, Allan Il. Candee and Vlnccnt Welg. Hasenoehrl placed second wllh 2·1.

Tho \Vomnn's Cha mlliollsiLip drew seven entries (rom Rochester and was won lJy Mrs. Olivia Kauf­man who defeated all fl lx of her op­

-r'nentB. Reshevlky Exhib it ion

Other feature s of lho Now York State Meet incllHlcd (l. master(ul simultaneous exhlhltlon hy Samuel Reshevsky who faccd 41 lliayers Crom BuHnlo, SYI'UCUSC, Schenect­ady, Casenovia anti New York with­out coucedi ng :1 dereaL lIis final score was ..37%·3LjJ, with scven draws going to Ik Ariel Mcngarlui, Louis Persingm', Eli Rohinson, Rlcha ,'d noyer, Charles Fell , Arthur Damon and Dr. Max lIerzbergcr.

The Annual lJllJlCjuct had one hundred In I.IttelullLlIce as guests of the Kodak Park Athletic Associa­tion which was host COl' the tourua-

POSCHEL TAKES ILLINOIS TITLE

In the most represen tative tourn· ament of l'ecent years with 32 players [rom Chicago and 20 play­ers from downstate, PaUl Poschel, Illinois Junior Champion eaptllred the Illinois Stat,e Champions hip with a perfect score of 7-0 in the 7-round Swiss event at Peor ia, held under the auspices of the Peoria Chess Association. In win­l\ing Poschel defeated the new U . S. Open Champion Albert San­drill in their individual encounter.

Second place wen t to Albert Sandrin with 6-1, his only loss heing to PoscheL Six players t ied in g,Lmes with 5·2 scores, and were ranked on S- Il 110intS in the follow­!Il~ order: th ird Joseph Shaffer. <i cf\.! lIdilll; I llin(ll.~ State Chamllion: rourth J .. ~whl .I. I ~ ml(:!\; !!!!l!. W!.£Q:­IIlIIO : " Ixth II , Sh~ I LOn: "ov~n lh li'rcd Stoppol: e ighth II . Stun· brIdge.

JUl6t iJ.:h.l ~. ,:,,J (,! rcl tl of ,'I'l lle winn ers finish ed Angelo Sand rio, Albert's bl'other, with u 41J..·2Lj.l score. At the termlnnUOII of the LOurllCY /I hid was I'ocelvcd fl'om Hock ford to hold t ho 1950 mooting the re. PrIor to 1949 the State Chanlpionsli\J1 had ulways been played In Chicago.

THOM PSON WINS SOUTHWEST OPEN

Tn the 62-player, 7'l'ound Swiss Southwestern Open Championship, held at Tulsa, Okla .. J . C. Thomll­son of Grand Prairie, 'fex. retained tho title with a 6-1 score, losing hill only game to runner-up Magee. I n winning T hompson hestell Gnr­ver, Steinmeye r and Kenneth Smith among top Illnyers in tho final stand ings.

Tied in game scoro with 6·1 but secolld on S·B poillts was Lee Magee ot Omalta, Nehraska State Cham Ilion, who 1081 no games but drew with Rag:U1 and Richnrd Har­rel\. Third place went to R. L. Gar­ver ot Tulsa on SoB pOints with 51h-l'l.!, fourth placo to John Ragan ot St. Louis, firth place to R. H. Steinmeyer of St. Louis, and sixth plnce to Kenneth H. Smith o r Fort Worth.

It was II. toumaOielit of c llamp­Ions with tho Nebraska, Okla homa, Missouri, Kansas and New Mexico S tilt e Champions, Tulsa City Champion, St. Louis Di stric t Champion among tbe contenders.

mont. Dr. Max J. HCI'zberger WtlS chairman and Harold ?or. Phll1lps toas tmaster. Among the speakers wel'e Rabbi Philip S. Bernstein, head of the J e\\' lsh chailiains i n the United States Army; Dr. J ohn Nor­I'i s; Dr. Joseph B. Hale, Dr. Rohert La Fave, Mrs. Fitz Brieger, Ben· jamln M. Smitb, Malcolm Sim, Hor­manu Helms and Anthony E. San­tasiere. Greetings were telegraph­ed by PaU l G. Glers or Syracuse, Ilrcllident Of the United States Chess Federatloe.

Positioll No. 17 F . Dus-Choti m i r sk y vs. A. Ba nnlk

U.S.S.R., 1949

Posilion No. 18 Hausen VII. N im zovilch

F rom " My System" (1929)

Finish It The Clever Way! Conducted by Edmund Nash

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POSITION No. 17. reprinted from the Soviet daily "Trud." .July 31, I!H~l. "ccuned ill a g,1lTJe 1113 yed in the semi·rinals o f the forthcoming

17th USSR Chess Championsh ip Tournamen t. A Rllsslan chcss old-tim(Jr pullM Off a KIIllN ld e IIllRCk h~ I\. " tyl e tor whi ch he Is Ju s tly famous. Ul llllk f l'llh.'lUld afte r WlIIlO'1I fourth movo (n (Jlliot OliO!) While's combllla· tlon lends I.e male unless Black wlln ts to g ive up decisive matm·lal. It

. cannot 11e ' ;!onlljd t~at :ho Sovlot ~ystcr:-; ot ~rellmlnarlc3 !. .. s brc::ght forth excellent chess ta lont to participate In the chnmilionship tourna.­mcnts.

A most Instructive Ilos lUen Is No. I S, tllkCII from Nimzovltch's Cam­o ns lind IntCl'osllllg book. It Is a Ilosltlon. the study of which will aCford a rovlew of much, if not most, bnslc llawn endgame theory. In the win­ning lillO, mack gives Ull a pawn temporarily In order to win.

~ Please tu rn to page four for so lutions.

GOLOMBEK WINS BRITISH TITLE

In u definite Innovation thc British Championship was COII­

ducted all an ll-round Swiss with 32 participants. It was 1I0t an OIlOn even t, as the players wore selected, but there is promise ot opening up somo twonty places in noxt yeal'S tournament to players qual­med by various preliminary events similar to those conducted for recent U. S. Biennial Cham plon-s hips.

Victor wns H. Golombek, Ga mes and Foreign News Editor for the British Chess Magnzlne, with a score of 81J~-21h. Golombek lost a game to D. V. Hooper and drew with Dr. S. Fallckas, W. A. Falr­hUl'1:lt and T. H. Tyler. His victories Included wins over D. M. Horne and Sir G. Thomas.

Second place was a tie between D. M. Horne and Dr. S. Fazekas wi th 8-3 each: and Sir G. Thomas Illaeed fourth with 7·4. Missing [rom the vCl'y representative field of contestants was B. H. Wood, Editor of "Chcss," who is reported seriously III in a hos pital.

BROOME TAKES GENESEE CUP

In the Genesce Cup team matches at Rochester, B"oome County scor­ed tho victory with an 81h·S% to ta l. Second was Onandaga with 7%-4%. M'atch scores were: Broome 2%, Erie 1'h; Broome 2, Onandaga 2; Broomo 4, Monroe 0; Onandaga 3, Erlo 1;, Oonandaga 2*, Monroe 1 %; Monroe 2, Erie 1.

WERTHAMMER, FOY TIE IN W. VA.

1948 Co·Champlon D r. Sleg[rled 'Vorthammer and Edward M. l~oy repeated the tie in Ule 1949 West Virginia Championship with equal scoreB of 5-1. Foy lost his only gamo to 'Verthammer, and Wert­Ilammel' ylolded a game to Allen nuVali. John F. Hurt, Jr. tho other Co-Champion of 1948, flnlslled Ie thi rd place wllh a 4 'h-l lJ.. score, losing to 'Verthammer and draw· Ing with Edwin Faust. l~ourth place went to Allen H. DuVall.

In the Junior Chamqlonshlp Charles Morgan scored a perfect G-O {or victory, while Don Ourdlck plnced secoed with 4-1, losing his only game to Morgan. Third place was a ~·2 tie between Ja~k Allison an!1 Andy Hoke. In the Open Tournament first honors weut to Herma n Allison or Li ma, O. 'WIth n 5-0 score, while Ray Martin placed second with 3%-1% and ]lar low Warren tlilrd with 3-2. In tho Players Tournament Paul SaYl'e wa!'l first with 6-0 and Hugb Allison second with H~-2* .

The four tournaments were held at the Governor Cahell Hotel In Huntington and were sllOnsored by

tho Huntington Junior Chamber of Commel·Co. All wel'e Swiss events

except the Playel'S whic h was a double round robin. 35 players

participated to c reate a record­breaking entry tor West. Virginia

events, Including representatives of nine cities and throe stntes. Reid Holt acted as tournament dl .

rectoI', aSSisted by Harold Liggett.

BYLAND WINS PA. STATE TITLE

In a strong field of 48 playerB, Wm. M. Byland, USCF Vice-Presi­dent, romped through the 7-round Swiss with 5 wins and 2 draws to captnre the state tltle with a 6·1 score_ Close on his heels were de­fend i ng champion Paul L. Dietz lind Charles C. French with 5lh-n~ each, and second place 011 5-n points was awarded Dietz who also gathered in the Pennsyh'ania Jun­ior Championship. Seven players tied at 5·2 each and were placed on S·D pOinls as foll ows: fourth S. Amarnick, fifth I. C. Isenberg, six th tormer Pa. Junior Champion Saul 'WJ.chs, tied for sixth and s eventh J. Hudson and F. A. Sorensen, ninth K. Kraeger, a nd tenth H . H ickman.

Bill Byland in winning added the State title to a nice collection of three Pittsburgh City Chnmpion­ships and five Downtown Y Chess Club t i tle~ . Dietz, the defending Pa. State Champion, is the presen t PiLtsbu rgh City Champion. The title Of Pe nnsylvania \Voman Champion went once again to Mrs. Mary Selensky, who placed 31st In thjJ 4~·man tOlll'llament. .

Notable were the fa ilures of rOl'mer Pa. Juuior Chnmplon Saul Wachs, fOI'mer Pa. State Cham p­Ion T. C. Gutekunst, and Glenn Hartleb (who placed fou r th 1n the ' I'ceent U. S. Open ChamlllOllshlp) to rato among the prize-winners,

The Pennsylvania State Champ­Ion ship was held at the Brunswick H otel at Lancaster unuer the spon­sorsh111 or tbe Red Rose Chess Club ot Lancaster. The oven t was inaugurated by a simultaneous ex­lllhition by Hans Killoeh, who tlien sel'ved as tournament di rector for thc event.

- - ---NCCI>. ADOPTED BY PENNSYLVANIA

At the allnual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Chess ..... edera· Hon at Lancaster on September S, the members voted to adopt the USCF National Chess Coordination l l l'ogram and authorized the neces· sa l'y c hanges in the Constitution and By·Laws to con form with the NCCP.

Pennsylvania becomeB the second State orJ,,"31117,ation to climb upon the NCCP hnndwagoe, following In the footste ps of the l\1lclllgan StAte Chess Association which adopted the NCCP last yeal·.

CANTWELL OPEN, HELMAN VA. CHAMP.

n. F. Cantwell of \Vas hington wou the VlrJ,,-1nla Opcn Champion· s hip with a 6-1 score; and L. Hel· man the Virginia Stale Champlon­!;hip with a 5%·11J.. score in a 26· man 7-round Swiss a.t Ports mouth.

Second place In the Open went to S. Wagman and till rd place to O. Shapiro, both of Washington, on SoB points with eqUal scores of 5%-11J... In winning Cantwell de­fe Mod Cook, Morgall, Wolf, Nash and S hapiro while drawing with 'Vagman and Helman.

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Vol. IV, Nlllriber 2 Tnesday, September 20, 1949

THE GROWTH OF THE SWISS

ONE O~~ THE happiest developments ill che8s, nut only in those United States but throughout tile wOl·ld, has been the invention

and inCI·easing popularity of the open type uf tournament upon what is called the "Swiss System." \Vhether the .syst(lm actually originated in Helvetia as its name implies, we do not know nor care; we do know that it has b~come tiloroughly naln)·alized and now has its final papers as an American citizen.

The marked advantage of the "Swiss" tournament is its flexibili ty In permitting large numbers of contestants to compete ill one tourna­ment in a limited space ot Ume - an attribute that is bene[!clai in encouraging the participatiOn of Dlany players to whom the ordinary invitational tournament would always be an unattainable goa l. The thrill of such participation is a s timulation that chess has needed for mallY years, and it is a thrill that can be snpplied adequately in no oth(lr fashion.

\Vhen in 1934 at Chicago with some trepidation the local tourna­ment commit tee (of which the writer was a member) accepted the basic idea of an open tournam ent for the American Chess Federation Congross or lhut yeul" they did not 1I11vo Iho Ii!mllllclty or tho "SWIKS" to rely UI)on. Ilut WOI·O for cOl1 Into fl. more cOlllplol( nnd coml)licntoti Korl08 of IJrOllmlnnry qualifyin g rounds (The Holland System) to d ivide !.ho l)tllyCrH Into lil a vurlous fJnnl round·roll in Krou llA. COJu;ldol·nblo cl·ed lt for ~ hl ij Innovllllon deservOdly belongs lo A. C. Margolls rO I· COIl­

vlnclng his fellow committeelllen that this open tonrnament "pLan was leaslblo,

The Immediate success o r tile " Open" at Clllcago In 1934 led to other "ope n" events In national chess, but it was not until the 1947 Ope n TOUI·nament al Corpus Chl·lst! tha t , a pnrely "Swiss System" tourname nt was adopted. n Is notable that the nnmber ot players (86) at Corpus Christi could not lmv6 been accomodated satisfactorily unde r any othe r syste m of tOnrnamen t In the time limit set lor t l.le event. Since the n at Baltimore and at Omaha (not to mention tbe Junior Championsh ips at Oak Ridge and Fort Worth). Ule "Swiss System" has been provon e mine ntly satisfactory and entirely adequate.

Success o n a national scale In the United States h as enconraged other conntrles to test the innovation for themselves; and in recent months the German ChampiOnship at Bad Pyrmont and the British Champ­Ionship have beon conducted as "Swiss System" tournaments.

Tbere I8.re admitted disadvantages Ito t~e "Swiss System," which make the officials of the USCF hesitate to accept its use lor onr own most Important event. the Biennial U. S. Championship. Prlllc ipally, It s utters t rom a certaIn math ematical ·weakness that demaJlds of the tonrnament d1rector the utmos t preCision in the pairings lor each round. It sometimes, It the pairings have not been extremely accur ate (and possibly psychic 6S weH), presen ts the anomolons resulls of crowning a cllamplon who has tailed to play several 01 the top..ranklng players Immediately behind him (lnclnding at times the runnor-up ). W ilen this oCCnrs, ther e will alwa ys be a tinge ot doubt, 'Porhaps, In the minds 01 some as to the validity ot th e: title WO II .

But seldo m al·e the resnlts qnite as clear-cut and convinc ing as a t Oma ha where the omniscien t fores ight ot aSSistant tournament director Glenn Hartleb resulted In such perfect pairings that the victor played all nin e of the contestan ts who ranked Imm ed iately bolow him. In the British Championship, for e:x:ample, Golombek d id not meet Droadbent or A. R. B. T homas (6th and 10th) o r the nine players Immediately be low him in the fina l standings. In the German Cbampionsilip Bogoljuboff did not f·ace Unzicker, Schmidt or Lange (6th, 7th a nd 9th) for which the tournament was somewllat criticized In the foreign chess press.

Aside from these weaknesses, there Is the Inher ent one In the necessity for too many tics In almost every position. '1'0 correct this the Sonneborn-Borgor system of weighted scores is nsod, bnt Is only par­tially s llccesstul-tor It fr equ e ntly has its own ties, and It Is not mathe­matically exact In the fac t that It ignores all losses and evalU:ates ollly tile wins and draws. Yet a playor with an 18.75 Sonneborn-Bel·ger score who lost his only game to the winner ot the tonrnament certainly shOUld rank above a player with an 18.75 score who lost his game to the eighth or nin th plaee pLnyer. Sonnebol·n,Bllrgcr points do not make thl!! tlner dis tinction, and nntil tIle weig h ted score system is conee led to evaluate the losses IRS w(lll tiS the wins and dra ws, It will remain unsatisfactory and Inequita ble In breaking ties,

Despite these a nd other deteets inherent in the "Swiss System," it has been a great boon to the develollment of c hess IJOpnlarlty ; and It is willi great satisfac tion that we note the increasing num ber ot State Championsh ips made Into "open" events tor '1.he g reater participation o f the player s In the S tate upon lhe fl e:x:lble s truc ture of thc "Swiss System." We hope that eventuall y a ll State and Rog iona l Tournamonts wUl follow llils popular pattern In encouraging the ntmost In participa­tion from chGSs players.

! Just as ba-s'\'lhall Is said to have gained its great popularity from

the Invention of an in tell igible box-score which tile average fan could read, the "Swiss System" gained an Impetus by the invention of the "t:)wlss score ta?le" which gives an accnrate a·nd compact detajled acconnt of the results 0t all individual encounters. The "Swiss score table" was the Impromptu creation of a pla.yer at PlttsbuTgh in 1946 who unfor tun­ately remains ahonymous. His idea was promptly borrowed by the Editor of the 19 46 US'CF Yearbook for use in that compilation to record the ··:::lwiss System" preliminar ies of the Pitt sbuTgh Open Tournament. It saw Us first eh'css periodical usage in the issne of September 5, 1947 of CHFJSS LIFE to report the results of the Corpus Christi Open '1'ourna.. ment. :::lince th:lt debut the use of the "Swiss score table" has spread to all American chess publications, a nd now the tahle can be fonnd in us", in any number lot toreign chess publications. CHESS LIFE cannot claim to have invente\i the table, bnt we take great p ride In onr part in making thts simple devIce for r eportln'g the resnlts of a "Swiss System" tuurn·a· ment so unlVer rallY popular .

I Montgomery Major ,

I mate :lAe Suttle Wa/ f by Vincent L. Eaton I

Addre .. a ll ioommunicatlon, to t n;. column to Vlncenl LEaton, 3901 Conn o< t;out Ave., N.W. , Wa.n lngton, D. c .

T HE'nH:G1NNER at solving, confronted with the condition that White is to mate lin so many moves, will fr equently look tor one line, a ny

line, that will ! chieve that result anrl beli eve that l.\e has accomplished tile cunditiQ"Jls. i As he g)·ows m ore experienced,- however, he will come to see that \Vhite and Black m.ay have alternate lines ot att.ack and de· fense which Illustrate diffe rent types of strategy; a chess problem, in fac t, Is a rninatnre struggle similar to the struggle that goes ou in over­the· tlOard play, lIn which OIlO side tr ies to overcome the oth~r in spite of the best l)ossible defense that the Latter may put up. In No. 108 White's ope ning move Ir not too difficult to discover; but yOU have Iwt complote· ly solved the problem until you have worked ou t not onty the lines foLlowing the moves of Black's King and the promotion ot his Pawn to Queen, but alsq. what is !l ot ·so easily pcrceived, how White pan·ies the Olle remaining defense, Pawn becomes Knight!

Solutions tb previous ly published problems on page fo ur,

Probl~m No. 107 Probl~m N a. J(}8 By Montgome~y Major (Oak Park)

Composed for Che8s Life By the PrOblem Editor Composed for Chess Life ,

While: ' mu Willi.: S men

~, ?KW:it~Rm2:';i J~i .. ~l~~~.~ DJSl. Q'f

Probl~m No, 109

By A, BoUacchJ 1921 '

Black: , men

Wh ile: S m en bb6, 21>pRS, 7K, lBili . SklS2, I J,rSSQ, JI'O. GIl'l

Whit. mIt .. in Iwo movu

180, lUe, 8, ~K2, 4S2k. 8, ?p, 682 Wh ll. mllet In Ih.eo moVe<

Problems No. 110 By Godfrey Heathcote

1902 Bl lLOk: S men

Whit.: 11 men mJ K1!2b, 6ll2, 15"",2, INk., &pI', lI'P4b,

SPPI, S Whitt mi te' In th .... moVIJ

Conducted by Gene Collelt

In this form ol competition, knewn under s\mdl"Y aliases In dIvers clubs, two st rong players choose sides, each solecting a player alter· no.lely until n11 the willing memuel·s nrc nllmed on olle of two teams. A regnlar team match Is then played.

Such teams lIIay ue · mnlntalned over a pel·lod of mOnUIS with a sessIon ollce a month; oftener, it mem bers tieslre. Sometimes, a t t he end ot a stilted p eriod, tile team having won the g rentost numb er or ma tches, or gomes, Is llrovlded a tree dinner,

The [ending teaml! may also 1)lay at fixed open, i ngs, or gambits. 01" lightning chess, or a ny fOl'm ol chess tha t a ll l)Ca ls to them. Or you can make tho play Into a SOI·t ot Ilontatli loll o r decathlon, with a different forlll of compe tition each time the teams meet. IC Ill(ed openings a r e used, It ·adds to t he intel·est H ono Of lhe stronger players procedes or fo llows the match with a brie f talk on the Idea behind the sti pulated line et play.

C~ejj JJ/e --4troaJ By A, BUfchke

BO'1'VINNIK'S LUCKIEST OPPON­EN'I' - FEDOR PARFENOVICH nOGA'1'YRCHUK - NO W IN CANADA In 1927 Botvlnnlk (born 1911)

participated for the first time in tho finals of a Soviet Chess Champ­ionship. Although he finishe(I, with V. Makogolloy, in a very honorable tie for 5t.h and 6til, this was still II- ll·iumph of the "older" genera.. tion represented by F. P . Bogatyr­chuk a nd p. A. Romanovsky (both born in 1892), co·winners of the q hampions lrip, Duz·Khotimirsky, Nenarokov, etc. Bogatyrchuk lost only to Romallovsky, mad e a clean sweep of all the other five prize winners, including Botvinnik, and won 5 and drew 9 against the 14 unclassifi ed participants. In the to l­lowing (VI ) Soviet Cha mplonsilip, Odessa 1929 , Bogatyrchuk did not participate but, due to a veTy un­usual groupin g system, which al­lowed only 4 players in the finals (adnally only 3 pa rtic ipated), Bot­vlnnik did not r each the tinals a nd B. M. Verlinsky. also ot the ·"older" generation (born 1887) won the C~lampionship.

Youth emerged victorious, how­ever, in the VII Soviet Champion-

~~fCh T::;r:~~e~~ B~lt~~~~7k i~9!~ efc itlng a nd very close race with N. N. RillIlli n (born in 1908)- for H rounds Riumin had set the pace al(d at that cl"Uclal point he was hal! a point ahead of Botvinnik, but in the 15th round. he lost to h is only competitQr for the crowlI­with two more ruund s to go, Boga­tyrchuk was closest behind. with 9 points against Riumin's 11%, bUt completely IIOmOrallzod, JUnmln lost also his last two gamos against considerably weake r opponents (Rauzer and Klrllov) a nd onded l:!eOOnd to Botvinnlk (13\4) with 1114 points, still 1% points ahead of a field Of four tied at 10 1)OInts tor the neltt four prizes (Alalor tsev, lJogatyrchuk, Verlllls ky, Yudovlch) .

In hIs own collection of games played In the decade of 1926,36, i30tvlnnlk pnbllshed 10 iames from this Illost important turning point of Ills career, and the only drawn game ot these 10 Is his game with Bogatyrchuk; Ktra nge I\.S it may seem, no game with thla master would have been pnbllshed at all It Botvinnlk the "Invincible" had followed the method ol l ess modest masters and published only won games; In laet, his colleetlon of 60 games contains severa l more draws bnt 110 other draw with Dogatyr­chuk either, For this Is the only living master who can boast of a decisive pl ue Bcore In important encountors with the "present Champ, ion ot t he W orld; we do not know whether tile two toug h t each other In less important chess events , but In the lOnr encouute rs known to us (1927, Filth Sovlot Challl lllon­sh ip ; 1931, Seventh Soviet Cha mp.. lonshlp; 1933, E igh th So v let Championship; 1931i, Mescow, Sec­oud international Tournament) Bogatyrchnk won 3 a nd drew only 1. The only other game Dotvlnnik lost III the Eighth Championship was to Rinmln (!), and In tll6 Mos­cow Intornatlonal Tournament, tho loss to Bogatyrchuk In the crucial 15th round cost lkrtvlnnlk t he un­divided nr.a t prize.

Bogatyrchuk, It contemporary ot Alekhlne and Bogoljubov, many times Champion ot Kiev and Uk­ra ine and :an X-ray speCialist by pl"ofessloll, lives lIOW in Canada. It would be Interesting to see how he who used to Ilelong to the stl"Qngest Rnsslnn musters, would [IU·O in competition wltll our lead­Ing masters at il ls advanced age; lJogoljnb()v (born 1889) hns recent· ly pI·OVed in s trong German com­petition tlla t he is s till a form idable opponent and Emannel Lasker, then 66 years old, finished In th e 1935

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News From The Chess Clubs

N e"w York State Chess Association elected Harold C. Eva ns (Bingham­ton) as president to succeed Dr, Ma x H erzberger. Willis Hull (Bing­hampton) waa chosen secretary and Harold ?II. Phillips (New York) reelected treasu rer. E lected vice­presidents were: Benjamin M. Smith (Schenectady) , Dr. Max J . Herzberger and EriCh W, Marchand ( Rochester ), John C. Cum mings (Syracuse ), Norman C. Wilder, J r. (Buffalo), Merrivale L . Mitchell ( E ndicott), AnUiony E . Santasiere and George Kramer (New York) . Lynn Bryant (Binghamton) was added to lis t of honorary past presi­dents. The Dew publicity commit­tee consists of : Hermann H elms (New Yor k) chairman, N orman Stevenson (Rochester ), Samuel Finkelstein (Binghampton), Mrs. Carl S. Nye (Syracuse) . The meet­ing voted to hold the 1950 tourna· ment either at Bingham pton or Johnson City.

Virgin ia Ch ess Federation at its a·nnual meeting elected t he follow­ing officer-s: Mrs. Willa '¥Jlite president, S. Ross Owens tourna· ment director Leonard Helman secretary. C. B. Spence l· treasurcr. F. M. DuBoi.s pu blil;: ity dil"l:lctor. Rich m ond was selected as site for t he 1950 championship.

SYRACUSE U WINS SUSQUEHANA CUP

In a close battle the Syracuse Universi ty Chess Team captured the Susquehan na Cup at the N YSCA meeting at Rochester, tie· t eating the r ival Queen City Chess Club of Buffalo 3-2 i n a final plny­off match to decide the t itle. Mnln· stay of t he Syracuse quin tet was Andrew Acrlvos who won all four games, ably s upported by Alexan­tie r Doscaiopouios. Maur ice N. Cina­be rg, Peretz Miller nlld Stanley Smith. Oln.sberg scored 3'"h-l% and Miller 3-2 in the matcbes.

Individua l matc h reaulta were: Queen City 2%, Syrac use U 2% ; Syracuse Chess Club 3, Kodak Park 2; Syra.cuse U 5, Syracuae Cbess Cluh 0; Queen ,City 4%, Kodak Park %; Syracuse U 5, Kodak Park 0; Queen City 4, Syracuse Cbess Club 1 ; Syrncuae U 3, Queen City 2 (playoff).

HEARST, PETERS TOP N. CAR. OPEN

Eliot Hearst or New York, Co­lumbia. University s tudent, took first place in tho 16-man, 5-I'ound Swiss NQrth CaroUna Ollen Cham­pionship. Second place and the North Carolina State Cha mpion­ship went to W. J . Peters, Durham Chess Club Champion 1948·49 and Open Champion of No. Ca r. in 1947, w ith n score of 4·1. Tied In poillts w ith 4-1 but third on S·B rating was 'VIIl. C. Adickes , recent So. Carolina Open Champion.

The 25th annual North Carolina Open Champ ions hip was he ld at Durbam under the auspices or the Durllam Chess Club. -In winning the ope n title, Hearst defeated his i m mediate rivals in the final stand­i ngs by besting Peters, Adickes a.nd Crit lenden. Crittenden, who p laced tour, los t to Adlckes.

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Pennsylva nia State Chess Associa­tion at its a n nual meeting reelect­ed the following officers : W. M. Dyland (Pittsburgh) president, Glenn Ha rtleb (Erie) and John D. F renCh (Harrisbu rg) vice-presi· dents, Walter Hall (Philadelphia) secretary, and T. C. Gutekunst. (AI; lentown) treasurer.

North Carolina Ch ess Association at its annual meeting at Durham elected the foll owing oHlcers : Arthur G. Ashbrook, J r. (Durham) president ; ~I. H . UpchUl;Ch (Dur­ham) vice-president; E llh,·aim Sol­

. koH (Raleigh) sec retary-treasurer.

NCA PUBLISHES BOOK OF OPEN

By the llovel process ot issuing installments In each nnmber ot the Nebras~ Chess Bulletin, the Ne­braska Chess Association is pub· lishing serially the book of the U. S. Open Cilampionship a t Om a­ha, comprising a generous selec· tion from the 350 games of the tournament. Subscription to tho Neill·aska Cbess Bulletin i s $2.00 Iler year and may be sent to Jack S pcn ce. i:'~ditor, 208 So. 25th Ave., Omaha.. Neb\". The lirsl issue cov­eret! the first three rounds of play In a a'prJ/sa Bllvplcment.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE CHAMPIONSH IP

I. w. )d . IIY] I "~ ( 1)i\Wmtglo ) ..6·1 2. I>. I,. I)lel& (1'It t.aootgh) --,,~·u &. c. C . • ' rench ( Phlladdplola) 5H . 4.8. Anl.mlck (I 'hn.delphl.) 5·2 5. I. O. llIenbe.,.. (.:nol.) __ H 6. s. Wlcm (I'lon,dellobla ) --5·2 7. J . Ifudton (Gr,,"plan) --li·1 8. 1'. A. Sortn~n (Plttobur;h)-5-2 11.)(. K ... t;er (Litiu) • __ -,.,

:~:~: =.i~Iit.:';, \~~::'na,h)-=::, :il I!. O. Ibrtleb (Erie) __ . __ H -tl IS. T. 0. (lutekulllt ( Allentown) 4'·2i 1(. D. f>Chrider ( Phlla.klplola) _4 ~.2t 15. A. O. Uolfman ( Uulel.On ) _,.3 Ie. It. R. w ... n (Erie) _ .. H_' ·8 17..ll. Ya tr<;>n (Reading) _H ___ '·S 18. J. Lorab ( H ..... leton) H •• H .. __ {·8

:: ~.lIGt~~:OO(~f;:d~~~~~":! :~ !I. A. SUe!" (Philadelphia) _._, .9 ~ J. I, . Cotcello, Jr. . .... ___ ~ ·9

NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

2Ul> ... ~ ,.". ".00 "" .. "' ... 18.00 >< .. " ... IUS

" ... 11.25 U.., >< .. IUO "00 IUO U.OO 11.00 11.00 10.00 , ...

I. I'.vcy _ . ..&-! lO. Phll1l .. __ --5-5 t. Jlerlh'er _ 7.·n 21. ROj.,'a" _--5-6 3- I!:v.... _ '11·2, !S. Rubino.. -...s.s f. LQk(. __ 7·a t:l Schmidt -..&-5 ~. BI'fUler _ 1I1.a, ! 4. KUPfl"lllllth 41·&1 &. Donoy'" _6~.a. 26. Tufim _ 0-51 7. " .... ""'r --61·al 'ZG. Wiunl _H41·51 a. SoIIdakoff H61·8' 17. InnM>f> __ • • II. 1I~btrK'er .H\5-.t Ill. Eu.cber •. _4-6

10. 11enJ.o.rhll H .... ~ !II. G ... _ H ___ t-6 11. lI.rehalld ..61 .fo1 30. H~iIIill" __ 4-6

!i :=Ic~.Jt~: ~: rvc:;~tr H"-:~ 14. Slntl.ltn! _GI·4! 33. &rry ...... _..Bi-&. I:'. Sihbett __ .Gl·4a 84. BohiMOn • ...sl·el I G. Si~J;el __ GHl 115. ltoo>cntbal ...s1·1I1 17. Weltbock .. 51·41 86 . .Mmc. . ... ___ ...3·7 }8. Uurgt r __ •.... $-5 87. H,nllh _ •.. _ll·sl }g. lIu,l..,n __ . .li-G J!:8. U.tkU .... ___ 1·9 Datten .... llhdr~w diet" thre<l ",lind,.

WEST VIRGINIA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

I. Irerlll,n Alli...,n (Lima, 0.) ._ ... __ ....b-4 to It. y lol:I>rtil' (So. Cho rh,.ton) __ --3I·Ii 3- Ilarlow Wu .... n (lkcklty) __ .--', ,. Dr. \'lnroml Hayward (I1 unl!ngtOn) !~·!I 5. Dr. Joh" UlISClt" (So. Charlftton ) _I·a II. O. C. P<!Uchte"be~ (Alhland, Ky.) I-a

~ N: ~I: z.7.ilc~t (m':~~i'.e~) --:: .. _-..1: WEST VIRGINIA

PLAYERS TOURNAMENT 1. P~ul s.yl"t" (!luotington) ____ H •• _-G-O 2. H"g-h Alii",,!! (Ch .. I~ton) _ _ .... _..31 ·!1 a. Dr. J. S. I 'c~ ..... n ( llun(lngtoIL) .. __ !l·a& 4. o. 11. O~en (APolllan\!, Ky.) ....... _._1).6

VIRGINIA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

I. R. F. Canlwtll (Wuhington) 6- 1 t. S. Wogman (W.shington) _51 ·11 I. O. Shapiro (W.o.oIl lngton ) -61·H 4. 1.. Helman (Cha rlollee'fl11e) -51-11

~ ~r. ~ .. ~~fcn (~l!rm":~~ :::::i 7. s. It. o.~ ... (RichlDOnd) _ , ·3 Il 8. v. lfeo..J.nd (Ot>.r·.ll1e) 4 ·8 II. W. J, . Ribble. Jr. (Rich mond) 4 ·S

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'" .. .. " >1 .. , ... 10.00

LUDWIG REGAINS NEBRASKA TITLE

With a comfortable score of 5-1 A. C. Ludwig ,·egained the Neb ras­ka State Championship iu a 6-round 12-man Swiss at. Omaha, losing no games, but drawing with Spenco and Under wood. Second p lace went to 15-year old Jerry Belzer w ith 4lh·l!h. Bel'l:er lost to Ludwig aod drew with Ohman. Tbird Illace was taken by J ack Spence, editor of the Nebraska Chess Bulletin, with .a 4-2 score. Speuce los t to Belzer and drew with L udwig a nd Ohman. In fourth place Howard E. Ohman, a fo rmer c hampion. paid the penalty of long absence fro m tournament play by be iug less. exact than us ual and fi nished with a 3lh -2lh score, los­ing to Ludwig and drawing with Underwood, Belzer and Spence. Tied at 3%·2'h but fi fth and sixth respectively on &B points were H . Underwood and B. W. H olmes, South Dakota Champion. Missing from t ile lists were 1948 State Cham Ilion Lee Magee and David Ackerman who were trying their" luck at the Southwestern Open Championsh ip at Tl1lsa.

CZAPSKI TAKES NEW MEX. TITLE

Returning from Air Force du ty abroad, .. Captain E dmund Czapski of Roswell scored 5'i,,-'h in a 12-man Swiss tournament at Albu· querque to capture tile New Mex­ico State Championship. Second place we nt to 16-year old J immy Phillips of Albuq uerquo with a 4-2 s core by virtne of a playotr victory over H-year old Larry Ross of Albuque rque w ho also scored 4·2. Fourth place was a three-way tie between .T. R. Cole, Jack Shaw and William Chaffee with 3·3. The tournament was sponsored by the Alhuquerque Ghcss Club.

BAINE IS VICTOR AT RICHMOND, VA.

The R ichmond (Va.) City Championship went to Rodney M. Baine for the ·third successive tillie with a 6-1 score in a round robin event held a t Byrd P ark. Wa lter Bass was s econd with 5·2, and .la mes York third with 4%-2% in the eight man event.

LONDON vs. SYDNEY RADIO MATCH London

R. .T. R"",dhent __ -"dj. I. K""ni~ __ .......... __ .~ .... a p. S . Mn""T·Darry ___ .. 1 W. Winter __ ..... ___ .. 1 11. V. HoopeT ..... ____ .... 0 Dr. O. FT1<'dma n H_ •• _ •• •• O R. If . .N"~ .. n,an .... H. __ ._ • ••• l A W. Dowen .. _ .. __ ....... 1 J, :ltmw __ ....... _ ...... J o. ""'''000: __ .... _ .. __ 1

Sydney Opening

~: J~t~npu.;Iy·=--=::::::~~i ?r:!~~':.n Del. G. K,w,nil;oky _____ ...... _0 NimlOindian R. l'i ~l", H • ••• •• __ -->-.... __ O Dutch lie!. X. E . Goi<hlcin ___ ...... _..1 Q. O. A. n. KI~ • ...... _. __ H_ .. H_..1 Ninu.oiDdhn I). M. Armdro"o: _ .•......... 0 Ring'1 Indian I.. S F~lI ........• ___ •..... H •• O Nimu>indian B. ffrlll:fT _-II nu.y Lopez V. Walsh _. _____ .0 ~·re"ch 0..1.

SOUTHWESTERN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Tulsa, 1949

1. J . C. Thrun."..," __ .... ____ WI II W9 W2$ W5 W8 W6 M (I ·1 90.50 2. ,_ M.~ H .. H ___ .... ____ HW~7 WGt D4 D7 W23 W17 WI (1·1 28.2:5 s. Il T,. Canoer ____ H •• __ WIIQ D7 WIM W4 Ll W31 WI0 5'.1! !2.liO 4. John Ragan ___ H •• ___ W40 W81 00 1.8 WIll W]4 WID ~I·I' t2.liO 5. II. lI. S~lnmeyer _____ WSIi Will Wts \,i W16 WI8 1)$ ~l·Il 21.75 II. 1(. II . ""'llh ________ W29 Wt:> wu Wl~ WIO 1.1 1)5 5~·li \!lO.75 7. It. lI arr.ll ______ W!' DB W!Sl DI WID LIO W!'I ~·2 21.211 8. U. ll. Durton _______ [,$7 Wa. W4S Wl!O LT7 Wt(l WIS 1\ -! 18..50 9. I~n Pol"koff _____ W2:I LI IH8 W3IS WoI6 012 WltI G ·1 17.7$

10. Rolw,rt Il.-itger ______ WBI W15 W87 WIS 1,6 W'1 1.3 Ii ·2 17.60 II . Bel. R_ H_ W4tI W!O LI6 Ug wm W2'1 W1!SI ~ .! 17.00 I!. AI 1,Iploo _._ .. ___ .__ W33 1.111 WM W28 D14 DO W!5 1\ ., lUS 18. 11. II . I trdt! .... ___ .. ___ . 1;1 , .... WM W29 Wl3 W!O W\1 ~ ·1 16.00 U. RM-t Brice-Nub H_ ..... H __ .W56 1,16 Wt7 W27 Oil J,4 W31 41·n 14.00 I!.. (;1Irl WetM,1"Jl" .... ___ ..... ____ W52 1.1(1 T>21 W58 lA W4!) W33 41 ·21 12.00 IG. C. I'. Oray 4·8: 17. J . T. om ... r t t ·~: 18. H~ln. r.o.. ... y 4.1: 19. )o!dmund Czappi 4·a: 20. I). P. T~R", Jr. '·11: !I. Rob.rt VIl"kln 4·3: M. n"nt.er Weaks 4·8: 23. E. 11 am (.$: I ' . It. S. AnMrOltln 4·11: ZIi. Charh,. Winlton (·3: !II. ])~vld Aekerman (·a: 27. A. J. HarTelt 8l·St: 211. A. 1'. Onleoo nJ S~·SI: 29. W. A. Bill. 8l-al: 90. A.. O. Miller SI·Sl: :n. 0 . W. Arm, trnng ~,.~,: S2. Muine C"tllp SI·3~ : SII. J. t:. Y.amMt. Jr. $1-31: M. A. S. Nml S~·SI: 31>. O. n. Htt .... rt 91·81: 86. Raymond Kelley S •. !~: 87. T. J . OhlnCtUOT S-(: !IS. P. E. Con(Itln 8·4: :oil. H. A. l1nch a· 4: 40. S. K.rehmer 3.4: tl . D. K. I.hmet $.4: 42. L. H. L.ni ..... a--l; 45. w. 0. MaeQuown 8·4: H. J aclr "D<'dt"rd 8.4: 45. R. S. Ulld~,.,..ood 2}·41; , G. A. L. Strout 26·46: H . 11'. R. On'· ... fl ·'1: 48. G. N. Rn ... 2.·n; 49. J~rry Virgin 2}·'1: 60. C. B. Cook 2'--11; 51. Y. W. Johnllln ~ •. 4\ : Ii!. W. 1I. Rouw !I"'U: 5S. W. O. Winatnn 2·5: 54,. D. F. W.lker t·5: 66. Jerry 0 . Spann t.S: r.o. r-n Toby t·6: &'1. T. J. 8enn 105; !ill. Otue O. llu ..... a·&l: F41. L. O. Dreher a ·l>}; 00. J. H. P~rry 1I·St; 61. " .... 1. Hyde I.e: II!. 1_ Rolhlcllnd 1·61.

NORTH CAROLINA OPEN CHAMPIONSHI P Durham, 1949

t. t:liot Htlrot _ .. H _ ___ H ... ___ H ... ____ H_ IVIl ""4 W2 W! W7 5-0 21 2. W. J. Pet"" _ .. _____ ... ~ ____ .... _____ .. WB \\'7 J,l W!} W12 4·1 14 S. Wm. C. A<iicke. _ ... _ .. H __ •••••• ___ •••• WI5 Wi) W9 1,1 IV4 H 19 , . Kit CriUendt" .. __ H .... ___ ._ •••• • ____ •••• IVtO Ll IVB W6 1.3 S-! 11 ~. i)r. J. \I. G"nl~' _._ .. _ .• ___ ..... __ ___ .... W13 t.:I 1A1 '1'14 WlO ~t 8 H. S. A. A¢nrllo .. H _____ ...... _. __ ••.• H ___ H .... WU 1.9 W5 1..4 WI5 S-! 8 7. A. C. A~hbrook ___ .. H .. ____ •••••• _____ •• WI6 U wa WI0 LI 3·2 7 8. Duld Y.v", .... __ . __ .. .. .. H .. __ ••••• _ •• ____ ••••• T.I WJ6 U W18 WII 3-2 7

~S. ~.~i{"tW.i~lc!;3~.~I;Di,~·A?·D~~.:;~ t43i 11~· ~r.I~~TflU~;u·~h!i~t 1~6. ~~h~il;k.~~k~~. 2-3:

NEBRASKA OPEN CHAMP IONSHIP Om il ha, 1949

I . A. c. 1 ... ,1.·10: (~!'b .... ka) _._ .... W6 WIO W2 w, m DO; fi ·1 17.26 %. J . T\o:l ... , (~rb""'h) _ ..• ___ .... W1I WS 1.1 WG J>.t W7 tl·lI 18.15 3. J . SpeMe (~~hn"',,) _. ___ .. HWS 1.2 WIO WG Dl n, 4 ·Z I i.!;; 4. II. Po. Ohman (~""r ... "') ___ ])5 WtI W!} 1,1 D! D3 81·!} 10.00 r~ If. Und..,.,.ood (Net' ....... ) __ .04 WO f)/I I.S WIO nt rH' 0.00 6. D. W. lIohJ>t'O (So. DJk"I,,) __ .. 1.1 IY1 WI'! T.! W9 Wll 3I.!! fo.2[i 7. R. Weare (Ntb.) 21·31: s. D. X.'\J;4'lt (N.-b.) 'l~·31: 9. R. lW:o'ch]~ (KT.) 2-4; Ie. lIan· hLole!" (:)Ieb.) ! .fo: 11. O. J ohn.", (10"') 1-4: 12. R. I~","" r<;>m (~eb.) 0-tI.

WEST VIRGINIA CHAMPIONSHIP Huntingto n, 1949

1. t:dward F",. (ChMlaton) ___ . ___ H .... W7 W12 W6 WtI 1.2 lV4 S ·1 !. l lr. S. Wcrlh~n"ner ( lluntl!!gton) _ .. _ .. ___ ......... 1.. lJye W3 wn WI Wll 5 ·1 8. Jn~n n n,l, Jr. (Charlel!ton) _._._ .... H_ •• _ ••••• D9 \VIS (.! WI2 WIO we '1·1~ , . Allen l)o,V~1l (SI . ,.Iban.) _ ... _ ......... __ H ••••••• W2 I)) W5 lV8 Wit l.l ~ ·2 ~. nudd Nool ( lIu utinglOn) ._._ • ......... H ___ •• • • .Il11 1..8 lA 1l'1·e WI! WI0 8&·21 ft. "'ndls Marb ( lI unUn!l'ton) __ ........ _. ____ .... WIO W' 1,1 I.~ W1 1.3 8 ·3 7. 'I'm. F. lIutllnl\" (~\. Alban,) _H_ .. H ___ ....... . I,I 1,10 Uye W1S 1,(1 WII 3 ·8 8. H. D. Uu,h (H,tntillfl"ton) 21·31: 9. F .. tiwi" r.urt (Monllo:QnleryJ 2i ·3l: 10. R~id llolt (Ch~rl ... ton ) !~·n; II. 1f~",ld LIJm"tt (So. Charlett.on) 2~·~1; WlI1i.o.n, CUthhert (Wl-.1ing)

~ .• : 13. Tom S .. een~J :,"C·.='~='='"C'=)='"='C. _".,.".,= __ ~ __ ~'"'-,-• WEST, VIRGINIA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP J. ll1IorlH )lOrglln (lIlInUngton) _ _______ W1 WI wa W, '1'5 G·O 2. Don llurdid< ( J1unUngton) _ .. ______ W3 L1 WII W8 W4 4·1 S. J.ck Alii.", (LI,"", 0.) ___ ._. __ . ___ Lt W1 U. W6 W8 a·! •. Andy U"te (Deckiq) ___ . ___ • ___ W6 WII W! LI I.! a·t ~. J l mel C.ppel1.ri ( lI uuting ton ) U·2}: &. Ed .... Ard flolt (Charleston) 21·!~: 7. Rilly Adkh .. ( lI untln~OIt) I.' : 8. n. .. id Rodgtl" ( lI u"li",ton) t·3; II. Harry S..,..,pey (Ch.rl enon) 1.4: 10 • .Jack P~.QOD ( Uuntinston) 0.5.

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TuuJ4y, September 2(J, 1949

Whal~ :Jhe /5.,,{ mOlle?

B-y Guilherme GrQesser

PMilion No. 31

Scnd solutions to Position No. 31 to tbe Editor, CHESS L1FE by Octorber 5, 1949.

Solutions to Posit ion No. 29 In the game, Talwid:·Se...,row, White played .

1. "t·KS and Dlaek promptly ~~cd, for if I ......... , QltxKt; . 2. Q~R, K·XU: S. Q.K4 win,. z.;ut very diJl,"ult, lmt _ pretty Id"".

Correct oolu tio". ~re acknowledged r<""'i.m

~';';:de~·~~tJ~:atr. \tt~=ro (bet::t t:a~J: J. Ko.p.anty (O,Voodoride) . !'Almund Naol' (Wa.;!,inglon), Wm. 13". WI)".,n ( Aml'c ...... burg).

It t",,1< the whole of the l.lIirtI 4uartcr ""rl ... to break the .ix·woy tie for the """,. oDd quarter. u.ing the posi li" .... of the third quarter a. the tie·brmkers. B"ut the finol result.. ,how tht J O<!ePb. Faucher i, onc~ aj(:>in the winner by virlue of a perl""l ""Ore. In th~ thuu quarter, ending with l'oorit:ion No. :19, the fi .... t place bono ... aTe .ha"'" jointly by Faucher and ."'w. J. Korpa"ty with (1.0 ""<>re each. Pooitio"s in Ih~ final quuter will be u.oo to !weak l.lIi. u""dlock.

I n the toto] OOOre for all thr"" quart.,.... Faucher leads wilh a perred lOCO.., for oolu. liol1ll; Korptln~·, S,·en Bl1U!k ""u Edmund Nash are in • t hree-way tie for """",od with Ie correct w lutlo"" out of eight""n .

SOLVING LADDER 3rd Qu~rt.er Totul

""~ -Jnocph ¥au~heT __ ._. ___ 6-0 18 .0 IMw. J . Kor]lanly __ .. _ .. __ 6-0 16.2 !;i~cn Ora. .H_._ .... ____ 5·1 16 ·2 Edmund NIJIh ._.H ...... H __ 5·1 It1 -2 JMCph H",," ___ H ... . H ___ 5·1 15}·2. Wm. B. Wiloon ___ .... H_.Ji·1 lljl.2. J . ~;. Oomfltock ______ 6.(J lli •. lt fetldie Oault H •• ___ H __ ...l5·0 12 .(J ltUfllil'U Chau.eud _ 4.(J 14 ·1

CONNORS TAKES UTAH JUNIOR -

Victory in the Utah Junior ~ Chnmplonsblp wen l to 16-year old KeIth Connors of West High School with a 6-2 score. Second place ended i n a 5-3 tie betwee n 15-year old defend ing champion Duane Merrill an d IS-year' old Ted W. Pathakls.- Connors, the victor. Is tbe recent winner of a 6-year scholarship from tbe Universi t y of Cblcago. -----

LONDON DOWNS SYDNEY IN MATCH

In the 10-board radio match be­tween London and Sydney on August 26-28, the English team conquered their AUst ralian oppon­ents by a score o f SIAs-2lh with one game le U for adjudication. Scorers tor Sydney In the match were: C. J . S. Purdy who drew with 1. Koenig; M. E. Goldstein who bested D. V. Hooper; Ilnd H. Klass w ho defeated Dr. fl . F ried­man. On board o lle the game be· tween R. J . Broadbent and L . Steiner was finally adjourned tor adjudication . On board three P. S. Milner-Darry proved too strong fOI" G. Kosbniisky.

PROBLEM CONTEST

Rev. L. Mortrlner, St. Camillus H osvltal, Wauwatosa, WI!., an­nounces a two-move problem com­posing tou rney, ent ries limited to two from each com poser and mus t »05sess a theme. Eight prizes ot $5.00 each to be awarded. ClOsing date for t he reception of compet­Ing problema, March 1, 1950.

/

Palle 4

:1ournamenl ollie c-4U/N b7

Erich W. MIITclHmJ

192 Seville Drive

Rochester 13, N. Y.

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE u. s. Open Championship

Omaha, 1949

Notes by Erich W. MarchanJ ' White lJIa ck

L. EVA NS R. LARSEN 1. P.Q4 Kt·KB3 4. p .!(J 0·0 2. P·QB4 p.K} 5. KI·K2 3. KI·QB3 B.KtS In the ..,·caUed "clo"""I" \rolm", one can oome· times ,,!lord to wa.stc tlme in till. ma"ner. Wh ile julend. P·KIl.q =d P·Ki after suilAb le prepara~io" . The Kt mo,'e al,o prevent" the doubli,,!; 01 1lio P. on the QJl·file. S .. _ .... P.Q4 7. KI·Kt3 P_QKt3 6. P.QRJ B·K2 S. PxP .... __ Thi . i, analog<lu" to the ordinary QUe<ln'. Gambit. The mOlll ent Illack take. time to prepare for a Q·.ide developmeht 01 Itis QB, WIIlt. pl~y" l·xl' . If the" lJIack develop. Iti. QB on tlto K·side. 7 ......... , 1'·QKl3 be<.',mle" 100rc or I""" of n wa,ted mov< . 8. PxP 11 S . ........• Kbp; V. I'.J{~ with an ""cellent po"itio". A. pl nyed at I""st lJJack k,*,p~ t~e White QB bottled up 10, a while. ,. B.QJ QKI·Q2 9 ......... , R ·R1 i. better 00 that 10. Kt·B'5 can he .. n.weTed by 10 . ........ , B·In. Now White wi ll h."iIl the advantage 01 the two DB. 10. KI·BS R· K1 12. 0·0 • P·B4 11. KlxB eh QxKt D. P·QKI4! .... ~ .. II 1S .. _____ ... hi ' ; H. I'd', Q.xl'; 15. Kl·Kt5 an(1 Black will be in "ery bot water to meet threats of htx!', ht·lJ7 and B·R3. D ..... __ P·BS 14. B·Ktl B·KI2 Wllite·. bld for IteC"dOJn will ""me with 1'·Kt, 80 l;Jack make, lill. a5 d illicult "-' p"".iblc. 15. P·B3 QR·Bl TILl. U jlrob"bly ,hould ",0 to Ql at OIlC..,. 16. R·R2 Q· K3 21. P.Q5 Q.K4 17. R·K2 QR·Ql 22 . BxKt PxB lB. P·K4 PxP 2J. R·Kl KI·K2 19. PxP Kt·K4 24. R·Kt3 oh K·RI 20. B·KI5 KI ·QB} 25. Q.B3 P·B4 Black puts uv a f;ood f ight in a d ifficul t l'O"i · tio)). • 26. Q·RS R·KKU 21. R·R} Q.Kt2 27. _ ..... . , R·ht2 ; 28. Pd, P ·BSI ; wl11 give Rlack fighl ill!:" cI,anut"'O. 28. R·B2 P·BS In Ihe Ion,:: rull tbi, cannot be good .ince the mad lr can got llO cllective action and the l' will be very wcak. 28. Q·Kt3 ,lw" ld be tried. 29 . Q.R6 B·Bl 32. R·Q2 30. QxQ oh RxQ J3 . R(3) ·S2

34. KI·K2 31. R(l).B3 KI·Kt3 I 10ld yuu 00. 34.- .... .. _. 35. RxP 36. R·KB2

"._-40. R·R6 eh .1. R·R7 ch 42. R .. B

P·B6 31. KI·Ktl KI·RS )5. RxP

QR·KKtl 39. P·KS!

A/tn J9. P·KJ! LARSEN

SLAV DEFENSE

P·Bl . B·Q2

P·KR4 R·Kt4

Interteam Match Ca lifornia

Nous boy E,i~h W. Md,~haMd Whll<)

$PILLAR 1. .P.Q4 P·Q4 4. 2. P.QB4 P·QB3 5. 3. KI.KB) P·K) 6 ..... _ .. , I'xl'; n. [··M. et~. hal bt~u the oub· Jcd 01 much nnnlyei. In r<!Ci!lIi yen" after the lamo'" Ilcnkcr.Uohh.nlk ~ame. 6. PxP KP .. P 8. Q·B2 1. P·Kl 8·K2 II 8. 1f. Q.1. Kt·KGJ I, ~Ibif. a. ___ 0 ·0 12. BxB ,. B.Q) R·Kl 1). QR.Ktl 10. 0·0 Kt·1U 14. P·QKI4 11. P·KR) KI·R4

Q •• P·KKt.4 KI·Kt2

&th .Ides hll •• 1.Ia,yw wdl up 10 ",,, •. But tid. is no tlmo(! fo, a fa int henrt. H. __ , 1' ·Klr. I. hldlcllted. IS. P.KI5 P ·KR4 20. R·Kt3 16. PxP PKP 21. KI.Kt6 IJ. Kt·KS 8 ·K12 22. KixKt la. Kt·QR4 QR.BI 2). B.BS

P·B} Q· 1<82

R. KI

~hL~:'~IU" a Bb~t~ There L. no rea .. >n to

fCf:n~~:';i: 1~~~-ttl w~~~cC~~l crB I.f°ts. ~Qlr.:;i ;,i.l~ .. ~.Il6 ail "K:;ai~Il~· KR.Ktl K.Kt2 24. Q .. Kt KR.Kl t : l'o'QW Ula~k J. tx,1I1"nlng to e'mlrol hia we~1r. Whll~ 8<junre". 26. K·Bl _ .. _ " pla" I ~. mo" •. A """.n,te Id~_ wo"ld he 26. l'·(.j IH. etc. ), loll. more d.rl,,!,: but pl.y. ab le "'ou ld I>e 20. p ·KI\.oI or 26. I' ·K~ .

~: K'i:-ic6 ch ~~R~ ~t ~:~}l4 ~:~~ 21L P·KI4 QxQ 34. R.Kts R (2)·Kl 29. PxQ R·KKU 35. RxR RxR 30. K·KI2 P·Kt5 36. P · R5 K· Ktl 31. P·KR4 KR·Kl 37. P ·R6 _ .... White ,Jlou ld now win by 37. Kl·lr~ (to pick l1p the ItP and KtP ) , P ·ll·i; 88. I'xl', JaI'! ; S!). It· KtS eh. }7. _.... K· B2 3g. Kt·B7

Alia 38. KI_B7 GRIJARA

White mu,t ha,·" I><,.,n counting on thls movc to Jon", the WiD. Bet ter, however. i . Sil. Kt·Dt, R-m; 3\1. KlxRP, R".Kt; to. R· KtS, etc. 3g ... _.... RxKt 39. R.KI8 H !lOW 40 ['"I', 1l.B'S. 4D. RxB P·B5 43. R·Kt3 41. R.QKI8 P·B6 44 . R·Ktl 42. R·Kt7 R·K2 Drawn No! a perfect ga me, but CIl e wilh ..,rue ill · tere,ting point..

CARO-KANN DEFENSE u. s. Open Championship

Omaha, 1949 -Nota b)' Erich W. MarchanJ

While IJIack R. J. MA RTIN A. E. SANTASIERE l. -P·K4 P·QBJ 3. P.P PxP 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 4. P·QEl4 _._ ... The !'anoy·Hctvinn ik variation which ha, /ll1ct"ated ;n favor during tbe la,~ few years. 4 . •• "... KI·KB} 5. KI·QB3 P·Kl 6. P·B5 P·QKt3 7. P·QKI4 P·QR4

8. B·KI5 en 9. Q·R4 10. KKI· K2

B·Q2 Q·B2

Q·Kt2

A ,"ery critical va Tiation 00 lar. IlIacI< 01 eol11"OO p ia ,," now RPx\'. II. BxB ch Kt(3).El If "ny otheT. 12. 1'·U6. 12. Kt·KI5 B·K2 15. KI·KI5 IS. 8 · B~ 0 ·0 I'. Kt·B7 14. KI·I.17 R·R2 nl ,,~k " "ot ~entellt with K " .... w. 17. QxKIP Q.Q 22. P.QR4 lB. Kt .. Q P~P 23. 8·K' 19.0·0 QK t·Bl 24. KI(2lx P 20. KI·Bl R·R2 25. KbKt 21. KI· KI5 R·R4

R· R3 p·Q1<14

P·K4 ,., KtxKI

II.B)

If 2f> •••••••••• 11 <1'; 26. Kt.B.). II 2;';. _._ •• , IIxP ;

~ ~A:~\~' II 2lR~P"'" ~~~:B'T' K~J\BKI.84 21. KI·B6 R·Bl 30. B·84 P·I<Kt4! 2&. KtxP P.Q5!

'Afltr JO . ........ , P·KKI4! SA NTASIEA£

....01 !J.J. tI ·Kt81 )1. 8·Kt3 Kt· KS 32. P·Sl KI·8' If 32. __ • Kblt; 33. 11l'llKt, B.K4 ; 114. K~ Q.'i, K·IJI; 35. Kt·KtG. )). R·K t2 A·fl2 34. KI.·B' R(2)x P lJIack li"d .. H ll ........... ,y to ,.i.ld 110. ex· ohQ<I).'<! but may draw wlU, 0'0 bl)l p of hll I~·"'..J QI'. )5. BxR RK8 «. RP .. P R·B2 )6.. R·K IS eh K·K I2 45. R·KI5 ch K·Kt3 }7. Kt·K\( R.Q2 3&. KI·Q3 Kt·Kl oh 19. K·Rl KI·SS

.. 46. K·K4 R·K2 ch U. K·Q) R·B2 41. P·KKI4 P·Rl

40. KtxKt P~Kt ('. R·KRI R·R2 n . P¥Kt3 K·K t3 50. RUI·RS R·R7 42 . K· KI2 K·B4 51 . R(RS).KBS R·RJ 0. K·B3 P~P ~2. R-Kt6 wao tl"oa\clloo.

~: ~:~i' ~:m~: ~:3~S R.~~~~ 54 . K· K4 R·KIS D. awn

Boost Amcrican Chcss!

So lutions: Mate th e Subtle Wayl 1'06t10,," No. ro (IV"n:l>urg) I. oolved by 1 U·lIS with pretty . hu\o/f pl(lJ' mller n,'.Y

It t"O.~.

&11"I\Oll 10 .... 0. 100 (Alun,field) I. l. Q.K~ with nn"'CYO'" Int,,'(>fitl~1{ rnnl"", accord· Inll' to the vnlv,," U!a~k d"'c"~ •. A nnmhe r of U!,<!Tt 801.o;r6 Wert trkkO<l i"IO gl.I"g Q.R6 RI the tolutl ... ".

So lulioll to No. lOt (11'"".1",,11') 1.1. "/{.Q2 willI Ihe th,..,al 01 2. n·1<1l a.,,1 ~. R.1l$. 1'h .. dele"liI! of I ......... , J>.Q5 II neat!)' countered hy 2. II·US lI"d S. 1t·1I6.

1'""iUon No. 1M (TlcJn"l\'l r l'tpondf to 1. Kt·K6. II 1. _ .... _. P~Q!(t: 2. Kid' -.,,1 3. ltxKt; Ir I ... __ ... hKKt; 2. Kt.-K5 lind S. Kid' ; II 1. _ _ .. , n .. QKI; ~. K~n7 lind 11. K~KI& ; It 1. __ .. , n"I(Kt; 2. Kt· ln and 3. IU·Kt5--"".,l ",""ruverillg of the Klo.

Correct IOlutiollS to I' robl"ml No. 00. 100. 101 ",,,I 102 Arc n(knowl(d(:ed I"t'tfhetl Imm: Jome, lioiton (New lIaven). &11.. ... lIo\lali.a)' (Cl,aTIQt\.<'f"·il\e), I·:d,,·. J . Kor!X'lnly (\Yood~lde), t:dl11"tId .Ku h (IVRl hlngton), Olin Wunb"rg (Grnoo lIal'ld.).

Col'fI!Ct ooiUtionl 10 I>roblem. No. 00. 100 nnd 102 we..., ....cei.ed from: John IVd,nau (Il'rooklyn); to I'robl"",. .Ko. tID and 102 fro", G. 'Iur'~"sh (Falnnonl); and for l>roI,le"" No. tlIl li nd 101 from \Y'n. J . Ouutu re (1I0· .... nI).

IJeI~yttl corrtlCt .,Iuliono to P roblem .. No. !);j, 00. 97 000 08 arc Aek' '''''' I.,.J1:f!l1 received

~~~~~re!~ K~~Z.~G~:I:.~~:Wtb;a~:::~t~vft:~,~e,: ~':.;,:~~ NO:. f~m!ll~amOO f~~~n B~Ny~ )larehall (S~ ... yep<)r~) ,"d WIll. J. Couture ( Hownnl).

RUY LOPEZ Inte rnational Team Match

Ottawa, 1949

Not.s b)' Erich W. MarchanJ White DJack

DR. BOHATIRCHUK F. HOWARD (Othwa Chess ) (Log Cabi n) I. P·K4 P ·K4 4. B·R4 P.Ql 2. KI·KB) Kt_QBl 5. BxKt ch _ .... _ 3. B·KI5 P.QRl Lengthy ao~ly .i. ""em. to .how that Djack eau gct Heor eq uality. Howe.er. few playe,.. actually know al l th~ analy,i •. 5. ........ PxB!. 0·0 6. P.Q4 PxP 9. KI·QB} 1. KtxP B·Kt2 fi l""k should cumv1ctc hl. dc .... lovment nt one"" a. the gam n oI10W • . 9. . .. _ .•• p · KKtS, ~tc. would keel' t he Kt ""t. IC . KI·BS P·R} 13. P·K5! II . R·f<] KI.Q2 14. KI.Q6 chi 12. B·B4 P ·Kt3

Alta H .. Kt·Q6 eM HOWARD

PHILIDOR DEFENSE Firestone Club Tourname nt

Akro n, 1949 Nol~J b)' E,i~h

White DENN ISON I. P·K4 p .K4 2. KI·KBJ P.Ql 3. P.Q4 PxP c. Q( p QK(·B3 5. B·QKIS B·Q2

W . MarchanJ Black

DR. LUCAS 6. BxKI BxB 7. Kt·S3 KI·B3 &. B·KI5 B·K2 9. Kt·Q5 8 xKt

If !! ....•.... , KlxKt; 10. Qd' , )J·ll3; 11 . Qdl C~ or il 10 ......... , U·K)JI; 11. pxKt, Il%p; 12. n· 116. I)·K5 ; 13. 0·0·0. 1~. PKB 0 ·0 12. Q·q2 11.0·0·0 P.QB4 Jl. P·KR4 P·KRJ O"~TI""klllg Whlt~·. ~tTong rw1y. 18. _ Kt·K~ or l:t.. ......... Kt·KI" .houlll 1>0 tTied. 14. R.R)!

14. _ .. _.. PxB 1'hi, I. like jumpln!: ;,,10 the llon·. m oulh. 15. PxP KI·K5 1115 ........• ·\'·KI3: 16. J\ · IISch, K·Kt2; 17. l' x KI d., Kxp; 18. Q·Kt5 ct, etc. 16. QR.Rl P· KB4 n. P-KKI6 RnlgnJ 1117 ... _ ....• 11·115; 18. n.dH, Qx lt! llut li"'l'ly IS. Q·Kl and 11'\lite .C/:al". ILl. piC('(! with D.

whluiu" pooltlou.

NIMZOVITCH DEFENSE CCLA 16th Grand Nat iona l

Corresponde nce

NotlS by E,ich W .• MarchanJ WhLt." llI~ ck

WM. J. COUTUR E G. S. THOMA S 1. P. K4 KI.QEll 4. B-KKI5 P·KR) t ~:8; Qtt:~~ S. B-KR4 P¥KI4

Till, ",oat"" """ Ina"y ",o"k,,~_. In Bl"ok', K· , ide. 5. 1'·KKt3 to l""pa,.. for p·KD~ wou ld ~v I'rt·f".al.ol~ 6. B·Kt3 KI· Kt3 7. Kt·KB3 P·KB} ll~re 7 ... _ .... , P·RI), wu_ I" order. Th"n If

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8. !'_KR4. D·li2 K. P·KR4 P·Kt5 11. KBxP 9. P·R5 PxKt 12. P·KI1 10. PxKt PxP While h ... dou bU_ pla nned on thi .. oacrlfice to crcate gra"e wealen"""", en tlle white oquare. and prevent ", .. tHng. 12. ........ BxP 16. 0·0.0 13. Q·RS ch K·Bl 17. Q.B3 14. Kt·Q2 p.QJ IS.' PxP 15. P·KB4 B.Q2 n. QR·KBI

B·Kl B·B2

QPxP P·B}

/l" iden, ly overlooking White' , reply.

~: :~:j Klp~~ ~: ~t?~4 ~:E:~ 22 . P xP Q.Q)~. KtxRP

Aft~T 25. KtxRP

A ne~t ""oTilice which lea,'", Black ', gaUle in .lIambl "". 25. _ •. _... RxK\ }3. Q.R5 .. ch K. K2 26. B·Kt4eh • R·B4 34. B·QB6 P.B4 27. Q.QB3 P·Kt3 lS. KR·Ktl Q·KKIS? 211. P·Q6 QxP 36. RxQ PxR 2'.1 . R.QI Q.B5 ch }7. Q.KS oh K·B3 30. K·KIl B·K3 3g. R·KBI ch B·B4 }1. BxR ch PxB 39. B·QS Kt·K2 32. QxP ch K·B2 40. Q.B7 en Ro. 1 gn .

NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE u. S. Junior Championship

Ft. Worth, 1949 Wh ite Black

J . SULLIVAN 1. P·Q4 KI·KB3 2. P.QB4 P·Kl 3. KI·QBl B·KI5 4. Q-B2 KI·B} 5. Kt·B3 p.Q} 6. P· K3 0·0

10. P~Kt n. PxBP 12. P· Kt3 13. B·Kt2 H . R·KKU IS. K·K2

J. COOK Px KI p"

B·K} P.QR4

K·Rl P·R5

7. B·Q3 p·K4 8. p ·QS BxKI ch

16. Q·Q4 17. RxP

9. Q~B P·K5

Alter 17. Rx;P COO K

FRENCH DEFENSE u. S. Jun ior Championship

Ft. Worth, 1949

'"

White Black A. BISGU IER K. SMITH 1. P·K4 2. P·Q4 3. KI·Q8) 4. P·1<5 5. Q·KI4 6. 1<1·8) 1. PxP S. 8 · K}

P·K) ,. B·QKIS Kt.KS. P·Q4 10. 0 ·0 KlxKl

Kt·KB) n. BKKloh PxB KKI·Q2 12. PxKt B·R} P.QB4 n. KR· Kl P·KKt3

KI·Q8) 14. Kt·Q1I Q·B2 KhBP IS. B·Kt5 P.QB4

Q·R4 _ 1'. KlxKP

A/ltr 16. K/xKP SM ITH

BISGUIER

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Annotators J . B. Gee Dr . M. Henberge r A. Y. H. ... Edw. J. Korpanly Or. J. P lat . I. Riyj .o F •• d Rei Meld Dr. Bel .. Ro .. a A. E. S&.I1 I""io' . J. Soudak off

16 ... _ .... 11. KI·B7 .. ch Ig. Q.R~ ch 19. QxB 20. P·K6

Wayn. Wagner

Q·Q2 QxKI Q·Q2

B·Kt2 ,., 21. RxP ch 22. QR·Kl 23 . R·Kl 24. Q·Q6

K·Bl R.QKIl

Q·Bl R""lgn$

CHESS LIFE ABROAD (Continued from page 2, C.OI. 5)

Moscow International Tournament third, only halt a point behind the winnel'S, Botvinnik and F lohr, and without losing a s ingle game. And how would the "old" llogatyrchuk make out aga.j ns t the now already "middle·aged· ' Dotvinnik? This of course is a question which cannot easily be answored un less the two find another oPpol'tunjty to m eet each otller over tho checkered board. i\f;a_ybe, Botvinnik should try to improve his minus score

The only drawn game between the two masters will follow in a later column. The notes in the tournament book of the VII Soviet Championship are also by Botvln· nik, and it is interesting to com­pare them with the r evised notes In Botvinnik's collection or 60 games-a typical example of the thoroughness and conscientiOllsness of this great master whose notes to the return match between Alek. hin e and Euwe interested the greatest of them all, Emanuel L.'l.sk. er, more than the games.

:lor :1l.e :lournamenl- minded

S~ptember 30 ·0ctob~r 2 Swenson Memoria l Open Tournament Omaha, Nebraska

Played at Omaha {Jhe~~ Clu:a, YMCA lJeglnnlng 7 p.m. ll~rh!l\y; uo entry ree : open to Nebraskans; G round Swh!.s; trophy for winner.

StpUmbu J() Miami City Champions hip

Miam i, Fl a. Begins Sept. 30th at Greatel'

Miami Chess Club In L ittle River Community Ccntel', 150 N. ID. 79th St.: play on I>' I'i"day n igh ts until concluded; e ntry fee $2.00; wlnnel' l'eceives mC<lnl a nd custody ot Muriel H irsch Trophy; Ol)e n to a ll ; for dctalls write N. 13. Church, 38 N. W. 79th St.., Miami, F la.

Noytmbtr 11 ·11 Utah State Champions hip

Salt Lake City, Uta h Will be held at Salt Lake City

Chess Club; details to bo an· nounced; tor details see Palmel' Chase, tournament di rector ot SLC Chess Club.

Sol utl ons:-l~lnish I t The Clever Way !

l'oo [UoII No. 17. 1. alD, E'_d"t:" Kt.1I4chl, K·1I1 (If 2. _ .... _, " xKI; Ihp." S. Q·R4 lOT"'" n,.le ): 3. Q.xTIl ·. I'xfll; • . Tt.Kll And Black ,..,. igno'd.

1'08it;on No. 18: I. __ , 1':·1I2!; 2. P·DS. K·KISt; 3. J'd', K.KU; 4. K.n.q. K ·R~ a ,,11 Illaek WOn. ), I tronJrer lm~ 1"."meL,.,.t d~· lenlle ... ft. 2. I'.ll!!. lj(>h'fl'll ",111 find It In· Ilnle\lve to ftnaly,./! the IlOI'llbl~ .a.latlon. In the t wo d.I",,_ liven a~.

I~ Pr.p ... llo('-to A"Peir In November, 1949

BOOK OF THE NEW VORK 19_8·4, INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAr,lENT

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Priced . 1 $2. SO (lMludlng "Olt.ge)

ATTENTION! ! CHESS PLAYERS

Ho w cln you Improve you r chel' ol",e l Ord •• t hOle two neW Il)a rk ling Ilem$ now and loIn tke "M .. oh of CheSi p,o· gr,«." "TIPS FOR CHESS PROGRESS"

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CHESS CLU8S-SP ECIA L OFFER For. limited time onJy • comblntd ordu of tho two 110m. In lois of one do .. n will be mailed to .ny .chen club lor only $16.00. Send mOnty o,der or chec k wi th o.der 10:

PEORIA 1,

J. V. REIN HART P . O. Box !6S

ILLINOIS