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/ Vol. III Nmnbcr 4 Offielnl PubUcation of me Unttecl States Wednesday, Ocwbcr 20, 1948 BANK EXHIBIT SELLS CHESS BA TIU OREEK SELLS · C.HESS WITH UNUSUAL DISPLAY Security National Bank Cooperates With Battle Creek Chess Club SiBling chess to .. the general public by Visual dlsp l a;r. the alert Battle Creek Ch ess Club and the Security National Bank of that city combined l'CSOIIl'Ces in a v ery efl'ective display in the lobby ot tIle bank. The display was .Jhe joint creation of Robert Hunkins of th i, bank (in charge or the looiJy displays) and of Howard Rlder .and Heuben Buskager of the Battle Creek Chess Club . For the periOd of two weeks _ it ·was a continuous feature in the bank and attracte d much attention, while creating.a great doal of interest among non-chess players. Features of the display wel'e a jade chess se t f rom Peiping and a bone set from Hong Kong, both hand carved. A magnetic set (loaned. hy USCF Secretary T)'e- end) aUI'acted con.siderable atten· tlon as Its pieces defied daily the laws or gravity . Othe r in teresting Items included a hand·carved Mex· Ican set a hand-caJ'ved GerlDlln . set. In the background large chess figures (gifts of Julius Ross, mana· ger of the Nohil's Shoe Store) fo - cussed on the di splay. The National Dank !!dv",rtised the In the MINNESOTA TRIMS WISCONSIN TEAM In t he annual Minnesota·Wi scon· sin team match. held at LaCI'osse. the Minnesota steam-roller flatten· ed out i ts Wisconsin r iv. als by a score of 21·7. George Barnes and Dr. G. A. Koelsche headed the Minnesota aggregation, wh!le Rich· ard Knjoth and Averill Powers led the Wi sconsin team. WI , oon.ln Mln" ."t. H. .............. 0 M"I:"I1i/ ._ 1 local pl'ess and during the II. ScI""I,11 ........ _ 0 at" the exhibit- Mr. EdwllrtJ 1 :."1 ........... ) Ol'O. U",M" .. ....... 1 /JI. a. ({ Itol ol.t 011 .............. 1 (.. .. ,1 .. _ .. _ ... 1 Treend and l\'lr. Heubeu B\lska ger llol ", rL {"",I,lu" .. I U. lJ. 11,·110 .... _..... 11 were interviewed In a tl ftee n mln- I'I """hkp .... - ............ 0 ute hrOadcast ovel' WI1CK by an- noun cer Don Quinn, w.ilo became . Orin 0"10" .,, .. _ ... 1 M. OU''IOII • 1 1l . ...... 1 C. II. >;;IIUIII" ........ I so IntereBUld in the subJect that he Hld",rd. .... .. .. 0 Ie N. _ ... 1 .......... 1 asked for lessons aner th e broad- !>. Morfortl .... 0 cast was over, and Is now hecoml ng ...... 6 lJa,,\,· II ......... I a \'ery profiCient pla.yer un der the , A'lom"?,, .... () tutelage of Reuben Buskager. ...... .......... ::: t Loyd ....._ .... _ I II. 1oI c(.'rt'.''''Y 0 II. G. J oh n""" ....... 1 . EfI'ecUveness of the display was W tl tln,,'r ____ .......... 0 proven conclush'ely by the number ... ::::":": of non-players who ev inced Int erest &1h, unan () In learning the game; and the i Battle Creek Chesl> Cluh in co' ._ ..... _._. __ . I ... : Heln ...... _ _ .. I Jlruce Ch urch ..... _ 0 J. A. _ ...... " .. 0 operation with the YMCA olTer- :::::::::::::::: ing les,ons to tho se whose IIlTerest .. _ ...... _ .......... ! F.. T. RaI,I,,'l n ...... 0 T. JOr.,.H":'H .... ...... 1 .:. Melhl _ .. _ .. _.... __ I wa s a)·oused. \\· IIi<.'<ln S; ll ' ........... 7 M ae ...... __ .......... 21 At the YMCA " ch ess club or young boys Is alreal'ly active under the direction or Boys Work Secre· tary Thomas Be sL, and at t he YMCA SUlUmer Day C" mp abo ut th irty boys wel'e added to the ch es s playing group through Instructions at the ca_"_,C "C. _ ___ _ THOMPSON TAKES SO. WEST OPEN [n the annual Southwest ern Open Championship at Siln All' tOnlO, J: C. Thompson (Grand Prall'le, '1'ex .) cal) t1lred the title with 6-1, In a field of .al x-ty·slx en- trant s. Second plnco went to CHESS LIFE annotatol' Dr. 13ela Itozosa (Tul sa) with 6·1, and Ul lnl pillce to R. L. Gar\'er (Tulsa) with u·1 on . weighted scores_ place waS" U.ken by Ai Lipton (DaJlas) ' with In the Women's CIW.nll>lonsnlp Mrs. Maxille Cutli ll (Wewoka. Okla.) won first place with 6·0, and j\·irs. J. C. Bamett (l-Iouston) was second with 4-2 . There were tour elltries. At th e annulll meeting at tb e Southwestern Chess Associatloll. Dr. Bela Rozsa (Tulaa) was elected ll \-esidellt, A. G. MlHel' ('rulsa) 1st vlce·presideut, Pl'llllk H. Graves (Ft. \Vorth) 2ud vlce'pl'esldent" lind J. C. ThompSon (Grand Prairie) secreta ry-tr easurer. FAUCHER WINS IN NEW JERSEY Seven plliYcl'S competed iu the (inal.'! of the New J ersey State Championship whic h eutled In a tl'lple tie tJetween Joseph Fauchel' (1917 CO'Cham]Jlon), Homor Jo nes (1948 Co-Champion of North Jer· soy) Saxer. In the play· orr Jo seph Fnuchel' ca pturcd the tiUc by Virtue of victorIes Ol'el' bolh Jon es and Saxer. The tournament was played in tw o weehnd roun d s, the fIrst at tho hOllle of Ed ga l' McCormick at. East Orange, the second at the headrjlllRrte l 'S pr t he Log Cabin Che!:is Club in , West Orange. Vin- cent L. Starke, a ssi3tctl by Hellry F.:. l3lankarn, 3ctOO as tournaJnent diroct.ol·. TEXAS CHESS ASSN . CONSIDERS NCCP .At the ann\lal meeting or the 'texas Chess Associntion at San Ant () nlo. It moved to appoint a special cOnlmlttee to conside r the Na ti ona l Chess Coordination Plan of the United States l1'ed· ern.tlon. Mr. l>'t'ank R. Graves of Fort Worllt was aTmolnted chairman of the committee, BATTLE CREEK SELLS CHESS OHMAN WINS MEMORIAL MEET Victory in the Axel C. R. Swen· son 1\1cmol'ial TOUJ"IIaillent held at the Omaha YMCA went' to Howard JoJ. Oillnan. former State Champion. with a Bcore of Close on his heels was State Champion Lee T. Magee with 4·1 In the fiye rOllnd Swiss tour n ey with 14 entrants. Third place wenl to Alfl'ed C. Lud- wig, former State ChampiOll, with H·H. Ohman's uraw was against Jack L. Spence who finished fourth with 3·2. while the victor had the satis- faction of d efeating both Magee and Ludwig. Magee's only loss wa s to Ohman. while Ludwig dl'ew with Davjd Ackel'lnan In' addiUon to lo sil,g his game to Ohman. DiIplar in lebby of Suurily N 11ional Bank of al· IraclJ.cd mdny new p!<I)'us 10 rdllks of Bd/ll, CIte/( Chen Cl ub. LOU!SVILLE SCHOOL OF HAS CHESS Add Chess To Hazards Of Reporting Says Les 'Nichols of Mutual " . .j . Les Nichol '. Mutual 's United N;ltions currcntly sub· sti tutln g for the al llnl; Hclll'Y La Cos81tt ou '''['ho DI!HY" pro· gl'alll (wee k·da YB. 9 t o !l : 16 n.ll!" 1';1)'1 '), h nA a llench"nt nGll ltUIl Ch O'H, And, rludn).:" u rep-cn t h!'OIHl cllst, LeI! lold why, It !:loo m cd thut ton yellrs Ilg0. wh en he WIHI ill 'I'ransjordan ns a torclgu corrCS l lo ndC lI1 , n atory "uroke" lImt all interv iew with th e uB ll 01ly reti ce nt King Ab· dullah, Ih o Am, leadel' now rroillin g hi s OW II t roO II!! In JOl'l1 8ulom. (11111 A orl cu n diplomatic officials advl s(ld LOI:! that chess wu s the I>et hobl)y gamo. , Nichols, at tha t time, dldn 't know n pawn Or rook rt m a cnstie. So, (01' two solid tlays Le ll NiChols took chess Ic ssons. . CUlll e th e tut cful int el'View dny. by then. Bul King Abtlullllh WfiS NiCho ls wa s USh€)I'(ld Into the roya l Arte r, :.110 formal amenl· ties, th e re was a IJl'ic[ llause brok· en OJl:llly lIy the King askIng, in , perfe ct E:n g!lslf:l "l\lr. Nichol:;, do you play chess'!" Quickly Nichols replied : "Cor taln }y. your l\Io.Je!lty!" In re co un ti ng th'p nory during his hrOll dcu-s t, rho Mutu al COITeSI)oncl· ent udded: "I thouglit I coultl piny a whi?,. Anyway, duri ng thc COUl'se of tbe game his re ti cence dlsap· l1e talked. I got my 8tOI'y all right. But I nearly lo st my a hht. I-Ie wns giving me a sou Ill! trimming. [was- ha\'l ng a deuce (If a time keepi ng UI) with him 011 the chess·board, until , tor· tUliutely. a servant entered to J\ll· nounce dinner. see 111m!" Was I hallpy to The /...oulllvllie Chess ClutJ Is ho ld- Ill g rop eight weeks II school or c hess on Monday nIghts at the YMCA. Cla Rses of beg hlnel'S will l 'oc&II'O IlJ lli l'uclJoli trom IInl"lOIlI 1I1<'lll!'el', or club, :.Iml Ihe ;:trad- uatlon exercises will consist 'or II lmult uliOOUII ox hlhltloll hy el tber I( on tllcky Ch ll llll)lon IIleltu"d W. !;hlOlds 01' FOI'mOI' !;lfHO (;ltnlllllion Jll ck ;>'IOY MC. CHICAGO LEAGUE BEGINS SEASON Th e Groate l' Chicago C h e s H· League Inaugumted Il sn nll\lltl team com petition on Qctohcr 8th In a douhle l' o\md -l'obiu which will ex- tentl until March IS. 1940. Olhor eve nts I llanned Ily tho League ar c a team IO,second 10ul 'no y Oil De- cemher 17 aud a lO-second Chlcngo Al'ea- Championship <HI Apr'll 1, 1949. All clubs J) urticiJlating III the Leagu e are USCF Chapters. Olllcel's elec ted at the ;HlIllHII meeting werc H. Newcll ]) re::;ldellt, . P. S toppel vice·l)J'cl;ldent, · und Pau l AdamI! secl·etal'y· tr eIlSl\ rcr. DAKE CONQUERS IN OREG6N OPEN Coming out of retirement, At·tllu!" :J!.. -.J{;/'Uzer .JJao .JJiJ :J)a'! Fr::Jm thl' Edi t or's Mail·Bag Dl\ke won Lhe Oregon Qllen Champ· ionshlp wllhont loss or a game fOl' a of 6·0. Second was .lim Schmitt (victor in the re cent Pugel Sound Open) with II .score of H·U, drawing .\lltli Noland In ad· dition LO his to Dllke. Ten pl Jye l's co mpeted In the six round 1>lay{)d III Lhe POrtland CheBs Cilih. JERSEY CITY Y VISITS VETERANS , Memhers of lhe Jersey City YMCA Clless Club viSit ed th e Hal - loran Hos pital. i'{ath anlel Collan And William specIalized In teaching beginners. while Philip Pnge, Alexander Strolln and Paul Helbig playcd the more adl'{mced players. Desplt\) competition or'" radio stllrs, lne visit was snch a succeas that a regu la r schedule of visits Is plullned. Dea rSil': Cl·I ESS LllfE with Dr. Keelley's column is a real c hess paper. I wish J. Mc. or Jlloes,·ille. Wis., who made the fUllllY rOUl3rk 01 "fan·a tica l prob lomlsts", would read Dr. l{ceney 's column aud solve a few two-moverS; 111s che ss playing would improve. I know it, because I playetl _ a postal chess gllllle with him. Dear Sir: P. PALAZZO, l..orain, Ohio - I am asking YOII to uphold tho "Problolll CI13 t" space and not allow the game fans to have it all. We i>l'oblem 10l'el"3 are entitlcd 10 our shure and we all consider CHESS LWE as being the BES'!' -periodica l In OUI" U.S.A. T. LUt/DBERG Dallas, Te:xas . Dear Sir: In th e Septemher 5 Iss ue Dr. P. G. Keeney, ellilOI' or Cl-mss LIFE'S problem delJartmcnt under- takos to reilly. (to the lette r by ,Jack McCarthy of Ja nesv lll o, Wi s ., • Editor ) I say "unde r tak cs " be· cause f rankly I don't think he reo plied at all. McCal·thy's -pOhlt was that (In hls oplnlon) cheSE! protJ· lems took too muc h space. Dr. Keeney's reply was enlltJe(] "A - Plea for Harillony" and ul'god ch ess players Interested In one type ot chesa Ilot. to criticize tll oHe who liked another Iype. H e dltl not under take to I'eply to Mc- Carthy's charge, mel'ely Ul' g ing that we chess players have lleace among ourselve s. I, for onc, wall unawal'e .that McCarthy had de- cll!red war 011 prohlemlsts. Surely as a chess player he haa a right 10 ( Pl ease turn to 3, co l. 6)
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Vol. III Nmnbcr 4 Offielnl PubUcation of me Unttecl States (~ess"federatlon Wednesday, Ocwbcr 20, 1948
BANK EXHIBIT SELLS CHESS BA TIU OREEK SELLS · C.HESS WITH UNUSUAL DISPLAY Security National Bank Cooperates With Battle Creek Chess Club
SiBling chess to .. the general public by Visual dlspla;r. the alert Battle Creek Chess Club and the Security National Bank of that city combined l'CSOIIl'Ces in a very efl'ective display in the lobby ot tIle bank.
The display was .Jhe joint creation of Robert Hunkins of th i, bank (in charge or the looiJy displays) and of Howard Rlder .and Heuben Buskager of the Battle Creek Chess Club. For the periOd of two weeks
_ it ·was a continuous feature in the bank and attracted much attention, while creating. a great doal of interest among non-chess players.
Features of the display wel'e a jade chess set from Peiping and a bone set from Hong Kong, both hand carved. A magnetic set (loaned. hy USCF Secretary T)'e-end) aUI'acted con.siderable atten· tlon as Its pieces defied daily the laws or gravity. Other interesting Items included a hand·carved Mex· Ican set a~d a hand-caJ'ved GerlDlln . set. In the background large chess figures (gifts of Julius Ross, mana· ger of t he Nohil's Shoe Store) fo -cussed ~ttention on the display.
The ~ecurity National Dank !!dv",rtised the ches~.,dlsplay In the
MINNESOTA TRIMS WISCONSIN TEAM
In the annual Minnesota·Wiscon· sin team match. held at LaCI'osse. the Minnesota steam-roller flatten· ed out its Wisconsin r iv.als by a score of 21·7. George Barnes and Dr. G. A. Koelsche headed the Minnesota aggregation, wh!le Rich· ard Knjoth and Averill Powers led the Wi sconsin team.
WI,oon.ln Mln"."t. H. "~joll, .............. 0 M"I:"I1i/ J'Wf~ ._ 1
local pl'ess and during the coul'~e II. ScI""I,11 ........ _ 0 at" the exhibit- Mr. EdwllrtJ T~· 1:."1 LI" I:~ ........... )
Ol'O. U",M" .. ....... 1 /JI. a. A . 1(iI
so IntereBUld in the subJect that he Hld",rd. .... .. .. 0 Ie N. I 'erl~_" _ ... 1 ~. ,'lor~'I!"" .......... 1
asked for lessons aner the broad- !>. Morfortl .... 0 cast was over, and Is now hecoml ng ~l':';n,i~;: '- ...... 6
f'~ler lJa,,\,·II ......... I ~';;,.:; . M~~;~OI;·~:::::, ~
a \'ery profiCient pla.yer under the ,A'lom"?,, .... () tutelage of Reuben Buskager. t~g~~'U'.I ................ ::: t
Loyd KI1~ ..... _ .... _ I II. 1oI c(.'rt'.''''Y 0 II. G. J oh n""" ....... 1
. EfI'ecUveness of the display was Wtltln,,'r ____ .......... 0 proven conclush'ely by the number ~\;S :~~.:~.~ ... ::::":": ~ of non-players who ev inced Interest &1h,unan () In learning the game; and the t:~~~~y"'''''''''''''':::::: :::: i Battle Creek Chesl> Cluh in co' &h" l l~ ._ ..... _._. __ . I
~: ~ ~~'t::~ ... :~:.:~ : 1il,~ldo" Heln ...... _ ~ ~1. hnowU~ _ .. ~. I Jlruce Ch urch ..... _ 0 J . A. Ihk~r _ ...... " .. 0
operation with the YMCA ~s olTer- ~~~\:~ :::::::::::::::: ~ ing les,ons to those whose IIlTerest Alloo'l~ .. _ ...... _ .......... !
F.. T. RaI,I,,'l n ...... 0 T. JOr.,.H":'H .... ...... 1 . :. Mel hl _ .. _ .. _ .... __ I
wa s a)·oused. \\·IIielll't~tI-alid l1e talked. I got my 8tOI'y all right. But I nearly lost my ahht. I-Ie wns giving me a sou Ill! trimming. [was- ha\' lng a deuce (If a time keeping UI) with him 011 the chess·board, until , tor· tUliutely. a servant entered to J\ll· nounce dinner. see 111m!"
Was I hallpy to
The /...oulllvllie Chess ClutJ Is hold-Ill g rop eight weeks II school or chess on Monday nIghts at the YMCA. Cla Rses of beghlnel'S will l'oc&II'O IlJ lli l'uclJoli trom IInl"lOIlI 1I1
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Published twk~ a month on the 5tl; and 20th by
THE UNITm~STATES CHESS Fm~RATION e~ttrcd a. 8econd cIa ... matt"" Septem~. Ii, 1941}, at the post ~fflce at ,n\!b,,~u e. IOWA.
under th o act 01 M.rch 9. 1S79.
" Sub.crip,;on-$Z.OO po< yeu; Single copies IOc each
... ddrcs. ,11 subscription, nll,hrcY, QAk [·ark. lIIinoa.; busi",,"" ",a"as:~.. ~I",.IJrO",ery lIajnr, 123 No. lfuI1I"h,,·y. o.k f·lrk. 111111010:
!. Thl' U~ ...... IIH "" TIle! lInf too !l1.'ft Cb.- .·~tion, h,e ... COfl>orllt!oll nol lor "",lit. illCOfpOnOl",t "' .. I .... Ih .. I_WI of 1he atate- of JIIlnoOs, "~"in" .... -5(oek ho[de ....
S. n .. t the kntlwII bOIl,II,,,lde.. IDOrt-IP'I(l". IIId ... 1 .... """urlly holdetll o"·lIh'lI ot ho[di lll; 1 r« Ct:llt "r mo .... 01 10t~1 ~m(ll"'1 of JKI"d" loort.a"..,.., or other >leal"l "1'0" th~ I>ookl of tile COml"'''! • • t~ or III I ny other fJduc:t.ry r"J~tioll, Ih~ name 01 the j>e1'lU" or eorpOnIt;o" fo. ,,·""rn '''ch ''''''toe II actlnll, 10 ;iven; abo lhot the .. 1I ... "I~r. 191&. ~y co",,,II .. Iu,, UI, Irt. .. M..-ch 24, I{IoUI,
A\'IS I •. JlF'J:lKK
Just OUt! WINNING CHESS $2,75
By Irving Cherney and Fred Relnfeld
USCF Service Department 2304 So. Ave.-Syracuse 7, N.Y.
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C4eJJ Jo, :JJ.e 2,ed BUJineJJ man By Fred Rein/tid
F or a ll our l'esJlectrul (a ~ilia I"Hy with NhnZ()vich's remarkable de,,-terl ty us a hcUcian, th is game s t l' ikes us as an eXeelJ tiona l l)er-forma nee. Th e number and Intellsity ot 8hat' (J COtlll)\lcations which lh e game conjures up in o llly 17 move1:l are truly astonis lling.
H:ven more surprising, perhaJlS, Is th e fact. that all this bappens after what Is Jlrove!"iJia lly n tranquil Ilnd somelimes lifeless oJlenlng. 11\ the 1lan;1s of a genius like Nimzovlch, t he Giluoeo Plano ("The Quiet Game") becomes "The Unquiet Game." For genius a lways avoids the easy, well·worn pathS.
GIUOCO PIANO Correspondence. 1913
A_ NIMZOVICH Dr. O. F'LUESS WIlI1" RlR~k 1 P.K. P_M 2 KI_K8) KI -Q8) 3 KI-8) KI_8) 4 8-84 8-84 5 P-Q) P-Q) , B_KKtS P_KR3 1 B-R4 P·KKt4!? S 8_KKO B_KKIS 9 P-KA4 Kt,KR4
Black hos I\rlven orr Ihe annoying • Ul~{}p, hut at lhe cost of wesken-
htg- ~$ {,os ition. :\lmzo\'lch re:,:ol~mends 10. Kt-Q5, Kt·Q5; 11. P-H3 as the rIght Ilrocedure fol' White.
10 P~P? Kt.Q5? Correct, saya "Nhn7.0vlch. was
10. ,KtxB!; 11. PxKt. Kt-Q5 with 1he following posslbl!!tles:
112. I{t·Q6, UxKl ; 13. P"ll. Qx!' ! : H. P-K I. .. 0 I I I 0 I I 5·g T,'~'~. Jr. . ..... I I 1 0 I lOr. -2 .1", ,' ,,"o ng ..... _ .... I 0 J I J 0 I 5·2 nile],. Jr . _ .. __ .... 0 I 0 I I 1 I r. ·2
ST. PETERSBURG TEACHES YOUTH
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I'CI . 211.15 ~.OO 2~.:!!I 21,00 19,00 18.75 lS.r){l 1'1.1;0 lr~oo 14.00 ILOO
"' Look ing to the fu ture, the SL Peten;burg (Fla.) Chess Divan has de ve l01led a tar-t'cachlng program to Instruct and encourage young people to pluy chess. Reduced llIemherShll) I'ates and fre e cpess Instruction are offered to the you11gsters who wish to l)lay chess_ And !l. recent In vita tion In the St_ Pete rsbu rg Tim es ros ulted In the &"lItherlng of twenty·flve boys, rang-ing from 10 to 18. all eager to leal'll and play the game of chess.
Team Matches COLUMBUS, OHio
Dayton Chtn Carl Dri oeU ""' 1 Juliu . Tere. ,,_ ...... 2 I'eler HeTban ...... 2 O«>r;:-~ n"~I ........... ~ }:n, ... t ltO)h"~,, ...•. ~ I'~"l \l'orl.nnll .. ___ II 11'. mackburn _._ 2 lIoworo JiI~ .. 1 ' .... __ !
Do}"!"" ___ ._ 11
Columbu. YMCA Wa lt", Mu"" ......•.. 0 0." {;Q.~y .... _ ..... ~. 0 f'mn"" Cute .:: ___ 0 Ja,,,,,,, StC"C' ''' _ ..... 2 J"" Terrill!. ___ ...... 0 J. Schroeder _. ___ 2 A. Siel)f(' •..•. _ ... ~. __ .. * 1 Randan .... __ •. "" ........ (I I)anid~ ,_. _____ .... ," ... 1 ~[lli~.,.,;· .. ::=::~::~":. ~ J. .. "cn.t ........ ... _' ... ,,", I !lux ....... ~ .... " ............ 0
II.'-eThILi __ .... _" it ]'ort..!nouth ___ .• ~
LAWRENCE, MASS, Nawburypor l Chall
Waterma n _ .. _ .. __ 0 IVhil""mh ___ .. _ ....• ~
~eu?"ou~.~ __ ::~::.:=~: .. ~ \ l l. Gould ......... _ .... _ 0 Diamond ....... . ~ ......... 1
Newburyport ..... 3
White To Play And Win! c.:ondll(ltd by W illimll I(ojam
Law,ence Chell 1k" nnan . Thcbad~" F-JMl •••• __ •••• __ ....
Hln""n _""'" St. ".ou;e ......... . .De Gloria ~~"
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P o!.a\l\ll\ed (No.3!. a n ex-aequo first and second prize composition by Z. 13irnov J yielded to a very obvious (to me) cook. T he key given Is: 1. Klxll(i but l. Kt·c7 Is equally effective.
Des pite the row errors, lhe volume contslns much tlULt Is inle rest-ing, I)Uz~ling , enlel·tahllug a nd accurate. The enjoyment derived from solving the var\olls COJllI)osltions will more than repay the solver tOI' the oxpendltdre ot the mOlley required. to purchase the book_
Anyone, wishing' to boy, I ~ requested to s elld $1.;;0 to A. Duschke, 80 ERs t 11th St., Now YOl'k City.
Whe n a mercbant sees that hl3 business is not succoeding, he does well to liquidate If., ~ as to Inve~t lhe proceeds In a more promising one. Translaled Hlto tenns ot chess, I mOttn by this that when OliO'S develollment 19 tllreatened with holng he ld up, one must adopt a mdl cn l cure. and on no account try to remedy matt~I's by palliative meD.·sure~.
F.om "My Syllem" lrt A,,,,," Nim~" ... iluh.
WtJ"uJtty. Oaobtr 20, 1948
CJ.eJJofl/e -.Atroad
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By G~r8e Koltanowski
W HAT'S THE BEST MOVE 7 Among the Chess Masters wuo have comp·osed e nd-gumes are: Duras, Reli, }o'I·ed. '~al,ard . Seles· nlel'! , 01'. R. M_ Laske.', K ubbell. Cberon , PI"ZCIJiorka. and he l'e is ono by the ex-cbamplon of Pa"is:
,,, dl'sws through 1. 1'-B3, and no mattOI- what Black does his Ib re tn.ain auacked hy the HerOiC Bls holJ: For example: L ... • KR· Q5: 2. 8 -B3 or 1 • QR·Q5; 2. 9 -B2 or 1 KR·K8 5; 2. D·Q2 or 1 , QR· I
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