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Volume XX :-'umber 3

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CONTENTS

Sonja Graf .................... .. ........................ .. ... .... ................. ... ... .... .............. 5 1

Notiona l Open Crosstob le ........................................................................ 52

Gomes from the Notiona l Open ............... .... .......... ................................. 53

Hastings l fY64-5 .... ... ... ...... ............................... ................... .................... 54

Beverwijk Internationa l Tou rnament ... .... ... ... ... ... .. ... .. ........................... ... 54

Russian Chess Gleanings, by Oscar Freedman .............. ... ......................... 55

Olympiad Miniatures ...... ....... ............... .................................................... 56

Something out of Nothing, by Pol Benko .......... ........................................ 57

The Middle Game, by P. Romanovsky ...................................................... 58

From the Stude nt Team, by Bernard Zucke rman ....... ..................... .. ........ 60

U.S.S.R. Championship .. .. ... ........................................ ... ......................... . 61

Chess Encores ..... .. ................................ _ .... ..................... .. ........... ......... ... 62

Chess Life Here & There ............. .. .................................................. .. ..... 63

Tournament Life ............................ ............ .... ....... ....... ........................ ... . 65

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CHESS LIFE

SONJA GRAF The reigning United States Women's Cham pion, Sonja Grai, died of a

liver a ilment on March 6 in St. Vincent's Hospital. New York City. Miss Gral, an cr a long r ecord of international successes, came out of a

[our·year retirement last April to play in the U.S. Women's Championship, After los ing her first·round game to defending champion Gisela K. Gresser , she went through the rest of her schedule undefeated and won the title by scoring 81h-l "h, fini shing a full point ahead of Mrs. Gresser, who was second. Miss Gfar WdS also U.S. Women's co-champion in 1957, when she shared the title with Mrs. Gresser.

Sonja Graf's chess career began as a child in her native Munich. Taught to play by her father, she later took lessons from the famous Dr. Sicgbert Tarraseh and went on to win the Women's Championship of Germany- a title that she held until World War U.

She was prevented, by an order signed by J osef Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda, from representing Germany in the 1939 Chess Olympics in Buenos Aires. Miss Grar, whose family was in opposii ton 10 the Nazi regime, played in Buenos Aires as a s tateless person under the banner of " Liberty." She remained in Argentina unti l 1945, then came to the United States and took U.S. citizenship.

Miss Graf, who spoke German, Russian, Spanish and English , worked fo r a time as a translator. She also wrote two books--one of them on chess-in Spanish. Surviving are her husband , Vernon Stevenson, a retired chief steward of the merchant marine and a son, Alexander.

I'wyeJ 111 II master$' toumamellt ill C::.ccll o:slooakill ill 1937 ond awarded G brillilmcy prize. Notcs based on allfwta· l iol~' by Sliio Flollr.

QUEEN'S PAWN (STONEWALL) S. Grit Prokop

1. P-Q4 2. N·KB3 3. P·KN3

The usual move here 3. .. ......

Black decides to play 4. B.Nl 5. QN·Ql 6. 0-0 7. P_B4

P-QB3 P-Q4

is 3. P-B4. P·KB4 a "Stonewall."

N·B3 P-K3 B-Q3 0-0

Naturally it is not good for Black to exchange pawns at this time, since, after 8. NxP, he will have to move his Bishop and one of the Knights will oc· cupy the strong square on K5.

8. P·B5 B·B2 9. N·N3 ...... ..

Aiming at quick development for her Q-Bishop. Another plan would be to ad· vance with 9. P·QN4, capturing more and more terrain.

9. .. ...... QN-Q2 10. B·B41

Wisely trying to prevent fo rever the freeing move ........ , P-K4.

10. ...... .. N·KS 11 . Q·Bl ........

Necessary to impede ........ , P-KN4, the playing of which will now necessitate creating a dangerous "hole" on KN3.

11 . ........ P·KR3 12. BxB QxB 13. N·R4 R-B3?

Sonja had no threat at all and it would have been much belter for Black to play ........ , P·QN3 or ......... P-K4 with cou nter· attack. Now While takes the opportun· ity of forever preventing ........ , P-K4.

14. P·B41 P.QN4 15 . Q-K3 N·Bl 16. N·Bl N·N3 17. N·B3 R-Bl

MARCH, 1965

18. N-Q3 N·B3 19. P-QR4 ....... .

In order to dominate the QR-file. should Black exchange pawns. Obviously White could also have played P·KR3, to avoid the momentary invas ion of the Knight, but this move will always be available.

19. . ....... 20. Q·Q2 21. P-R3 22. KN·KS 23. NxN 24. P-QN4 25. R-R3

N·NS R.Nl N·B3 N,N B-Q2 R-Nl R·Rl

A sad square fo r a Rook, but White threatened 26. KR-3 1 followed by PxP.

26. P·K N4 ........ Working on both sides of the board.

Black's defensive chances are getting worse and worse.

26 . ....... . B-Kl 27. P-R5! .. ......

Very clever! Aftcr obtaining a space advantage on both wings, Sonja now closes the Q·side pcrmanently in order to prevent her opponent any counter· 1)lay with ...... .. , P·QR4. She now brings the full weight of the attack over to the K·side.

27 ........ . 28. P·NS 29. PxP 30. R-K3

P·R3 p,p

N-Q2 ........

Intending to recapture with the Rook should the Knights be exchanged , there-by leaving the Black KP vcry weak.

30. .. .... .. N·B 1 31. Q·Kl Q-QT 32. P·R4 R·Bl 33. Q-N3 P-N3 34. N.Q3! ........

The Knight has now lost its value on the outpost K5. and will be more useful on KB4, a ttacki ng both the KP and KNP.

34. . ....... 35. N·B4

R-K Rl Q·B2

Sonia Graf

36. K.B2 Q-KN2 Black is in a depressing situation.

All his pieces are without scope. Yet. how to win a won game? .. .

37. R·QT B·B2 38. B·B3 R·Kl 39. N·N2 R·K2

An incredible position. The hcavy artillery stands in almost symmetrical opposition . Only the seven pawns in front of the toyal cou ples and their faithful legions prevent the bloodshed. The dif-ference is tha t the Black pawns are s ty· mied into a deadlock on the fo urth rank, while Wh ite's have reached the fifth . While has launched a successfu l inva-sion.

40. Q·N8 ........ Explor ing the enemy camp!

40. ........ B·Kl 41 . Q·R8 Q·RT 42. Q·N8 ........

White fears the sacrifice of the ex-change on R5. It could not bc avoided with 42. K·N3 because of ..... .. ., p·B5ch; 43. KxP, RxPch ; 44. NxR, QxNch with the threat of checkmate. If 43. NxP, RxP gives good eounter·chances .

42. ........ Q-N2 43. K·Nl Q·B2 44. N.B4 R-B2 45. R-KS Q·K2

This perm its Sonja to finish the game most brilliantly, but Black was already

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withOut hope because of his many weak· nesses.

46. BxPIi 47. Q Q61 48. NxQPI 49. N·B6ct1 SO. PxQ 51. P·Q51

R·QN2 BPxB QxQ K·8 2 R·RI ... .....

The key to the combination on the 46th move. Now the threat is 52. PxPch and if ........ , NxP j 53. P.Q7, recovering the picee with a winning endgame.

51. . ...... . 8 ·Q2 52. p.K3! . ...... .

To prevent ... ..... , P·B5ch. Now Black is in almost complete Zugzwang.

52. ..... ... R·QR2 53. R·QB! R·N2 54. NxB RxN 55. R·B7 ....... .

Again Zugzw~ng. U 55 ......... , RxR; 56. PxR. N-Q2; 57. PxPch. U 56 ......... , N·R2; 57. P·Q6 with an easy win.

55. . ...... . 56. PxP

K·KI NxP

If 56 ........ . , RxQP; 57. P·K7 wins.

57. RxNc:h 58. RxNP 59. R·B3 60. R·KB6

K·QI R·KI

R·KR2 R.sI9n~

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Bohinn ik v. Petrolian

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FROM THE 1965 GRUENFELD DEFENSE ,. RESHEV$KY ,. EVANS ,. P·Q4 H.K S3 20. K It -Q! K ·1(1 ,. P·QB4 P.KNl 21 . R-N3 QR-N' ,. N.QB3 P·Q4 22. AxP' .. ,

•• N·B3 B·N2 23. BxN OR-NI ,. Q-N3 , .. 24. N·83 P-QR3 •• Q x BP 0 ·0 25. H-K4 B. AS ,. P· K4 K N.Cj 2 26. N ·a6ch •• N •• 8 ·1(3 N-QB] 27. pxa R-NS •• 8 ·1(2 N -N 3 28. P.R3 A/ 5-HI 10. Q-85 8·N 5 29. P ·N4 Q R·BI 11. O -O.() ... , 30. 1( ·8 2 R· HI 12. P .Klt3 .. N 31. K.8 3 A-B! 13. p x B K It-Q! l2. K ,N 3 P-KR4 14. P-K5 ••• 33. K ·B3 R-N l 15. PxQ N·Q2 34. K·B2- R·Bl ' 6. P·B4 P·1(3 35. P·B5! P· 1(4 17. B·B3 B_Bl 36. a·R6 R·NI II. N .R4 11-1(2- 37. R·Q5 ResIgns 19. R-Q3 K-Bl

'UY LOPEZ D. RI V ERA ,. VAY SSIE ,. P-K4 P·1(4 30. Q·K2- R·K 81 ,. N _K 83 N -Q1I3 31. 11:·1(1 Q·87ch ,. B-N5 P-QR3 31. QxQ RxQch •• 8 ·R4 N ·B3 33. K·N l R/2·KB2 ,. 0 ·0 B-K2- 34. 1I: /1·K2 ... •• R·Kl P·QN4 35. RxR K·Nl ,. B·,n 0 ·0 36. K-Nl B_BI •• P-B3 P.Q4 37. R.K5 K ·Bl •• .., N .. 33. P. R3 8·B4 10. Nx P N. N 3 • • K ·B3 B·K 5ch 11. RxN P-QB3 40. I(·N4 R·B3 12. Bx N , .. 41. P-R5 K·B2 13. P-Q' B·Q3 42. K ·R3 R·B7 14. R·K3 Q.R5 43. P·K N4 .. , 15. P.K R3 P-B4 44. P'N S R-QB7 16. Q·N3 B-N2 45. P.N6ch .. , 17. N Ql Q·R4 4oS. Px Pch B" 18. N·B3 P·N 4 47. RxP RxPch I'. R·K 6 P-KN5 48. K·N4 .. , 20. Rx B .. N 49. K_B4 P·N5 21 . B·B4 ,., 50. R·Q6 P·N6 22. KxP R·B2 S1. R·N6 B·B1 23. Q-Ql R·N2ch 52. P·Q5 R·R7 24. I(· R2 Q·RS 53. R·N7ch K ·K l 25. B·N3 Q·N4 54. K .K5 P·N7 26. P·K R4 Q.K2 55. K·K6 K·B l 21. Q·K l P-BS 56. K ·B6 K ·NI 28. R.K, Px Bch 57. Rttl,nt 29. PIIP Q·KB2

CENTER COU NTE R G AME ,. EVANS

IT'S KERES AT HASTINGS Soviet grandmaster Paul Keres p\acc

QUEEH'S GAMBIT DECLINED G, lIer Plchman , . .... P·Q4 22. K ·K2 B·B3 ,. P·QB4 P-K3 23. R-KNI KR-Kl ,. N·OBl B_K2 24. 11. ·03 P·B4? •• , .. • •• 2S. PxP N •• •• B·B4 P·QB3 26. RxP , .. •• P·K3 B·KB4 27. RxP ••• ,. P· KN. B-K] 2B. B.KS N·K3 •• P.KII.3 N-B3 29. H·N5ch N.N •• N.8 3 P·KR4 30. R/ 5xN P·N3 10. P.N5 H·KS 31. P' R4 R·KNI 11. 0 ·N3 "N' 12. 8-Q4 8_K2 12. Q·82 N·Rl 33. R/ 5oN4 OR.Ql 13. P-R) 0 ·R4 34. R_B4ch K-K3 14. R·BI N.N 35. R_K4ch K-82 IS . OxN QxO~h 36. R·N3 R·04 I'. RxO N-Nl 37. 8 ·KS! ... , 17. 8.Q3 N .. , n_ " -RS ... , I'" P·N' '". 39. R·83ch K·K3 If. 8xP~h .. " 40. 8 ·N2ch K-Q4 20. 8xlkh ... 41. R.Q4ch K·K3 21 . R_N] P.QN3 42. R·86ch! RUign S

SICILIAN DEFENSE C. v.d . Berg C. Port lsch , . P· K4 P-QB4 16. B.N3 P·KR4 ,. N·KS, P·K3 17. P-KR3 B·K3 ,. P·04 ••• ll. Bx8 '"' •• N •• N·OB3 ". OxP R-82 •• N·OB3 P-QR3 20, OR·Ql II.l ·KBl •• 8 ·Kl N_83 21 . 8 .81 0 -N3ch ,. B·03 8·K2 22. K_Rl N-NS •• P·84 ... , 23. OxKP N·B7ch •• 0 ·B3 P_K4 24. RxN ••• 10. NXH •• N 25. OxP .. , 11. "x" ••• 26. P-KS R-8Sch 12. B.Q84 8·KNS 27. RxR RxRch 13. 0 ·H3 Q-NI 28. K·R2 ••• 14. O.() 0-0 2 •• Rulgns 15. B. KN5 •••

QUEEN' S GAMBIT D ECLINED (by Irllnspo$ltlon)

Porll$Ch BIIg l rov , . P·084 P·083 13. NPxN H'04 •• P-K4 P_q4 14. O-Q] N-B3 ,. KPxP • •• 15. N·KS R·Bl •• P·0 4 N·KB] 16. R-R2 R-Kl •• N ·083 P-K3 17. R/ 2·K2 P·KN] •• N ·Bl ..., 18. B_A.2! R_B2 ,. ••• N •• 19. 8_R' B-K81 L ... , N·083 20. 8 ·Ns "N, •• 0-0 0 ·0 21. P.QS! 0 -81 10. R·Kl N/ 3-N5 22. Q-B3 N •• 11. 8·HI ... , 23. QxPch K-RI 12. "-QR3 N.N 24. Nx"ch l Resigns

'UY LOPEZ A . Matanov!c J . H. Donner .. P-K4 "·K4 12. Q-RSch P-Hl •• N ·KS] N-Q83 13. 0 ·B3 0·K2 ,. B·N5 P-QR3 14. Nx8 N.85 •• B·A.4 P.QN4 15. D-O N-83 •• B_N 3 N_R4 I'. 8 ·R6 N·K4 •• " ·04 ."' 17. 0 _B3 N/ 3-N5 ,. ••• P-OU 18. P-B4 PoNS •• BxPch • •• 19. Q·KRl N •• •• Q.QSch B-K3 20, PxN ..N 10. N·NSth K-Kl 21 . OxNn 0 ' R2ch 11 , NxB P·B3 22, Resigns

CHESS LIFE

RUSSIAN CH ESS GLEANINGS

by Oscor Freedman

A short game, played in 1961, features an unexpected mate ...

CARO-KANN DEFENSE Dragunov

1. P_K4 2. P-Q4 3. N_QB3 4. NxP 5. NxNch 6. P-QB3 7. B-Q3 a. Q-83 9_ N-K2 10_ 0 -0 11. N-N3

Odrukovsky P_QB3

P-Q4 p,p

N-KB3 KPxN

B_Q3 Q-R4 0-0

R-K1 N-Q2 ........

Black decided to get some more "Leb-ensraum" in the center and played.

11. ........ P-QB4 12. N-BS! B-81?

Relatively better was 12 ......... , Q-B2,

10. Q·RSch 11. QxBPch

12. P-Q3 13. Q-B3 14. QxN 15. B-K2 16. QxR 17_ KxB 18. N-Q2 19. Resigns

K,N K-N2J

P-Q3 NxPch J B-NSch

R,B BxQch

Q·RS N-QSch

WHEN ABOUT TO RESIGN - make haste slowly .. .

THE " FIRST" LASKER_CAPABLANCA MATCH

The first, rather peculiar, match he-tween Emanuel Lasker and J . R. Capa-blanca took place in 1914 in Berlin.

The condi tions of the match were as follows: the winner had to score the best of 10 games; all the games had to be terminated in 45 minutes. The win-ncr was Capablanca with a score of 6%-3\1 .

In the diagrammed position, Lasker, playing White, realized his material ad-vantage and forced a win .

Capabllnca (Black)

since Black now loses a pawn. 13. P-QN4J PxP? Lasker (White)

And now comes a beautiful fi nish. 14. Q-RSJ K_Rl

Alter 14 ......... , P-KN3; 15. N-R6/ K7 ch wins the Queen and upon any retreat of the Black Majesty would follow 15. N·K7 with mate.

lS . Qx8P 16. N-R6! 17. Q-N8ch 18. N-B7 Mate

Q-Ql B·Q3

LA.TVlAN GAMBIT. In a match be· tween a Danish Workers' Club and one from Malme, Sweden, played in Copen· hagen, the Danes scored a victory by 1O'h-9'h. A curious game was played by Black on third board, featur ing a rarely-seen and risky variation of thc Latvian Gambit. Krenzinsky Borgesen

1. P·K4 P-K4 2. N·KB3 P_KB4 3. NxP N-QB3

(The usual move here is 3 ......... , Q-B3) 4. Q-RSch P-N3 S. NxP N·B3 6. Q-R4 R-KNl 7. N:.: B R_NS 8. Q-R6 RxPch 9. K-01 N-KNS

MARCH, 1965

From the abovc diagram, a: game played in 1957 continued as follows: Naftalin Lomlya

'- .. ...... Q-QB7 2. B-K4 P-N8(Q) 3. Q-R7ch K_Bl 4. QxRPch K·Nl s. Q·R7ch K_Bl 6. Q-R8ch K-K2 7. Q-B6ch ........

And Black resigned. But why? Of course if 7 ......... , K·B1, then 8. P-K6 and if 7 ......... , K-Kl , then S. B-B6, mat-ing.

But how would White play in reply to 7 ......... , K·Q2!? If S. Q-B6ch, then 8 ......... , K·Ql! (8 . .. ...... . K-K2; 9. Q-Q6 eh) and on 8. QxPch would follow 8. ........ , K-QBl (8 ......... , K-Qlj 9. P-K6!) 9. Q·QN7 ch, KQl ; 10. P-K6, Q·KBS ch i and White may even lose.

The continuation was: 1. NxN, NxN; 2. R-RS ch, NxR; 3_ K-B8, Resigns.

• • • A. Nimzovich and K. Bettinsh played.

a match by correspondence (1911-1913) which was won by Bettinsh, Ph·1,2. Here is one of thc games:-

PHILIDOR'S DEFENSE

Bettinsh 1. P-K4 2. N-KB3 3. P·Q4

Nimzovich P-K4 P-Q3

N_KB3

Nimzovich's idea. This is played even today in tournament games.

4. B-QB4!? ........ 4. PxP, NxP; 5. B-QB4, P-QB3 led to

even play, according to the contempo-raries. Master Sokolsky initiated a stronger line: 5. QN-Q2 (instead of 5. B·QB4) and after 5 . ........ , NxN; 6_ BxN, PxP; 7. B-B4, White stands better.

4. ...... .. NxP 5. 0-0 P-04 6. NxP! ........

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6. ........ p,s If 6 ......... , B-K2, Bettinsh. pointed to

the following sequence, with one more sacrifice: 7. NxP , KxN; 8. Q-R5 eh, K-BI ; 9. BxP, :-i-Q3 ; 10. B-KB4, Q·Kl, Q-B3 and White's attack is decisive.

7. R·Kl N·QS3!

7. . ....... , NxBP leads to very sharp play, but 8. Q·B3 maintains White 's ad-vantage.

8. NxN PxN 9. RxNch B·K2

In this position Black may equalize if, after castling, he succeeds in posting his QB on Q4.

TO. SoNS 11. BxB 12. P·QS3 13. N·R3?

B·Kl o,s

OR-N I ....... .

This move should h ave been preceded by 13. Q-K2 and only then 14. N-R3.

13. ........ RxP 14. Nx P R·N4 1 S. P·QR4 R·Q4

Better was 15 ......... , R·N!. White now gets an important tempo in developing the attack.

Th,

16. N·K3 17. P·KB4 18. Q·B3 19. P·BS 20. Q·N3th 21 . Q·K5ch 22. NxP 23. R·N4 24. N.K7 Mate

. .." p.N3 0 ·0 p,p

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OLYMPIAD MINIATURES QUEEN'S

PEREZ (SPAIN ) 1. P·Q4 N·KB3 2. N ·KB3 " · K3 3. P·K3 P-aN3 4. B-a3 B·N2 s. QN·Q2 P·B4 6. P·B3 P·Q4 7. N·KS QN·Ql •• P·B4 II·Kl 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Q.B3 P· N3 11 . P·QN3 R·Bl 12. B·N2 R· B2

PAWN ZUI DMA (HOLLAND)

13. QR·Kl Q·Rl 14. Q·R3 N·K5 15. NxN PxN 16. B·Nl P·B4 17. P·KN4 NxN 18. BPxN aBPxP n . KPXP P.BS 20. Q.R6 P·B6 21 . P-QR3 Q-Ql 22. BxP P·B1ch 23. RxP RxR 24. Resigns

CARO·KANN DEFENSE GRAGGER 1. P·K4 2. P-Q4 3. N ·QBl 4. N KP 5. B QB4 6. N·N5 7. Q·K2 •• B·N3

JANSSON

(AUSTRIA) P-QB3 P". p,p

N·Ql KN· B3

P· K] N·N] , ...

'UY

(SWEDEN) ,. P·K4 P·K4 ~ N ·K83 N-QB3 ,. B.NS P-QR3 ,. B·R4 N·B3 •• 0 ·0 8·K2 •• R·Kl P·QN4 •• B·N 3 0 ·0 •• P-QR4 P·NS •• , .. , , .. , 10. P·RS R·Nl 11. QN ·Q2 ....

JANSSON (SWEDEN) 9. B·KB4 KN-Q4 10. Q·R5 P· KN3 11 . Q.B3 P·B5 12. NKB P K x N 13. a ·NICh N·B3 14. p .Q$ PxB 15. 0 .0-0 PxRP 16. Reslgnl

LOPEZ THALKHASUREN

(MONGOLIA) 12. N ·Bl .... 13. 8 ·Q5 Q·KI 14. 8·K3 N· K3 15. N·N] N· B5 16. P·Q4 N·N3 11. N·BS 8· 83 U. Q·Q2 QN· K2 19. PxP ." 20. PxB .. , 21. B·Q4 .. , 12. Q.R6 Resignl

K·FIANCHETTO DEFENSE

MORA (SPAIN) 1. P· K4 P·KN3 2. P·KR4 B·N2

SUTTLE S 10. Q.Bl n. P·B4

(CANADA ) 8 ·R4 P·K4 .. , 3. N ·Q83 N·g83

4. P·R5 P-Q3 5. B· B4 N-QS 6. P·Q3 N ·R3 7. BxN 8xB .. KN ·K2 B·NS 9. Px P RPxP

12. Nx N 13. 0·0 14. 8xPch 15. 8 ·K6ch 16. B·. 1ch 17. Dn,wn

... K .Q2 K·Kl ....

CARO.KANN DEFENSE

KERES (U.S.S.R.) 1. P·)(4 P-Q1I3 2. N-Q1I3 P-Q4 3. N'B3 8 ·N5 4. P·KR3 II"N S. QKB P·)(3 6. P.Q4 N· B3 7. 8-Q3 B·NS •• P. KS KN·Q2

GUTI 9. Q·N3 10 . ... KR4 11. 0-0 11. PKB 13. R·NI 14. Q.B4 15. 8.Q2

(ISRAEL ) "·KN3

Q·R4 ... ... ".QN4

N·N3 Res igns

KING'S I N DIAN BJOII:NSSON I . P·Q4 2. P·QB4 3. N·QB3 4. " · K4 5. N·1I3 6. B·K1 7. 0 ·0 •• NxP 9. B·NS 10. Q-Q2 11 . NxH

(IC"LA ND) N·K83 "·KN3

B·N2 ... , 0 ·0

P·K4 p"

B.g2 Q.8 1 N ·. 3 ".

WEISS (MONACO) 12. QR·Ql 8· K3 13. B·R6 R·Kl 14. BxB Kx8 15. " ·QNS N·Q2 16. P·B4 N·N S 11. P·8S B.Q2 18. P·B6ch K ·Rl 19. Q. R6 R· KNI 20 . ... KS " KP 21. N· K4 Q.Bl 22. N ·HS Resigns

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED MIL1!V (BULGARIA) PAPASTOLOV (GREECE ) 1. " ·Q4 N·KB3 13. 00 N· KN3 2. ..·QII4 P·KS 14. B.Q3 .. · KB4 3. N-QB3 p-Q4 15. P· K4 NxN 4. B·NS 8·K2 16. RxN B.Q2 S. N·B3 0 ·0 17. R· K l p" p 6. " · K3 P· 1I3 U. RKK P Q· 83 7. P·QR3 QN.Q2 19. N·KS NxN 8. R· BI R·Kl 20. PxN Q. K2 ,. P·R3 N ·.l 21 . R·Q4 QR·Ql 10. II-Q3 PxP 22. Q.R5 " ·KRl 11 • •• 11" N.Q4 21 Q-H6 Rutgn ' 12. BXS QKS

FRENCH MJAGMARSUREN

(MONGOLIA) I . P· K4 P·K3 2. P·Q4 P·Q4 3. N.QlIl 8·N5 4. P.KS .. .QB4 5. P·QAl 8 ·A4 6. P.QN4 PxQ" 1. Q·N4 N·K2 8. N·N5 B·B2 9. QxNP R·Nl 10. QxRP P· R3 11. N KBch QKN 12. N·K2 B·Q2

OIEFENSE

". B·. 14. 0·0·0 15. N K" 16. KAxB 17 . .. ·KB4 1 •• "·85 19. NxP 20. NKNch 21. Rx8P 22. K·Nl 2l . R·81ch 14. Rx N

N IMZO.INDIAN KRISTINSSON (ICELAND) SAFVAT I . P·Q84 N·K83 13. P·K4 2. N·Q83 "·K3 14. Q·Kl 3. P·Q4 II·N5 15. Q·N3 4. P-aAl 8xNch 16. H·B4 5. P. B P' B4 11. N·R5 6. " ·K3 N·8l 18. 8 ·R6 7. 8·Q3 0 ·0 19. BxP B. N·K2 P.Q4 20. B·B6 9. BP".. KPKP 21. P·B4 10. 0 ·0 P·85 22. II·N5 11 . B·B2 8· K3 23. B.Ql 12. P·B3 R·Kl

OEFENSE

N·Q2 B.B ." N·B5 '" O~O . .-

Q·K6ch

'" K·N l Resigns

(IRAN ) N·Q2 N· 81

P-QN4 ... ' N·N3

P.QR4 Q·K2 Q·Bl Q·A3 .,.

Resignl

HINDLE SICILIAN

(ENGLAND) P·QB4 N·QB3

FROM (DENMARK) 1. " ·K4 2. N·K 83 3. " ·04 4. N KP 5. N.QB3 6. a·K3 7. 8·QB4 B. 8 ·N3 9. QxN 10. Q·Ql I I. R"xN 12. P·R4

, .. "·KN3

B·N2 N·83 0·0

N· KN5 N,. .,. P'N3 B .. ,

13. Q Q2 P·B4 14. 0 ·0 ·0 P·Q3 15. P· RS Q·Kl 16. R·R3 A·Bl 17. R"x " RPK" 18. 8 ·R6 " · 85 19. ax8 Kx8 20. QR·Rl P·KN4 21 . Q·Q4ch K· B2 22. R·R7ch K· K3 13. QI/; ·R6Ch Resigns

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Something out of Nothing by PAL BENKO

The following ga me. played in the Belgrade Interna tional Tournament 1964, could w ell b e entitled "Something out of No thing". It provides a marked contrast w ith the endgame in my cuticle last month. There , one s ide was unable to win despite a consideroble material ad-va ntage: in tbis case. the winner never enjoy s more than a minute advantage but is able to score the point in spite of the fact that h is opponent's e ffors are a lmos t microscopic.

QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE Pal Benko Bruno Parmi

I. P·Q4 N·KB3 2. P·QB4 P-K3 3. N-KB3 P·QN3 4. P·KN3 B.N2 5. B-N2 B-K2 6. N·B3 N.KS 7. B-02 ....... .

My lates t t ry. I wanted to avoid thQ weil-known 7. Q-B2 line, where, although White has a slight edge, the position us-ually becomes quite drawish.

7. .. .. n.. P·Q4 8. N·KS NxN 9. Bx N 0·0

9 ......... , p·QB3 looks li ke a safer alter· nat ive.

10. PxP PxP Now the pawn formation fa vors White ,

especially since Black has already slight· ly weakened his Q·side. White's next move a ims to r estrict the development of Black's Knight.

11 . Q·R4 12. 0·0 13. Q·N3

B·Q3 Q· K2 ..... ...

White 's last move was intended to prevent ........ , P·QB4.

13. ... ... .. P·QB3 14. P·K4? P·QB41

The move White wanted to avdid. He forgot 't hat Black could move this pawn again, after moving it once! 14. R·R 1, preparing for P·K4 was the cor rec t con. tinuation. Now the play on both sides is forced for several moves and the po· sl tion becomes very drawish looking.

IS. KPxPI PxP 16. BxP BxN

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17. :( R·KI 18. BxB 19. P·Q6 20. BxB 21 . QR·Ql 22. B·QS 23. Q.B4 24. BxQ

N·Q2 NxB QxP

QR·KI Q·B2 N·NS QxQ P·N3

Here many spectators thought th at the game would be drawn as soon as the required 30 moves had been played. After all, isn' t the position dead drawn? Now 25. RxR, RxR; 26 . R·Q7 doesn't work because of 26 . .. ...... , N·K4.

25. B·N3 26. K·N2 27. RxR 28. Rx R 29. K·B3 30. K·K4

31. P·KR4

N·B3 .x. R·Kl Nx. K·BI N·B2

.. ......

"

White still has a microscopic advan· tage and plays on after the 30th move, when the game could legally have been drawn . The problem is how can White penetr ate Black's position . In stead of the text move. 31. K·K5 would accomplish nothing after 31 . ........• K·K2 [allowed by 32 . .. ...... , P·B3ch.

31. ... ... . . 32. P·B4 33. B·B4

K.K2 P·KR3

K·B3 Black choses a waiting policy, since ,

if 33 . .. .. .... , N·K3; 34. K·Q5, K-Q2; 35. 8 ·N5 ch and White's King soon pene· trates on one side or the other. Also, any pawn moves on the Q·side are weak· ening and if 33 . ... ... .. , P·KB3 then 34 . P·RS! PxP; 35. K.B5, etc.

34. P·KN4 j(·K2 35. K·KS ........

Forcing Black to make a pawn move, Since both his King and Knight are tied up.

35. .. ..... 36. K·K4 37. P·RS

P·B3ch K.BI

P·KN4 This may not have been the best try,

but it would be difficult to hold the game in any event. If instead 37 . .. ...... , P·B4 ch: -38. K·K5, PxNP; 39. PxP , P·N6 ; 40. 8 ·81, K·N2; 41. P·B5, P·KR4; 42. K· 8 4, P·R5; 43 . K.N5, N·Q4; 44. B·R3! and wins. Pr obably 37 . ........ , K·N2 was Black's best , but after 38. PxP. KxP; 39. B·Q3, he is still in trouble.

38. PxP 39. K·BS 40. K·KS

BPxP K.N2 ........

Now at last White 's King is about to ' penetrate. Black was unable to f ind any i satisfactory def-ense during ad journment, but the remaining 'el;(ecution is stiU in· ter esting. White 's fir st step.is to fix the · pawns on the Q·side. Next" he places his Bishop on the best squar e to restrict Black's Knight from counter·play. Fin. ally, his King advances to capture the QRP. Black is helpless and unable to improve his position .

40. ........ N·KI 41 . B·K6 N·B3

Now step one .. . 42. P·N4 N·KI 43. P·NS N·Bl

If , instead. 43 . ....... . , K·Bl ; 44. B·Q7, N·B2; 45. K·Q6, etc. Or 44 . ........ , N·N2; 45. K·B6 and wins.

4. P·R4 N·KI And step two . . .

45. B·BS N·B3 46. K·K6 N·KI 47. B·K4 N·B3 48. B.B3 N·Nl

And, finally, step three . . . 49. K·Q6 K·Bl

If 49 . ........ , K·B3; 50. B·Q5, N·K2 ; 51. B·K6! winning tbe Kni ght.

SO. K·B6 K·K2 51 . K·N7 K·Q3 52. Kx P K·B4

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53. K·R6 ........ The easiest way to victory. After 53.

P·R5, Black still has some chances by bringing his Knight to the defense.

53. ........ N-B3 54. 8 -B6! NxNP 55. P-R5 Px P 56. P-N6 N·K4 57. B-K8 Resigns

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Here Black can maintain the initia· tive with 21. .... .. .. , P·BS, but ins tead, ut ilizing the motive or the unprote

FROM THE STUDENT TEAM by Bernard Zuckerman

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KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE IVim Fango

White 1, P-Q4 2. P-QB4 3. N·QSl 4. 8·84

B. Zuckerman BI .. ck

N-KB3 P-KN3

B-N2 ........

A somewhat unusual contin uation wihch gives White no chance of obtain· ing an opening advantage.

4. . .. .... . 5. N-B3

0 ·0 P·B4

Black has several salisfactory contin-uations here; for exa mple, 5 . .. ...... , P-Q4, transposing into a variation of the Grucnfcld Defense, 5. . .. .. .. . , P-Q3 fol-lowed eventually by ... .... . , P·K4, and the text, with which Black hopes to exploit the absence of the QB from White's Q-side.

6. P-Q5 ........ Alter the somewhat tamer 6. P-K3,

Black can transpose into the Gruenlcld by 6 . .... ... . , P-Q4 or play 6 .. ... .... , PxP, 7. PxP, P·Q4.

6, ....... . P·Q3 7. P-KR3(?)

The more natural 7. P-K4 was tricd in a game Bisguier-Fischer (U.S. Cham-pionship, 1960-61) though after 7 . ........ , Q·R4; 8. B·Q3, B·N5! 9. 0 ·0, QN-Q2 Black controls his K4 and has an easy game.

l'IIy opponent apparently has great faith in th e text move as he played it later in the tournament against Bogda· nov. It prepares a retreat for the QB and prevents the pin of the KN, but the loss or time allows Black to seize the initiative.

7. ... ..... Q·R4 I thought a few minutes here to de·

cide whether to play the text or 7 . ........ , P-QR3. I decided on 7 . .... .... , Q·R4 be-cause afte r 7 . ........ , P-QR3: 8. P·QR4, Q-R4 it would be too obvious that 9. B·Q2 was necessary to prevent 9 . .. ..... . , P-QN4, since 9. Q·Q2 d oes not prevent it.

8, Q·Q2(?) P-QR3 ! I\"ow it is dear that 8. B-Q2 had to be

played si nce there is no way to prevent 9 ... ...... , P·QN4.

9. P-K3 ........ 9. P-K4 would leave the pawn under

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10. PxP •••••••• 10. B·Q3 could be answered by the

t ransfer of Black's QN to QN3 or sim-ply 10 ......... , PxP with pressure on the QN-file; however, that would be betler rot· White than the text.

10. .. .. .... PxP Black had other strong continuations,

e.g., 10 ........ . , QN-Q2 and if 11 . PxP, N-N3, threatening White's QP or 11. .. ..... ., BxQRP; or 10 .. ....... , B-N2 and if 11. Pxp, BxQP or NxRP.

11. BxNP N-K5! Black could have tried 11. ........ , NxP,

but after 12. NxN, QxB; 13. NxPch (13. N-B7. QxP; 14. QxQ. BxQ; 15. R-QNl ? RxP) 13. . ....... , K-RI; 14. NxB, RxN; 15. Q-K2 gives White drawing chances. If, after 11 . .. ...... , !\lxP, White plays 12. QxN, then 12 . ........ , BxN Chi 13. PxB, QxPch; 14_ K-K2, Q-N7ch. Also possible here is 13 ......... , QxB; 14. QxR, B-R3; 15. 0-0-0, N·B3, or, in this last varia-t.ion, 14. P-B4, Q-N5 eh, 15. N·Q2. 6 -N2.

12. NxN QxB 13. N-B3 Q·B5 14. N-KNl ....... .

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Now it was possible to play 14 . ........ , BxN; 15. QxB, QxQch; 16. PxQ, B-N2. Instead, 15. PxB gives Black a large choice;

(1) 15 . .. ....... R-R6; 16_ N·K2, B-Ra; (2) 15_ ........ , B-N2; 16. N"-K2, 6 or Qx QP; (3) (which seems unlikely) 15 . ........ , B-B4; 16. P-B3, preventing (16 ........ . , B-K5) 16_ .... .. .. , B-Q6; 17. R-Ql? (bet-ter 17. B-R6 or 17_ P-K4) 17 . ........• B-BS! (threatening 18 . ...... .. , RxP) 18. R-Rl, BxP! 19_ R·R2? (Ol" 19. QxB, QxP ch and 20 .... ..... , QxR) 19 . .. ... ... , Q-BB mate. After 14 . ........ , BxN; 15_ QxB, QxQP

(ins tead of QxQ ch as above) 16. B-R6, P-B3 (a); 17. BxR, QxNP(b); 18. BxP, QxR (c) ; 19. QxKBP, N-Q2j 20. Q-K6 ch, K-N2; 21. 0-0-0.

(a) 16 . ....... , P -K4; 17_ BxR, KxB (17 . ...... ..• QxNP; 18. BxP, QxR; 19. 0 -0-0) 18. N·Bl or 18, p.n3. (b) 17 . ....... . , KxB! 18. P -B3 (if 18. N -B3 lhen 18 . ........ , B· lU leaves White a ll tied up ) and White may make hI s ma teria l ad van tage lell. Ie) Bette r 18 ....... .. , N.Q2.

14. . ...... . 15. KN-K2 16. O-O!

N.R3 N_NS ........

A trap. If now 16 ...... ... , NxRP? 17. P-QN3! wins the exchange because of Black's unprotected QR. On 17 . .. ... ... , BxN there follo ws 18. NxB, QxN; 19. QxQ, NxQ ; 20. RxR. Now Black protects his QR and attacks the QP, fo rcing White to weaken himself. 16 . ..... ... , B-R3 with press lll'c on White's KN and Q3 or 16 ... ...... , B·84 were dso good.

16. .... .. .. B-N2 17, P-QNl Q-Q6

Black believes that t:1C ending, be-cause of the pl'essure on White's Q. side will be favorable to him; however, 17 . ....... . , Q-R3, with the threat or cap-turing White's QP woul1 leave White in great difficulties. II 18. P·K4, Lom-bardy suggests 18 . ........ , P·B4.

18. QxQ ... ..... If 18. KR-Ql ? QxQ; 19. RxQ, NxQP or

QR-Ql, QxQ; 19. RxQ, B-QR3; 20_ R-QB1, BxKN, recovering the pawn, with advantage.

18. .. .. .. . . NxQ 19. KR.Ql (?) ....... .

My opponent made this move quickly and with great confidence; however, in two moves it becomes clear that it lea~' cs him in a hopeless position . I expected 19. B-N5, after which Black would have enough pressure on White 's Q-side for the pawn alld White's QB would be out of play.

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19. ........ NxB 20. PxN B.QR3 21. QR·Nl BxKN 22. NxB RxP 23. N·B 1 R·R6

23. . ..... .. , R·B7 would have left the Rook in an active position, but I wanted to tie \Vhite 's pieces down to defending the QNP. Now White makes a few threats to keep Black occupied for a couple of moves.

24. R·Kl 25. P·KN4 26. K·N2 27. R·K4

B·B3 P · R3 R·Nl .. ......

Preventing ........ , P·B5, which Black prepares with his next few moves.

27. ........ K.Bl 28. K·B3 B·QS 29. P·BS ..... .. .

Otherwise .. ...... , P ·B4 followed by ..... ... , p.B5; but now Wh ite has another weak· ness.

29. . . .. . ... PxP 30. PxP R·N2

With the threat oI ........ , K-N2, fol· lowed by ........ , K·B3, which White pre· vents with his next move.

31. R·N4 R·R8(!) !\'ow is the right time for this, since

White cannot protect his NP ali the Rook can not get to K3.

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London, 1932 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE

Ve ra Menehik Sir George Thomas 1- P·Q4 N·KB3 10. P·KN4 N·Q2 2. P-QB4 P·KN3 11 . R·KNI P·QR4 3. N·QB3 B.N2 12. 0·0.0 N·QB4 4. P·K4 P·Q3 13. N·N3 B.Q2 •• P·B3 0·0 14. P·KR4 P·RS •• B·K3 P·K4 15. P·RS Q.Nl 7. KN·K2 P·N3 16. B.R6 Q·R2 B. Q·Q2 N-B3 17. BxB KxB •• p·QS N·K2

18. N·BSch NxN 19. NPxN P·R6 20. P·B6ch K·Rl 21. Q.R6 PxPch 22. K·NI R·KNI 23. PxP PxP 24. QxPch! Res igns

"Rapid Transit" Game New York, 1923

TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENSE O. Field 1. P·K4 '2.. N·KB3 3. B.B4 4. N·NS S. PxP 6. POO3 7. N·KB3 8, Q·K2 9. PxN

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P·K4 N·QB3

N·B3 P·Q4

N·QR4 P·KR3

P·KS NxB

8·Q84

Oscar Tenner 10. KN·Q2 0.0 11. O·O? B·KNS 12. Q·Kl Q·Q21 13. N·N3 B.B6! 14. B·B4 Q·NS 15. B·N3 N·R41 16. NxB N·BS 17. NxKP Q·R6! 18. Resigns

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SCOTCH GAMBIT Max Lange v. Schierstedt 1- P·K4 P·K4 IS. B·R61 B·B4 2. N.KB3 N·QB3 16. QR·Kl Q·Q2 3. P·Q4 PxP 17. Q·B4ch B·K3 4. B-QN5 B·B4 18. N·NSch K·B3

•• 0 ·0 KN·K2 19. Q·K2! B·NS •• QN·Q2 P·Q4 20. P·KB3! 'xQ 7. PxP Q,P 21. PxBch K·K4 B. B.B4 Q.Ql '2.2. RxRch K·Q4 •• N·NS N·K4 23. N·K4 K·BS 10. NxBP N,N 24. P·QR4 QxP 11 . BxNch K,B 25. P·N3ch K·NS 12. Q·RSc'h P·N3 26. B.Q2ch K·R6 13. QxB N·B3 27. N·B31 PxN 14. N·B3 R·Kl 28. BxP N·NS

White announced mate ;n s ix.

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Here and There •••

Plenty oC activity at the Phoenix (Ariz.) Chess Club during the month of Febru-ary. The dub ehll mpionships, concluded on February 12, had a total of 47 players in eight sections, each conducte

Bell took first prize in a field of 7 play-ers with a score of 5!f.z-!f.z. Second was Ken Krysta who edged out Anthony Miller on S-8 points.

• • • • • Robert A. Karch, chairman of the

USCF Armed Forccs Chess Committee, turned his attention to serious pla~' in the Frankfurt (Germany) Open on Febru-ary 5-7, and walked off with first prize by scoring a resounding 7·0 in a fi eld of 26 players. It was Karch reports, "A tournament director's dream . . . my first win in a USCF tournament" . Bob's ll·year·old son took part in his first serious competition, playing in the 11· man Amateur Section and registering a couple of wins.

Runner'up to Karch in the main event was Gayle R. Hershey who scored 5-2 and edge

• • • • • Fifty players took part in the cham-

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In the "8" Division the winner was Raul Tamayo, San Francisco and in the "C" Class top honors went to William Murphy.

• • • • • The first USCF event ever played in

the United Kingdom was the London Rating Tournament held at the Douglas House E:\{ Club in London on February 20·22. Victory went to the tournament director , Sgt. Roland L. Goad, who scored a 7·0 sweep. Runner-up was "CSCF Life Member David Llewelyn Jones, who, at the age of 73, took part in his first Fed-eration tournament, scoring 3Jh-2!f.z . Mr. Jones is the only Life Member residing outside North America.

USCF Senior Master Eliot Hearst vis-ited the playing site on Febru ary 21 and scored a clean sweep in a blindfold dis· play and simultaneous exhibition.

Plans are under discussion for another ra te

• • • • • Final standings in the 1964·65 Hudson

Va lley (N.Y.) Chess League: Schenectady 4%- lh Albany 4 -1 Poughkeepsie 2% ·2% Kingston 2 -3 Newburgh 2-3 Yorktown

Heights 0-5 The previous winners in this event

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Jerome Hanken turned in a nifty 6-1 to walk off with top place in the Bi-Club Invitational held at the Monterey Chess Club in California. The tournament, con-

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eluded on January 15, attracted 26 play· ers. Al Larsen, with 5% points, was run-ner-up .

• • • • • A record total of 149 players turned

out for the Northern California Cham· pionship of the Ch~ss Friends of North-ern Cal ifornia, played in Berkeley on January 23-24.

Arthur Wang of Berkeley edged out :Michael Bedford of Salinas on tie·break to place first in the 42-man Expert·A Section . The 50 -player B Section was won outright by Elmo Mugnani of San Francisco, and the 43·player C Section was won by James Reinker, Portola Val-ley, with a 5·0 sweep.

• • • • • A rating tournament, sponsored by the

Klamath Chess Cl ub of Klamath Falls, Oregon, ended on January 15 with Robert A. Mitchell, 4·1, winner in section one, and John Shepherd, 3'h ·2!f2 , taking top honors in section two. Wesley McKaig directed.

• • • • • The N"ew Orleans team took top place

in the 1964·5 Lou isiana State Chess League, scoring 2'h match points out of three. Slidell, with 2-1, was runner up in the four·team competition.

• • • • • Gcorge Berry and Richard Kause

scored 4% points in fiv~ rounds to finish on top of the 41·player Gem City Open in Dayton, Ohio on February 20·21. Sol-koff points made Berry the winner and Kause number two. John Phythyon, Rich-ard Ling and Dave Wolford, all 4-1, fi nished third through fifth in that order. The tournament W JS sponsored by the Dlyton Chess Club and was di-rected by Raymond B. Puckett.

• • • • • The third annual Midwest Open Tea m

Festival was held at Ohio State Univer-sity on FebrUlry 13·14 and attracted nine teams and a total of 38 players. The Dayton Chess Club, with a 4-1 match score, took first place in the standings, followed by the Ohio State University "A" Team and the Indianapolis Chess Club. Top individual scores were turned in by George Berry, Indianapolis C.C., (board one); Paul Richman, Indianapolis C.C. (board two); Arturs Zageris, Ohio State "A" (board three) and John Phy-thyon, Dayton C.C. (bolrd four) .

The festival was sponsored by the Ohio State University Chess Club and was directed by Llrry R. Paxton.

• • • • • The 19f14 South Carolina Closed Cham-

pionship, played in Columbia, S.C., was won by Lee Hyder of Aiken who scored 41,2 points in five rounds. Hyder, a chem-ist at an atomic energy plant near North Augusta, was competing for the first t ime in this event.

Tied for second, third, and fourth, with sCOres of 4,1, were Prof Steven Shaw, Columhil-the 1963 champion- , Ernest E. Hoenck, N. Charleston, and John A. Young of Ft. Jackson.

The women's champion is Mrs. Nancy Wludyka, who scored three points.

NONA WINS SOVIET TITLE World Women's Champion Nona Ga·

prindashvili scored 15 points out of a possible 19 to win the USSR Women's Championship in Tiflis. Defending cham-pion R :nniku, E. Rubtsova and E. Vol-pert were next in line, cach scoring 13.

The follow ing game by the winner illustrates, once again, the dangers in· herent in capturing the QNP.

• • • • • QUE EN'S GAMBIT ,. RU BT SOVA N . GA PRINDA SHVILI

'- P·Q4 P·Q4 1.1. P·B4 R·Bl 2. N·K B3 N·KB3 14. Q·R6 P·K 4 ,. P·B4 '" 15. Px P N" •• P·K3 B-NS 16. B·K2 N·K 5 •• P·K R3 B-R4 11. N·B3 N.N •• ,., P-K3 18. PxN Q·RS ,. Q·N3 , .N 19. K ·Rl R·B3 •• ", QN' Q2 20. Q·N t R·K R3 •• Q" P·B4 11. Q-N2 R·K N3 10. Px P '" 22. Q·QS 8·Q3 11. 0·0 R·Q Nl 23. Res igns 12. Q·B6 0·0

Nona Gapr indashvili

Miss Gaprindashvili's challenger for thc world title will be AHa Kushnir , also of the U.S.S.R. The 23-year-old Kushnir won the three·way playoff of the Women's Challengers Tournament by scoring 2% points to 2 for Milunka Laz. arevic (Yugosbvia) and 1!f.z for Tatiana Zatulovskaya (U.S.S.R.).

Lazarevic, who came close to winning the tournament in Sukhumi (see "Chess Life, November '64, p. 263) was plagued by bad luck in the playoff, also; need-ing only a draw against Kushnir in the final game, she was unable to salvage the half point.

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