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ALEKHINE·EUWE, 1937 ______________________________ BARNIB F. WINKELMAN A QUARTET OF ENDINGS ______ • _______ • ____________________ SVEN ALMGREN CURIOUS CHESS FACTS ____________________________________ IRVING CHERNEV NOTES ON THE LATVIAN GAMBIT ____________________________ KARL BEHTING STUDIES IN COMBINATION PLAY ______________ '; _________ ARNOLD S. DENKER

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We arc taking the liberty of publishing, without the formal permission of Mr. Sturgis, an interesting letter received by him from Go.':orge Santayana, who ha:- won a distin­guished place in lilera!ure and philowphy.

To his query we can only answer that we understand flilly and completely- we refer to our articles on ·'Vanity and Chess", etc. and merely state that it i~ this appeal of the game. plus '·interest in essences", plus the hattle a,galllst OppOSitIOn, and much, much more he­~idcs that explains the fascination of ch..:ss.~

(B F. W.) Hotd Bristol, Rome

March D, 1937 BERTRAM KADISH, Art Director Dear Gcorgc :

Vol. V. No.4 April, 1937

Santayana Look~ at Chess Notes On the Latvian Gambit Alekhine_Euwe. 1\):17 Miniatul'e Games ____ _ Addenda to Griffith and White OUl' Readers' Column Game Studies Checking the News ___ __ _ A QUill·tet of I<:nding~ __ __ __ __ _ Curious Chess Facts . _______ __ _ Studie~ in Combination Play _____ ____ __ _ Problem Dcpartment .. __________ _

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Much intcn::std in the article about you in The Cheis Review. I had never heard, or properly t'Ik..:n in, the facl Ihat you arc a dis­tinguished r,layer. And as this article cnds oli a philo~()phi..:a l note, I am tempted to put a question that touches what I call the Realm of Essence, and the appeal it can make to the mind. Chess is a -contest; but suppose we re­move thl.': motive of vanity or love of winning; you might satisfy that by seeing who ca n drink the other man under the table. rather than who can checkmate him upon it. And suppo~e we eliminate also any gambling or partisan interest in having one side win rather than the other, evcn if you are a merc on­looker. Now my question is this: How much of the fa ~cination of chess comes from the ex­citement of carryi ng out a purpose under op­position; a suggestion or <"lfter-imagc of diffi­culties in living? And how much comes from the interest in formal relations. as in mathe­matics 01" Etaincd glass, or arahesques? This latter interest is what I call interest in essences; of course, the interest itself, which we may feel, will bc a form of life in LIS; hut the object in which we arc interested neeu not he living; and the point that touches my phikiOphy is whether the living intere~t in non-living things is normal in man, or is a mere eeecn : ricily or illusicn, in that nothing can really concern us except our own life,

If this is unintelligible, don't bother about it; or submit it to some other che~s-playcr , who likes speculation .

Yours affectionately,

George Santayana.

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NOTES ON THE LATVIAN GAMBIT

(W t! Iwvt! received from Km,l Behting of Riga the following interesting a.nalyticdl com­ment.)"

THE C ,Hli'~~ R"RVTEW

c=====Riga

Stockholm

12 B·QKt5 , , . ,

The Greco-Coun ter Gambit nas to date OCcn litt.le studied and is generally considered insufficient. Due to extensive analysis con­ducted in Latvia, the International Chess Fed­eration (F.I.D.E.) has given the opening the n2me of the Latvian Gambit. In order to tes< the value of the gambit for practical pur· poses, nve correspondence games were played between the Swedish Chess Federation ( re' presented by four well known chess clubs of Stockholm) on one side, and the Senior Club of Riga on the other-the Riga Club playi ng the Black side. Of the five games, Riga won three and two were drawn. This appear~ to establish the merit of the gambit. The follow­in" ;tr ~ two of the wins, which are of theoretic-'" _ After 12 KtxQP, Q· R4ch; 13 Kt-E3, B-Kt5; al interest. 14 B-Q2? White is in difficulties: 14 .. ,0-0-0

LATVIAN GAMBIT (Greco-Counter)

Stockholm White 1 P·K4 2 Kt·KB3 3 KtxP 4 p·Q4 5 Kt·B' 6 Kt· K3

Riga Black P·R'

P·KB4 Q.B3 P·Q3 PxP

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Recommended by Nimzowitsch in his "Chess Praxis" ns the most forceful continuation. Howevfn', Nim"l:owitsch considers only 6 ... , P-B3 as a .feasihle reply.

6 , , , , Kt-B3 7 Kt· Q5 " ..

7 P· Q5, Kt·K4; 8 Kt,..B3, Q-Kt3; 9 Q. Q4, Kt­KB3 leads to interesting play: 10 Kt--KtS, K­Ql ; 11 KtxRP7 , B· Q2!; 12 Kt.-Kt5, BxKt ; 13 BxB, QxP!! with advantage to Black. In this variation, 10 ... K-Ql, sacrificing the priv. ilege of eastling, is not a source of annoyance, as the second player may €asily f ree himself with ... P· QB8 and. , . K-B2.

7 . , , Q-B2 s QKt.B3 - - -

S P.QB4 is a good a itemative, but Black obtains good counter play by ... B-B4 and ... 0-0-0.

S , . . . B·K3 9 Ktx.BI·ch • • • •

Wh ite's attack is based on this apparently aggressive move, but Black is still not without resource.

9 • . , , 10 P·Q5 11 PxB

QxKt Kt~B3! P·Q4 !

with the threat of 16 .. . RxE followed by 16 , .. R-Ql.

12 . . _ . 13 B-Kt5 14 BxQKt

Not 14 .. . PxKt; 15 B-Q7ch!

0-0-0 P-Q5!

QxB

Ui BxKt ..:. PxB 16 P-K 7 Bx~~

17 Q· Kt4 eh K-Ktl 18 KtxP B-Kt5eh 19 K-Ql ....

19 P-QB3, KR-Kl ; 20 P-B3, BxPch!! 19 . . . . KR-K1 20 P· KB3 R-QBl 21 QR-Bl P-QS '_2 P_O" .0.><> , , . , ,

H 22 Q-B4eh, K.R1; ZS PxP; Q-R5ch ; 24 K-K2, R-B7ch! ; 25 K. BI, B· Q7! and wins,

22 , . . Q-R5ch 23 K-Q2 QxP 24 R-QKtl R-Ktl 25 Q-B4ch K-Rl 26 P-KKt3 B-RS

, RegigliS

There is no defense to the threat of ... BxP e.g. ; 27 K. B i, P_B4; 28 Q·Q2 (QxP 1 Q. ~Kt6!), PxKt; 29 PxB, QxPch; 30 K-QI, p. K6!!

LATVIAN GAM BIT (Gree~Counter)

Stockholm White 1 P-K4 2 Kt-KB3 3 P-Q4

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Riga Black P·K4

P·KB4 . , , .

Not as agrressive "solid" line.

as S KtxP hut a -more

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3... . BPxP 4 Ktxl' Kt-KB3 5 8-Q8·' 1>·Q4 6 B-K t:J n ·K 3

Anoth~r possibility to counteract the pres· sure Oil the QP was 6 ... Kt-83. Arte]' 7 p_ QP4 then. , , B-Q~i !

7 0-0 O-K2 8 B-1\1 5 0-0 91{t-Q2 .. ..

Beitel' was the immediate P·QB4. Then if 9 .. ,PxP; 10 KtxP, Kt·QB3; 11 Kt-K t6, PxKt; 12 BxSch, K·Rl with equal chances.

9... K t -0 3 ! F orces t he exchange of K ts and strengthens

the cent.e l·. 10 Rtxlit P)(Kt 1 I I '-QIH It·K t! 12 R-Hl P.QR4

Necessary counterplllY. White threatens to line up on the F file and at t ack the loose Pawns.

13 Q-B2 14 I' -B:l

n · Q:J ! - . . .

Not 1,1 PxP, p)(p; 15 KtxP, P_RS!; 16 KtxB, PxB; 17 QxEP, PxP!! nor 16 KtxKtch, P xKt and two piecell are s in\ultaneously attacked.

14 .... P· Ji.3

Itiga

Hi H-K lt4 1'· 1(6! The strongest co ntinuation . In a later game

Black played at this point ... B-KB4 and was only able to achieve a draw.

16 I'd' PxKt 17 I>xU HxB

The I)oin t is that should White now capture 18 QxR t hen 18 ' .. PxR(Kt) and wins.

t 8 1· · K7 8xl~ 19 Qx lkh Kt·Q4 20 QR-Ql BxB

And now Black has two pieces and the bet· tel' pOSition {or a Rook.

21 Rx}> 22 Q-R4

B·B3 Q-Kl

. 23 QxRI' BxI>eh 24 K-RI Q-K6 2.'i K R-QI B-Kt3

Black must s till pluy with ch-cumspection. The tempting 26 ... RxP fails: 26 Q- R4 !, QxR ; 27 PxR, Q_KB7; 28 Qx B! , QxPch ; 29 K_Ktl, Kt-BS; Q-B4ch, K-R2; 31 Q-82ch and wins , or in thIS variation 2!/ . , , Kt-K6; 30 Q-QSch, K~ R2; :31 Q-Q3c h with a (!I'aw by perpetual check.

26 'l-U.I U-KI 27 p -Im a U-K 3 28 Q-B2 Q-BS 29 R-K2 B-K6 30 P ( Q) -I{ I R-Kil 31 Q-Kt3 K-RI 32 Q-Kt&h K-R2 33 Q-Kt3 P-B4 34 Q-Q3eh K-IU 3:i Q-KtJ; ....

Should White have continued with 35 RxB, the ensuing po~itjons might have been amus~ ing: The play would have been 35 ... RxRj 36 RxR. KtxR; 37 Q-Q8eh, K.R2; 38 Q·Q3ch, Kt· B4 !!j 39 P -KKt4, Q-B8ch; 40 K·Kt2, QxPch; 41 -X. Bl, Q_R8~h; 42 K-K2, QxPch and White is helpless: e.g. 43 K· Ql, Q-Q<I!; 01 <1 3 K_Bl, Q-B5! or 41 K-Kl , Q-K3ch; 44 K·B2 (or Q2) , Q. K6ch excha ngi ng Q'$ with a n Easily won endgame.

35 . . . . Q·Kt6 36 RxB KtxR 37 R-K2 P-B5 38 Q·Kt8ch K·R2 39 QxP Q-B5!

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Alekhine - Euwe, 1937 DR. MAX EUWE- First of the Mo rUl ls

By B ,\RNI E F. W JNKELMi\ r-;

Since thl: earliest days of chess, the title of champion ha~ fairly bristlccl with connotation ;; of vizarury, of youthful p:ccoci,y, thl: ~lIpcr ' mind of mental marvels it magic hr«in, and invincibi lity. The rank a nd file of chess play· l',S dazzled by the legend of Murphy's pre­eminence and with the long saga of Steinitz and Laske r \ t ill fresh in mind, lent casy cre· dence to the super-human quality of the per· formance of Capablanca and Alekhinc. In each case ther t; was ample b<l.ckgrollild to n OUT '

ish the i mpre,~ of something mon; than morta l achievement

[ven l e~ser masters ahly filled the M erlin role,~Chaf()usek, Zukcrtort, Ruhinstein and Pil1srury-to name hut a few, who not only playeJ superlativc chess, but who werc im­mune from the trials and trihulations, the buf­fets and the oversights of the average experts, and to whom defeat, 011 the n.re occasion of its coming, seemed a wanton insult.

In ,;h~rr contra~t to the colorful s~ory of these genii who flashed across the chessic hori­:011, is the pro,aic record of the slow rise of Dr. Max Euwe to mastership . And since his re(()gnition as one of the world's great players, his match and tuurnament performances mnge from the level of inspired successes to hum­drum and average play, wi,h .~ome mediocre chess thrown in.

r know of few cla~sic brilliancies in which Akkhine played the part of victim. Lasker was Just as wary an antagonist, and Capablanca even mere ra rely produced a masterpiece for his opponent. But Euwe was on the losing s~de of many a famous game; to Ruhinstein in 1921 at the H ague, to Vidmar at Carlsbad in 192 9, to Kos~ic at Budapest in 192 I. H e has headed the list at the I-Iague in 1928 (amateur tourney) ilnd at I-Iasting.~ in 1930. Certainly these two firsts-in tournaments fa r below average strength, are a startling contrast to the veritable succession of triumphs each of his predecessors could marshall.

At H a,;tings in 1934 he shared first place with Flohr an(1 Thomas, outranking Capa­hlanca, Botwinnik and Lilienthal~and this---

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after Nottingham 1937* and Zurich 1934**:5 probably his hest performance. At Bad Kissin­gen, 1928 he WilS placed 3~4 with Rubinstein, in it strong field; at Berne, IlJ ~4, he sha red 2 -3 ,vith Flohr; at Carlsbad in 192 9 he WilS brack, cted with Becker and Vidmar for 5th,6th ilnd 7th; at H ,lst i llg~, 1931 he was 3:'d after Flohr and Kashdall. At Leningrad, 1934 he was 6th; at Budapest in 192 1 he WitS 6th; at the Hague in that year he scored 2 point~ out of 9.

W e elll recall his first gallle at London in 1922, when he fel l an easy prey to a simple comhination by Capablanca. There was cer­tainly nothing heroic in his moves on that day , 'Illd many a wise critic smiled indulgently.

His matche, arc also lJne\'en~victories

agi\inst Colle and Dr. 0l1ano, equali ty with M aroc:y and Flohr , minus scores agajn~t

Bogoluoow (twice) and Capablanca . He had played many outstanding games

* Tied for 3ro, 4th and 5th with Fine and Reshevsky.

** 2~3 with Flohr.

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previous to his mateh with Alekhine, but it is noteworthy that he sdected the 20th game of tho.: o.:ncounto.:r as the hcst example of his skill . And the score of that match is hy no means a hnal vcrdict on the rdative merits of the two men.

Yet it is easy to dis tort the import of all this. Of his ehess ability, his profound posi­tional and comhinative insight, there never was any question . T hc comparative uncven­ness of his ~cores merdy indicates that Dr. Euwe is a vo.:ry normal person- a talented hut husy ehess-pl;lyer, who is taken up with more serious matters, and who accord~ tho.: game, duo.: homago.:, I'ut hy no means the fanatical ad(lraticn that ,hut" out all else.

Dr. Euwe also po:,sesscs an average fund of humor, a due scnse of proportion, and neither abnormal ego nor amhition. He has made chess a :,port once moro.:, and is never unmindful of the faet that it is neither a business nor a sdenco.:, but an art and a game.

Withal I think he is more of a scien:ist than all artist. His mind is the clear-thinking mind of the mathematician, and he is champion only hceause tho.: most complex maneuvres of the ehess board arc resolvable into very simple ele­ments. H is triumph over Alekhine was the triumph of science over art. In the present status of theory the imaginative and the specu­latiw yield to the analytical and the wnscrva­tive. There were notahle exceptions, of course, ·-·Dr. Euwe sacrificed his pieces in the 25th game, but by anJ large, Dr. Alekhille's com­binations were grounded on the rocks of his opponent's clear grasp of the fundamentals of the position.

In a return mateh Dr. Euwe wil! be a form­idable oppone nt. His innate common sense wi!! serw him in g(xld stead . H e is inured to de­feat, anJ will Ilot he stunncd by it. He will re:urn to eaeh game, after victory or defeat, with to.:mrcr ullfllfficd, and with a smi le.

And a man who continues his way cheerful­ly, no matter what the bumps of the road, is apt to arrive, in any profeS5ion, and is a han] man to heat, hecame h.; is never beaten.

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MINIATURE GAMES PLAYED I N AUSTRIA-I936

SCOTCH GAMBIT (by tran!lposition)

I.. BACHER HARON DORY White Black

I I' · K-I p·K-I 1 :; 8xKt Kt-K 4 ! 2 p·Q,1 Pxl' 16 B-Kt3 H-K7! a Kt-KBa KI-QBa 17 n·lu • • • •

4 B·QB4 B·B,I If R·Kl, Kt-B6ch! 5 1'-83 P·Q6 1 7 , • • • 1t·1\! 6 0-0 P·Q3 18 Kt-R3 KI·Q6 ; Q:-.::I) 8-KK15 I9 R·B2 Kt-Ba 8 P· KS Q·Q2 2(1 ]'-B3 B·Q8! 9 PxP 0·0-0 2I R-B2 . , . .

10 B-B4 BxQp Black announced 11 HxB QxB mute in 4, 21 , . . -12 QxQ HxQ R·K8~h; 22 R-BI, 13 Kt-Kt5? Kt·Ra Kt-R6ch; 23 PxKt, 14 KtxBl' Ktxl\t R·Ktach, etc,

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Board 2 GWOCO PIANO

M. HERZHERGEn A_ H. WOOD White Black

1 I'-K4 p·K4 II Kt-K4 0-0 2 Kt-KUa Kt·QBa 12 Kt(B)· a B·H4 B·K2 Kt5 P·KR3 4 I>-Qa Kt-Ba 13 P·KR4! 8·KB4 5 8-Ka p-Qa I4 Q-Ha Q-Q' 6 QKt-Q2 p·QHa 15 P·KKt4 ! axp 7 '>·83 P-Q4 16 Kt·86ch!! PxKt 8 PxP Ktxi' 17 Qxl' Q-B4 9 Q·K2 KtxB 18 QxRP Kt·K2

10 QxKt B·Qa 19 R·KKtl B·B4 20 KI-K4 and wins .

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March, 19a7 TWO KNIGHTS DEFENSE

(Wilkes -Barre D. MACMURRAY

White 1 p.J{<1 2 KI·KR3 a B-B4 4 Kt-Kta 5 Hxl'ch 6 B-Kt3 7 0-0

P·J{4 Kt·QU3

Kt-83 B-84

K·H1? I'-Q4

p-Kn3

Variation)

A. S. KUSSMAN Black

8 Pxi' PxKt 9 PxKt P-K5

10 p-Qa Q-Q3 II P-KKt3 8·KKt5 12 PxP R·QKtl 13 Q-Q2 QxKtPch!!

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Addenda to Griffith and White By FRED REINFELD

• • • • Bird's Opening is i(X}ked upon nowadays as

something of an antique, but as it happens, a thorough study of this old line of play is con­ducive to a dear understanding of some of the most popular openings which en joy contempo­rary favor. This seemingly paradoxical state' ment is based on the following points: (1) Eird's Opening has an obvious affinity

with such openings as the Dutch Defence and the Queen's Indian Defense (for Black) and Nimzowitsch's Opening (l L,KE3, P'Q4 ; 2 P'QKt3).

(2) Among the favorite stratagems of modern opening play are

(a) playing Black's defense3 with a move in hand and

(b) transposing from relatively harmless openings into ethers that confront the opponent with difficult and unusual tasks,

From this poin: of view, Bitel's Opening is decidedly "modern "- and in recent years it has been adopted by Capablanca, Tartakower (who has played it all through his career), Pirc and Miss Menchik, among others.

Black has a numocr of ways of meeting 1 P-KB4 :

(1 ) I . . . P-K4 (From's Gambit), which will be discussed in the May issue.

(2) 1 . . P·04 followed by the character-istic moves . .. P-QB4 and ... P-K3 .

(3) 1 .. . P-Q4 followed by the character-die move. P-KKt3.

(4) 1 ... P-Q3 in conjunction with ... P-KKt3.

The attentive reader will already have no­ticed that the first three methods are also adopted by White when playing against the Dutch Defense! We know that in this latter opening, Black's aims are to control K5 and to get rid of his KB by exchanging (also, if possible, to eliminate White's QKt by ex, change, for then the control of K5" is even stronger). White's strategy in Bird's Open­ing is much like Black's in the-Dutch Defense.

And therefore, the really imp'ortant varia­tion in the Griffith and White -analysis is not Column 1, but note (a) to Column 1:

1 P-KB4 2 P-K3 3 Kt-KB3 4 B-Kt5ch

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P-Q4 Kt -KB3

P·B4 Kt-B3

5 BxKtch 6 Kt-K5 7 0-0 8 P-QKt3

P,B Q-B2 P·K3

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to be followed by 9 B-Kt2 (Bird-Janowski, Has:ings 1895).

WHITE'S IDEAL POSITION

D. JANOWSKI

From what has been said in the previous ,paragraph, it will be seen that White has nchieved his goal and has an ideal position; "nct only uoes he control K5 and is rid of the ,(wkwarJ KB, but in addition Black's Q side is \veale Black's mistake here was in the early . . , P-QB4; but the effects of this could have been mitigated by 4 .. . B-Q2; 5" BxBch, QxB {or . .. QKtxB} followed by , . " Kt-B3, and White's control of K5" will not be so thorough as in the game. No~e the similarity of all this to kindred problems in the Dutch Defense,

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Let us' observe a few more examples of this theme (in each case Black plays ... P-QB4 too soon) :

(a) A game played at Prague in 1934, in which Miss Menchik had White, beg,m as fol­lows: 1 P-KB4 P-Q·t 7 B-Kt2 B-K2 2 Kt-I\Ba P-QB4 8 KBxKt "xB 3 p-Ka Kt-QB3 9 Kt-K5 Q-B2 4 H-Kt5 B-Q2 10 P-Q3 0-0 5 0-0 P-K3 11 Kt-Q2 P-QKH 6 P-QKt3 Kt-B3 12 R-B3 • • • •

with fine attacking chances.

(b) Now see the transposing possibilities: I Kt-Kfi3 P-Q4 8 QKt-Q2 0-0 2 P-QKt3 Kt-KB3 9 KBxKt BxH 3 B-Kt2 P-B4 10 Kt-K5 Kt-Q2 4 1'-K3 Kt-B3 11 QKt-B3 R-Hl 5 B-Kt5 B-Q2 12 Q-K2 KtxKt 6 0-0 P-I(3 13 KtxKt B-Rl 7 P-Q3 B-K2 14 Q-Kt4 ....

again with a good attack. The immediate threat is Kt·B6 (Nimwwitsch-Wolf, Carls­bad \(23).

(c) And here is an interesting example of playing the same opening from both sides:

1 Kt-KB3 P-Q4 6 0-0 p-Ka 2 P-QKt3 P-QB4 7 p-Qa B-K2 3 8-Kt2 Kt-QB3 8 QKt-Q2 0-0 4 P-K3 Kt-Ba 9 BxKt BxB 5 B-Kt5 B-Q2 10 Kt-K5 R-Bl

(Nimzowitsch.- Gpielmann, New York 1927).

This is already familiar to us, but now notice this: the next day Nimzowitsch had Black against Vidmar, and the opening took the fol-lowing course: .

1 P-Q4 Kt-KB3 (better "

P-KKt3) 2 Kt-KB3 P-K3 5 . . . . 0-0 3 P-B4 B-Kt5ch 6 P-K3 P-Q3 4 B-Q2 Q-K2 7 B-K2 P-QKt3 5 Kt-B3 • • • • 8 0-0 B-Kt2

The same system, hut with colors reversed.

The attempt has therefore been made, where Black's characteristic moves are ... P-Q4, . . . P-QB4 and ... P-K3-to avoid White's check with the KB and the subsequent ex­change. Here is an example:

1 P-KB4 P·Q4 9 P-Q3 2 P-K3 P-K3 10 Kt-Q2 3 Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3 11 QKt-B3 4 P-QKt3 B-K2 12 KtxQKt 5 B-Kt2 P-QR3! 13 Q-Kl 6' 8-K2 P-B4 14 P-QR4 7 0-0 Kt-B3 15 Q-Kt3 8 Kt-K5 Q-B2

0-0 Kt-Q2

P-B3 QxKt

P-QKt4 B-Kt2 • • • •

(Bird- Dr. Tarrasch, Manchester 1890).

BLACI{'S IDEAL POSITION

DR. S. TARRASCH

H. BIRD

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One readily sees the vast improvement in Black's treatment of the opening. White still has some chances on the K side, but Black has much better prospects on the Q side or even in the center, despite White's QB!! Black has the choice of ... Kt-Kt3 and ... P-B5, or . . . B'Q3. . .. QR-Kl and ... P-K4. He chose the former course. - However, the last word has not been said

on this line of play; for, after 1 P,KB4, P-Q4; 2 P-K3, P-K3; 3 Kt-KB3, Kt-KB3; 4 P-QKt3, B-K2; 5 B-Kt2, P-QR3 White, instead of play­ing the superficial and at all events not very useful B-K2, may play P-KKt3, then B-Kt2 followed later on by P-Q3 and Q-K2 with a view to P-K4.

Column 2

This is the beginning of a very interesting game (Brinckmann- Kmoch, Kecskemet 1927) which may be found in the November 1935 issue of 'flu Chess Review, with notes by Dr. Euwe. There are a number of points which need to be stressed. After the moves 1 P-KB4, P-Q4; 2 P-K3, Kt·KB3; 3 Kt-KB3; B-Kt5; 4 P-KR3, BxKt; 5 QxB, QKt-Q2; 6 P-Q4, Kt-K5; White played 7 B-Q3 .

(See Diagram On Next Page.)

Since Black's Kt is t(X) well-placed at K5, White will have to exchange it off sooner or later. Hence it was better to continue 7 Kt, Q2, P-KB4; 8 KtxKt! Now Black is con­fronted with a dilemma ; if he retakes with the KBP, he gives White dangerous attacking possibilities with P,KKt4 later on; if he re­

- takes with the Q P, White will be able to develop his KB advantageously to QB4.

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H. KMOCH

After 7 B'Q3, however, there followed: 7 .. . P-KB4 ; 8 0 ·0, P·K3; 9 P·B4, P·B3; 10 B·Ql, B·Q 3 (there is a very iffiIXJrtant difference be­tween this B and White's QS: since White's center Ps are on black squares, White's QB is a "bad" Bi~hop and Black's KB is a " good" Bishop) ; II P,B5, B·82; 12 P·QKt4, Q·B3 and Black soon obtained a powerful attack based on the break-through with . . . P·KKt4!

.Having glanced at the Stonewall Formation in Column 2, let us see what happen~ when White advances more slowly . For example. a game Nimz.owitsch-Grunfeld, M arienbad 1925: 1 P-K3 2 P-KB4 3 Kl-KB3 " P-QKtS 5 B-Kt2 6 P· B4

Kt·KB3 P·Q4

n·KtS QK1.Q2

P· K3 . . . .

would block his QB. 6 . . . . n ·K2 7 P-KR3 BxKt 8 QxB 0 -0 9 P·KKt4 Kt-K 5

10 P-RtS .... White wants to To stop . . . B-BS.

avoid P. Q4, which White's position , only half developed, his

King unsa fe, a compromising advance against a non.existent gO<1.I-all these factors must a.1'Ouse grave doubts as to the soundness of White's opening play. The right move for Black, to demonstrate the un~ound character of White's set-up. was 10 .. . P·KB3 !! An attack against White's exposed King. supported by Black's suoerior devel9ptlie\tt, m ust be successful

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OUR READERS' COlUMN To the Ed itOr of Th. Cbfts lIewiew:

Mr. Grover's reply to t he "at tack" on chess printed in Esquire, published in the FebrUllry issue of The Chess Review, seems slightly mis· placed. The "attack" is in reality a fine tri­bute to the power of che$s to reflect life and Esquire is to be eommended for printi~g a poem on chess of such imaginative power. Too often chess is flippantly accused 0 1' tritely de­fended in doggerel verse. That chess can be t he subject of genuine poetry srems to have escaped the poets.

I would like to see The Chess Review print some more pooms on chess. I wonder how many readers agree? Seattle, Wash. BOURNE SMITH. --To th~ Edlt~r of The (:he •• nev;ew:

Deeply moved by the plaintive sighs of bore­dom of these gentlemen who find chess too dull and simple for their hypertrophied cerebra, I humbly offer the f ollow'ing modest sugges­t ions: Let us increase the complexity of the game in all its elements, foree, time, and space. To augment the firs t, let us add a pieee, t he powers of wh ich shall be such that, when placed upon one of the center squares, it shall command every square on t he board which would not be eommanded by a Knight or a Queen in its pIaee. (Really, not quite as silly as it sounds-its maxinlUlnpower would be only 29, while that of the Queen is 27.) As for time, let us accord the players the l'ight of making two or more moves at each turn to play. Finally, to increase t he space in which the f orces contend, let us give the players the right to set their pieces off the hoard and an· nounce, for example, "I place my Queen s ix imaginary squares beyond the edge of the board on the K8 fi le!' E3>0QOQOQ O : 0 : OE?'c OoOobo-e against White's shattered posi ·ion. However, Grunfe1d chose a. less energetic course, which is quite playabl e; 10 . . . . P.QBS 11 P-Q3 Q-R4ch 12 K-K2 ....

Only Steinitz and Nimzowitsch knew the recipe f or garn· ishing an opening

with such spices! 12 . . . • Kt-Q3 13 B-B3 Q-Kt3 14 P·KR4 Kt-KB4 15 B-R3 P-Q5 16 BxKt P"B

A nd now, rather than submit to 17 B·R3, prB7; IS Kt-Q2 , 8 ·R6 N imz.owitsch decided to g-ive up a piece for two Pawns by 17 O"Pch, KxB; 18 KtxP etc. Eventually Grun­feld. mentally exhausted by Nimzowitsch's un­expected movcs. lost the game- but this result should not predispose anyonc in favor of White's opening play here!

APRIL, "1937

GAME STUDIES MARSHALL C. C. CHAMPIONSHIP

January, 1937 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

(Notes by Fred Reinfeld) F. Ueinfeld R. Smirka White Black 1 P-QB4 Kt-KEa 2 Kt-KBa P-B3 3 P-Q4 P-Q4 4 P-K3 P-K3 ;; B-Q3 QKt·Q2 6 QKt·Q2 ....

With the idea of avoiding the Meran Varia_ tion (6 Kt-B3. FxP; 7 BxBP, P -QKt4; 8 B-Q3 P-QR3 etc.). '

6 . . . • B-Q3 More usual nowadays is Bogolubow's line 6

. . . B-K2 so as to avoid the exchange which is almost compulsor y in the text continuat ion af­ter the ninth move.

7 0-0 8 P-K4 9 Ktx!'

10 BxKt

0-0 PxKP

KtxKt P-KU3

But not 10 .. . P-K4?; 11 PxP, KtxP; 12 KtxKt, BxKt and White wins a P with 13 BxPch etc,

11 8-82 The only move which will induce Black to

renounce the idea of ... P-K4. 11 R-Kl would not serve the purpose: 11 ... P-K4!; 12 PxP, KtxP; 13 KtxKt, BxKt; 14 QxQ, RxQ; with an even game.

11 . . . . Kt-8a He is afraid to play 11 . .. P-K4 because of

€NO~O~OoooOoOoOoOoO~

Then, when the new life given the game by these modest improvements has been played out, let our Sehachuebermenschen contrive a game for themselvees involving fou r dimen­sions~as some modern mathematicians have done! New Haven, Conn. WILLIAM NEWnERRY.

p, S. Seriously, it does appear that Capa­blanca's suggestion would make the game more difficult; and the stalemate does seem to be inconsistent with the spirit of chess. How_ ever, "stalemate" belongs not only to chess but to the ent ire li terate world. Moreover, are not most twenty-move draws due to a desire on the part of the players to ke~p a half point in hand in prefel'.mce to a problematical one or zero, rather than to the simplicity of the game?

As for Mr. Harvey's suggestion, why has no one pointed out that it is not new but quite old, already tried and found wanting?

P. P. S. L. Steiner writes, "The Japanese ... consider it (Shogi) the greatest game in existence." According to Edward Lasker, Shogi is the vulgar game of Japan, while the game which corresponds to the chess of the western world is Igo or Go. Who is right?

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the reply 12 Q-Q3. But then 12 ... P-KB4j 13 .P-B5, ti-B2 O~ ... B-K21 loses a ~awn by 14 Q-J:l4ch, K-Fu; 15 KtxP; and 13 ... P-KS ·! is equally bad because of 14 Q-Kt3eh, K-R2j 15 Px.J:l, !:,xKt ; 16 QxBP. In this line if, 14 .. , K-Rl; 15 Kt-KtS!, PxKt; 16 Q-R3ch, K-Kt1; 1'1 H-Ktilch, etc.); 14 Q-B4ch, K_R1j with a playable game. Hence 11 ... P-K4 could and snould h.ave been played, as after the text Black's game remains cramped.

12 B-Q2 Q-K2 13 It-KI ... ,

Havin\! in view the subsequent thrust for­ward of the QP.

13 . . . . R-Ql 14 !'-QU3! ....

Since White has mapped out a brilliant fu­ture for his QB, he does not play B-B3 at once because of t he reply. , , B-RtS.

14 • .-: . 1'-34 To this ""hite could reply with 15 PxP, BxP;

16 P-QKt4 with a strong Q side majority; but at the same time Black would have good squares for most of his pieces, and the open Q file has too great an equalizing character. Hence he decides to play for the attack.

15 I'-Q5! Q-B2 In order to clear the s ituation by the seem­

ingly forced exchange of Ps in the center. But the QP continues to live a charmed life.

16 B-na! B-K2 On 16 ... PxP White cou'd play 17 BxKt,

PxB; 18 Q-Q3, P-B4; 19 PxP, P-R:!; 20 p _ KKt3, P-Kt4; 21 Kt-R4, P-QB5; 22 Q-KB3 which is banal but strong. Actually he intended (after 16.,. PxP; 17 PxP!, B-K2 (not 17 ... KtxP; 18 QxKt!, BxPchj 19 KtxB, RxQ; 20 R-K8 mate); 18 Q-Q3 with a winning attack (18 ... RxP? 19 RxB! QxR; 20 BxKt and . , ) WinS •.

17 Q-Qa , , . , Very strong, since . . . PxP can always be

answered now with BxKt, forcing mate whf' th­er Black retakes with the B or with the p,

17 ..• , P-QKt4! A bold bid for freedom, which fa ils becllu3e

of the general inferiority (If Black's game. If 17 ... P-KKt3 (to parry the threat ment ioned in the previous note ), then 18 Kt-K5 with the decisive threats of KtxBP or KtxKtP accord­ing to circumstances.

18 P-QKt3 Q-Kt3 19 (!U-QI B-R3

Threatening 20 . .. KtPxP; 21 KtPxP, RxP etc. But now White has all his pieces ar­ranp-ed for the fi nal onslaught, 19 . . . B_Kt2 would not have been any better , as White could reply 20 Kt-K5, thl'eat ening Kt xBP! or Kt-Kt4.

20 BxKt nxB 21 Q-R7ch K-Hl 22 I'-Q6! ....

The passed Pawn's "lust to expand!" Since the flight square is blocked and since 22 .. . RxP would lose a R, Black is forced to weaken his position still further,

22 . . . . P-Kt3 23 Kt-K5! .....

A simple but very forceful continuation (much better than 23 QxRPch, B-Kt2\.

23 . . . . B-KKt2

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Ii 23 ... BxKt : 24 RxB win~ easily, and if 23 ... Q. Kt2; 24 P_Q7, BXrl.t; 25 l~B and Black's position mus t f a ll to pieces.

24 Ktx lJl> K xKt Or 24 ... R-Q2; 25 KtxP winnine quickly.

25 Qxl>ch K· gl 26 (l· KS ? ....

An inexact move which, however, does not spoil anything. The s implest was 26 RxP, and on both ... :ij,-Q2 or ... R-K1; 2.7 R-K7! wins effortlessly. The "f~ncy" finlsh that Whit" was aiming for could have been achieved with 26 R.K4, 1-'-K4; 27 R-Q3, R-Q2; 28 R-BSch, K­KU; 29 R· R4, P-K5; 30 RxRP, PxR; 31 R­R.8ch a nd mate the next move.

26 . . . . H·KtZ 27 Rd' Q.8.'l 28 It.Q5 Resigns

For if 28 ... R-K l ; 29 R-BGeh with a (orced mate, and if 28 ... ~-Q2; 29 R-B5ch, K·KU ; 30 R. RSch, RxR; 31 QxRch, K- R2; 32 R·Q5 mate.

MAltSHALL

INDIAN ( Nol es by

S. Bernstein White Black

1 P-Q4 Kt-KB3 7 Q-B2 KtxKt 2 J' -QB4 J>-K3 8 QxKI 0 -0 3 Kt-K83 J}-QKt3 9 0 -0 P -QB4

. " P -KKt3 H-Kt2 10 J(-Q I P_Q.I . 5 B-Kt2 8-K 2 II I(t-KG D-K8J

6 K t -U3 Kt-K5 12 1)-K31 .... Much stronger was 12 PxQP! with the fol -

lowing po~~ibi l iticl! : I. 12 ... 1(1)xP; 13 PxP, Kt-Q2 (not 13 ...

PxP ; 14 Q-Kt3!); 14 P-B4, P-Q5; 15 RxP, BxB; 16 RxKt, BxKt ; 17 RxQ, BxQ; 18 RxRch, KxR; 19 KxB etc.

H . 12 ... BP"P; 13 QxP, Kt_Q2; 14 1'-84 winning a P.

III. 12 ... 8xP; 13 PxP, Kt-Q2, 14 P.B" BxB ; 15 RxKt, QxR (or 15 ... BxKt, 16 RxQ, BxQ ; 17 RxRch, KxR; 18 KxB etc.); 16 KtxQ, BxQ ; 17 KtxR, B-QB3; 18 P:I(B and White will come ou t a Pawn a head with good winn ing chances. 12 • • • • Kt-83 18 BxB 13 KtxKt BxKt 19 P xP 14 P- Kt3 R· 81 20 O-Kt3 15 B-QH3 R·KI 21 P-05 16 Q.R-Rl PxQ.l' 22 PxP 17 KP:I(P PxP 23 P-Q6 !

Not 23 ... RxQ; 24 RxQ! and wins. U Q.· KtoI ...•

UxB 0.·B2

It·o.BI p,p

R·B6 Q.Q'

The point. l.f now 24 . . . P-QR4 ; 25 QxKtP RxB; 26 RxReh (if 26 Q-Kt5, R-Ql). QxR; 27 P-Q7, Q-Ql i. 28 QxQch ! BxQ; 29 R-Kl !. P.B8; 30 It-K8eh. K.82 ; 31 RxB. K-K2; 82 R-KKt8 KxP ; 33 RxPch~ K-K3; 34 RxP , RxP: lUi R; QR7 and wins. {Better fol' BJack would be 29 . . . P-K t3; 30 R-K8ch, K-Rt2; 31 RxB, R.Q.' - F. R-I" '

24 .. , . P.KH3 25 RxR BxR 26 Q·K4 R.B8 27 R·Rl , , , . ,

To stoP Blnck's R from taking- the K file (l r playing a long th() QB file.

THE C HESS REVI,EW

2-7 , , • , P-Kt.3 28 R · K2 K-Kt2 2:1 K-Kt<! .. , .

This does not tum ou t- well ; bu t-, be ing in great time-pl1~ssul'e, Whit e d id not like t M look of 29 R-B2, R.Kl; $0 R-B7, Q-Kt4. In this 30 Q-B3 leaves White wit h a !rOod game.

29 . .. , P-QR4 30 R-B2 RxH 31 QxR Q-Kt2ch 32 P-B3 Q-Q4 33 Q-Kll2! ....

So that if 33 ... B-Q5; 34 Q_Q2! 33 , , . . B-K4 34 B-Kt2 QxQP 35 BxBch QxB 36 QxP Q-B6 37 Q-Kt3 Q-Q7ch 38 K-R3 , , , ,

K-Kt l was safcl', bu t t h() text loses only be-cause White tries to w in.

38 ' , , . P-R" 39 I' · B4 Q-KB7 40 Q-B3ch? .••.

40 Q-Q5 draws. White's Pawn-snatching is based on the prcmi~e that Block's K cannot be brought up to the trapped White K (see move 43) .

40 , . . . 41 qxRP

P-B3 . , , .

F, J . MARSHALL

~

4 1 . .. , Q-B8ch 42 K-R4 Q-1H7 43 P· KR3 Q-K5 44 Q-R3 . , , .

Gum·din~ against what he thol,q-ht to be the only thl'eat: 44 .. , P-Kt4ch; 45 KxP. Q-B6ch; 46 P-Kt4, QxRP mate. But White has com. plete~y "!-issed t he point of Marshall's subtle combination. "4 , , , . P.KtAch

White l'esigIIS, for if 45 KxP. Q- K7ch ! 46 P-K t4, Q-Kl Plate ! .

- - --4.>)-- -The Russian chess periodical "64" offered

prizes for the beH played games in the last RU!!sian national tour·nament. M. M . Bot­winnik, as judge. decided in favor of the games reprod"d-ceo herewith with his notes,

APRIL . 1937

RUSSIAN NATIONAL TOURNAMENT QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE

(Notes by M. IH. Botwinnik)

I. KAN White

V. ALATORZEW Black

1 P-Q4 Kt-KBS 5 B-Q3 P-KKt3 2 P-K3 I'-QKt3 6 0-0 B-Kt2 3 P-KB4 B-Kt2 7 P-QB3 0-0 >I IH-KB3 P-B4 8 Q-Kl 1'-Q4

White's s ystem of development is doubtful but Blaek has not aimed at refutation. His last move in fact is a serious blunder as he makes no attempt to guard the square K4 . ... P-Q3 was indicated . 9 Q-R4 B-QR3

10 BxB KtxB 11 QKt-Q2 P-QKt4 12 P-QR3 Q-Kt3 13 Kt-K5 QR-Bl

14 I'-KKt4 15 R-B3 16 R-R3 17 QKt-Bl

V. ALATORZEW=~

18 !'-KKt5 • • • •

R-H2 Kt-Ktl P-QR4 1'-1(R3

If instead White played 18 Kt-Kt3, Black can liquidate the attack: e.g. 18 Kt-Kt3, Kt­R2; 19 P-KKt5, P-QKt5; 20 Kt-Kt4, P-KRS; 21 Kt-KS, BxKt; 22 QPxB, PxBP; 23 PxP, P­KB3. If in this variation 21 P-8S, KtxP: 22 QxKt, PxKt: etc. 18 . . . . RPxP 22 KtxKtch PxKt 19 KBPxP Kt-R4 23 QxP Q-Kt3 20 Kt-Kt3 BxKt 24 Q-B3 Kt-B3! 21 QPxB K-Kt2 25 Q-Kt3 R(B2)·B1

Much stronger was 2S . .. Q-K5: 26 B-Q2, KtxP: 27 R-BI, Q-Kt5; with a better game for Black. Not good is 26 P-K6, PxP; 27 QxR, Q­B4 and wins.

26 P-K4 QxP 27 B-B4 P-K3

If ... P-QS White would reply R-Kl followed by R-RS with definite threats.

28 R-R6 KR-Rl 29 R-Kt Q-B7 30 P-K t6 PxP

If RxR, White has at least a draw. .

31 Q-R4 32 R-KBl 33 RxR 34 Q-Kt3

i\1. M. BOTWINNIK

Q-B4 35 Q-Kt2 QH-KBJ 36 Q-Kt4

UxH 37 QxKP R-R6 38 Q-B6ch

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Q-Q6 Kt-K2 Kt-B4 • • • •

Here White missed a win: 38 Q-Q7ch, K-R1; 39 P-K6, Q-KS: 40 Q. Q8ch, K-R2: 41 Q-B7eh, Kt-Kt2; 42 B-K5, Q-KtSeh: 43 B-Kt3, QxP; 44 R-B7, RxBch ; 45 PxR, Q-K6ch; 46 R-B2 and should win. Black may choose other variations with the same result. 38 . . . . K-R2 39 Q-B1ch Kt-Kt2 40 P-K6 R-B6 41 RxR QxR 42 P-K1 Q-K5

43 P-KR4 44 K-Kt2 45 K-Kt3

Drawn

Q-Kt8ch QxPch

QxBPch

-(0),- -

RUSSIAN NATIONAL TOURNAMENT RUY LOPEZ

(Notes by H. RAUSER

M. M. Botwinnik)

White 1 P·K4 I'-K4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 3 B-Kt5 P-QR3 4 B-R4 Kt-KB3 5 0-0 B-K2 6 R-Kl P-QIH4

N. RJUi\IIN Black

7 B-Kta 8 P-QB3 9 B-B2

10 P-Q4 11 Kt-Q2

P-Q3 QKt-R4

P-QB4 Q-B2

Kt-83

Premature. 11 ... 0-0 or ... B-Kt5 was beUer. No,,,. White gets an opportunity to ob­tain possession of the open QR fil e.

12 P-QR4 QR-Ktl The weakness of Black's 11th play becomes"

evident. 11: .. P-KtS gives White a strong post at QB4 for his Kt.

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13 RPd' 14 QP xlW 15 Kt-Bt 16 Kt·K3

UI'"I' I'xI'

B-Ka 0-0

1j Kt-KtS 18 Q-B3 19 Kt-B5

KR-Ql R-Q3 . . - -

A clever idea. The exchange on KB6 is un­avoidable, after which the white Bishop will assume a dominat ing role on K4, a nd White's K s ide Pawns will be in a position to nssail the opposing K.

.9 . . . . 20 PxB 21 Kt-K4 22 BxK t 23 B·R a 24 P -QKt4 25 P-KKt3 26 R· R7 27 RxR 28 P · KR"

N. RJUMIN ".;"

H. RAUSER

BlI:Kt P· KR3 KtxKt

B-B3 Kt-K2

1'-8;) R-Q2 Q-Ql QxR

K-RI ----{(oJ

29 P-Kt .. ! 30 P-Kta 31 P-B6 32 PxB 33 8-H2 34 R-Ql 3!i BxP 368xR 37 B-B4 38 Q-K2

Kt- Ktl 8 -K2 8xHP KtxP R-Ql Q-B2

RxReh P·KS Q-Ql

Resigns

]. Levin won the 1937 tournament (or the cham pionship of the Mercantile Library C. C. Ifl Philadelphia. T he fi nal stand ing follows:

Won

J. Levin S w. Ruth 6 B. Keitl i

S. Drasi n '5

B. Winkelman 7 Fine j

1. Ash 4 J. Leary 4 M . Morris 3 S. Sklaroff 4-Yablonowiu ~

V. DiM artino 1

Drew , -'

, .' 6 , , -' • • , 2 , o

Last P Oil1t5

I I

2 I , , , • • 6 6

11

9'h

8"

R

8 6'h 6 6 ;ih , 4'0 1

T H E CHESS RE VI EW

"CHECKING THE NEWS" with Joseph Gancher

A reJX>rt from A msterdam relates that Alekhine visited Euwe on Ja nuiuy 25tn to d is­cuss their forthcoming return match. Since losing the tit le Alekhine has put on 25 pounds and looks in the "pink" of condition . H e planned to visit Roumania, then to part icipate in a tournament in Kemeri (Latvia), and from there to go to Stockholm for the International Team Tournament scheduled fo r July 31 to A ugust 15th. He has ex pressed a preference for Eliska.ses as his second in the return battle with Euwe. The March issue of 'The C hess Review reported the World C hampion's choice of Fine as his second.

4>-

After contesting 3 games in the playoff for the 1936 Philadelphia title, with each s>;oring 1 ih - l %, I. Ash and]. Levi n decided to share the top standing instead of continuing the struggle for supremacy.

The following position occu rred at the ad­journment of the third play-off game. W hite had sealed Kt-K4 as his move and offhand it would seem as if nothing could save Black, hut he evolved an ingenious defense.

1 • • , ,

J . LE VIN =

1. ASH

To stop the thl'eatened mate. 2 K·R4

To free t he Knight.

Q-Kt4

• • • •

2 . . . • p.QB5 ! The only move .... K_B2 would lose.

a Q-R7 B· KtS ! 8 Kt-K" 4 Kt-B~h K·BI 9 Q-R7eh 5 KtxRPch K.Kl 10 Q-Q4 6 Kt·B6eh K·Ql 11 Q-R7eh 7 QxPch K·B2

Q·B3 Q-Kt2 Q-Q.

Drawn

' j . . > '

APRIL, 1937

As a sort of tune-up for strenuous days to <:OI11C at Mar)::atc, England: Kl'meri. Latvia; and thc International Te<lm Tourn<llllent ; Rcuhcll Finc visited Russia and participated in two ~mall tournaments in Moscow and Leningrad- t<l kin/o!: first place with little trou­hie.

IN MOSCOW IN LENINGRAD

PI<1wr Points Player Points Fine , - 2 Fine , - I Kan 41/2- 21;2 Lowenfis.ch • -2 Palloff , - 3

, Belawcnetz 31/2-3l;~;! R ·wits.,:h 21/2-21/2 Alatoizew 3 - , Budo , - 3 • Judowitsch 3 -,

Rauser 2 B'rew~ky 21/2- 41j2 - 3

Lilienthal 2%- 4% Iljin,C'sky 1\1,- 3 V, ---.1. C. MacLanc, of thc Boston City Club, (Mass.), has given considerahle thought to the problem that besets chess clubs everywhere­hO\l.' to gct ncw mcmbers, Thl, result of his ponderings is an idca which \\'l' hclicvc worthy of investigation and following up hy all club secretaries who are sincerely desirous of giv­ing the game every possihle chance for expan-

. ~ i on, Mr. M acLane's proposal is that the fol­lowing questions be submitted to all dub mem­bers, after which tabulation anu ,' :lmmO!1-scns: an<llysis of the replies should go far in advanc­ing the Ill'W 'missionary' work:

(a) How old were you when you first played chess?

(h) When did your interest h.'wme perm­anent?

(c) How did you learn the game? Did someone teach you without yom showing def, inite interest, or were you illd\H.~cd to learn through seeing others play?

(d) How long was it unti l you got real en­joyment and satisfaction out of playing a game?

(e) What is it about the game that particu, larly fascinates you?

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The Cincinnati Chess Cluh allnO\l1lces a series of lessons to he given all heginners and novices in the locality · who wish to take ad, vantage of instruction from fif.'t class author, ity. Among the lecturers arc Dr, P. G . Keen, ey, Ohio State champi~n: R, B. Baxter, chair­man of the instructions committee of the Ohio Valley Chess Federation, a finalist in the Southern Ohio championship; M. Bock, A. E. Plueddemann, and G. Weidner- all three also finalists in the same compctitinl1,

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The six game match between Wm. A. Ruth, Champion of South Jersey, and Clinton Par­melee, Champion of North Jersey, finds Ruth leading with iI score of 2- 0 as we go to press. The first two gamcs were played at the New­ark Rice C. C. on March 20 and 21 and the ,~hird game is scheduled for April 3 at the Camden C. C .

FmST GAME OF MATCH !\-larch 20, 1937

QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING (NotetJ by Wm.. A. Ruth)

W. A. RUTU C. PARMELEE White

1 P·Q4 J>-Q4 Kt-KB3

P-K3 2 B-Kts 3 Kt-Q2 4 I'-K4 5 KtxP 6 BxKt

I>d' B-K2 B,B

Black 7 P-Q83 8 Kt·K83 9 B-Q3

10 Q-K2 11 0·0·0

0·0 Kt·Q2

P-QKt3 B-Kt2 Q-DI

This move, indicating an immediate attack against the White K, is questionable. Black should rathel' have strengthened his own de­fense first.

12 P_KR4 1'-QB4 13 Kt-Q6 BxKt

This is necessary, On 13. " Q-B2 would fol­low 14 KtxB, QxKt; 15 B-K4 winning the ex­change.

14 QxB 15 Q-K4

Q-Ql ? - . . .

Forcing Black's reply 80 that the rook file can be opened immediately.

15 • • • . P-Kt3 16 1'-R5 l'xQl'

Black surely doesn't have time for this eoun­ter demonstration.

17 l'xK tP lU"xi" 17 .. , PxBP would lose at once by 18 P_Kt7!

18 Q-Kt4 K·Kt2 19 R-U7ch ' ...

And now the deluge. Black's last move gave White the chance to conclude brilliantly but his game wa" beyond redemption, 19 . . . . KxR 22 QxR Kt·BI 20 KtxP! RxKt 23 R-Rlck B-R5 21 Qxl'ch K-RI 24 P-KKt3 and wins.

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The Manhattan Chess Cluh (NYC) mourns the death of Louis Zcckendorf. Mr. Zcckendorf was 99, and indee(\, was less than it month sh(1rt of reaching his lOOth anniver­sary. Prior to hi~ membership in the club, where he was a favorite with all heeausc of his quite incredihlc vigor and enthusiasm, he had carried with him an intere;.t in the game that dated hick to long years of fantastic ad, venture in the pioneer days of the (llJ South antI Southwest, Among his favorite memories,

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was a game played and won ag;u.::>l no less a pcrsanagc than the Confcdcr:lte General Lon3stre~t . a victory which the winner 3 ':'

counted ,IS lucky because o f his opponcnt'i prenccupation with C ivil War matters.

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.. T he Marshall C . C. hold~ the lead in the N ew York Metropolitan Ches, League team tournament. Having defeated the strong Bronx-International group, they hold a com­manding posit ion, as the latter , a~ aggregation of comparative youngsters in the main, ad· ministered a stunni ng blow to the champion M <inhatt,IOs. leaving the Ma r, halls the only tcam with a perfect score. O f coursc, the real fi rewo rks arc s till to come, when the Marshall ~n'd Manha tt'an dllbs square off in the fin11 round match- an occa.sioo when hoth 'arc 5U~C to rc at full strength, which mea ns a fray, he­t\vcen masters on every boarJ.

. W inning seven straight in the fin als, Silmuct Factor ' clinched his ri,ght to the 19:17 city championshi p honors of Chicago. He allowed no poin's from the opposition in the qualify· ing section either. which is reminiscent of his splendid ·showing in the U. S. N ational Cha m­pionship last year,

The other fi nalists in the Chic~go cha mpion­ship were E. Gordon, L. Isaac~, B. Dahlsrro.m, G. LarsOn , G . O'Dell, F. Huard, C . Czerwlcn and F. W ebster. "

CHICAGO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP March 10, 1937

BUDAPEST DEFENSE

S. D. FACTOR Whiw

1 P-Q4 Kt·K83 2 P·QB4 P-K4 3 PxP Kt·l(tS 4 P·K4 KtxKP 5 P-B4 KKt-B3 6 B-K3 8-KtSch 7 Kt-B3 0-0 8 B-Q3 P-Q3 9 Kt-K2 Kt-Q2

10 0 -0 Kt-B3 11 P-KR3 Q-K2? 12 Kt-Q5! KtxKt 13 BPx.Kt Kt-QI 14 Q.B2 B-R.f 15 R-B3 B-Kt3

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L . J _ ISAACS Black

] 6 B:rrB 17 Kt·Q4 18 Q-B3 19 8-82 20 Q-Q3 21 R-KI 22 P-K S 23 P-KKt3! 24 Kt-Kt!'i 25 Q-K3 ! 26 P-BS ! 27 p-m Z8 B-BS!

·29 B-Ki4 , 30 Q-R6

RPxB Q·B3

P -QB3 8-Q2

p·Kt3 P_QB4

Q-R5 QxRP P·BS IhKt P:rrKP

P-B6? Q-R4 Q,B

Resi jtns:

W I!; lea rn that Sergei Prokofi eff , eminent Russian pianist and composer, is another of the better-known ~rtists who rate chess am}lug

lHE C HE SS REYI E W

their prized diversions. H e is a good friend of ..... "th Dr_ A lekhine ana Dr. T artakower, a nd has faced them over the board in inuumerable offhand bouts_ Fritz. Kreisler and Sergei Rach­maninov have demonstrated an extraordinary aflini:y for chess, too. As for M ischa Elman, Max Rosen and Louis Peninger , many N ew York club players are familiar with them as comrades-in -arms of long ami pleasant stand · mg,

-%­METROI'OLl'fAN CHESS LEAGUE

New York - March, 1937 NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE

F. J . MARSHALL ( Marshall C_ C.)

• White

1 P-Q4 Kt·KB3 2 P-QB4 P·KS 3 Kt-QB3 B-KtS 4 B-Q2 0·0 5 Q-B2 p.Q!I 6 P·K3 QKt·Q2 '7 Kt-B3 PxP 8 BxP P-QKt3 9 P·K4 B-Kt2

10 B-Q3 P-KRS 11 P-QR3 B-K2 12 P·K5 Kt·Q4 13 Kt-K4o p .QB" ! 14 P_KR4 R· BI 15 QKt-KtS! Px.P 16 Q·Ktl Q-lJ2 17 B-R7ch K·RI 18 B-K4 B:rrKt! 19 PxB Ktxp 20 PxP KtxKtch 21 B:rrKt P· Kt3

s. KARANDY "( West S ide

Black 22 Q-K' P-K4 !

K-R2 B,B

23 Q-R4 2' BxKt 25 Q-B6 26 0-0 27 QR-Bl 28 QxQ 29 B-Kt.5 30 KR-Qt 31 8·86 32 P-B .. ! 33 RxP 34 BxR 35 R-B7 36 R-Q7 37 B-B3 38 RxRP 39 R-Q7 40 R-Q4 41 R·Q6

R-KRtl R(B)-KI

Q-K2 RxQ

R-Q2 B-Kt2 R-KI p,p R,R K,P

B-Q .. B-B5

P-KKt4 R·K7 K· R"

B-KU Drawn

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METROI'OLITAN CHESS LEAGUE New York _ February. 1937

SICILIAN DEFENSE S. BRUZZA

(Marshall C. C.) White

1 P-K" P-QB4 2 Kt-KB3 Kt·QB3 3 P·Q4 I'd' 4 KtxP Kt-B3 S Kt-QB3 P ·KS 6 B-K2 P. Q3 7 0-0 P-QR3 8 8-K3 Q·B2 9 p-B4 Kt_QR4

10 Q-Q3 p.QKt4 11 QR-Ql B·Kt2 12 P-QR1? R·BI 11 P-B5? P·K4 14 Kt-Kt1 Kt-BS 15 B-Bl KtJ:RP

W. JACOBS ( Bronx-Int'l C. Co)

Black 16 P-Kt4 P-R1

Kt·B5! p,p

Q-Kt1ch KtxKtP! !

17 P-R4o 18 P-Kt5? 19 PxP 20 K-Kt2 21 B:rrKt 22 QxR 23 Q-RS 24 8:rrPch 25 QxPch 26 R-B1 27 K-Hl 28 K·K2

RxKt KbP

Q·K6! P,B

K-Ql QxPch

R-RSch Q-Kt7ch

and 1Vinll.

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SOI.UTIONS 1'0 ENDGAMES

I.

I K.R5. K(. U2ch; 2 K-n6, 1'·Kt4 ; 3 Kt-K3, Rt-Qt ; <I K· K1, K-HI; 5 Kt-R5, Kt -Kt2; 6 K­KS. Kt any; 7 Kt-QGch!! winning (hI" black Kt on the following moye.

1 K· RS, Kt·KIl?: 2 K·K6, P·KI"; 3 Kt-KS. P-Kt5;" K·H7, "·Kt6;:; B-Ka, Kt-nSch; 6 K­Kt1, Kt-Kt5ch; 7 KtxKt, I'-D4; 8 Kt-K3, fol­lowed by 9 Kt-Ql!

1 K-KS, Kt-Kt5ch?; 2 R-BS, Kt-Hach; 3 K­Kt6. Kt-KtS: .. K-Kt5!

Not 1 K-Kt5? Kt-KtI!: 2 H-Q6, R·m fol­lowed by . . . K-Ql and the Kt gets out. Nor 1 Kt-Q6ch ? K-B2 ; 2 K-KtS. Kt-KtI , followed by ... K-Q2. Nor 1 B-R4?, Kt-B2 foll owed by .. . P-Rt .. .

1 K -B7 2 K ·ns!

II.

Threatening 3 Kt-KSch, K-Q3 j 5 Kt-87ch !

2 _ . _ .

3 Kt · KSch

Kt·K2 . . - .

K-Q2: .. Kt- Kt5ch,

Kt·na K-IU

U .. . K. Q2; 4 Kt-Ktock, K-Q3; 5 Kt-87ch, K-Q4 ; 6 B-Kt2ch, K-Q5; 7 BxKt. P -B5 : 8 K­K7. P-BG; 9 B-R4 . K-Q6; 10 Kt-K5ch. K_Q7 (10 ... K-Q5 ; 11 Kt-B3ch followed by Kt-Kl­B2 ) ; 11 Kt_B4c h, K any; 12 Kt-R3 and wins .

In this variat ion if Black continues 9 .. . K­B5, then 10 Kt_K5ch, K-Kt5; 11 B.Ql, K_RG; 12 Kt-Q6, P-B4; 13 KtxP, K.Kt 7; 14 Kt-Q6eh, K-Kt8 ; 15 Kt-KI, K-B8; 16 B-R4 followed by 17 Kt·B2 and win~.

4 Klxl' (5)ch 5 Kt. Q7ch 6 B· Kt2 and wins.

III.

1 B·K S

K-XU K· Rt2

. . . . 1 P- B4 does not wi n : e.g .... P-KtO ( t hreat­

cn ing . . . K. Kt.5 winning t he Pawn) ; 2 P-Ba (Kt-Q5, Kt-K4) , K-Kt5: 3 K-KtG, Kt·K4 (threa te ning .. . Kt·Q6); 4 Kt-Q5ch, K-B5 draw.

1 , . . . Kt·K ,1 1 . .. Kt_Kt4: 2 Kt-BGch, K-Kt4: 3 P xP, Kt_

K3ch : 4 K-Kt7, KI-B5: 5 B-Q7! (B-B7, Kt -QO ; or if 6 K- R7, Kt- R3 !) , Kt-R4 ( . . . Kt.-Q4 : 0 Kl-K7ch, K-BS; 7 B-KG! or .. . Kt· Q6; G Kt-KSch!) ; 0 B·R3!!

2 p ·B4 Xtx))

IC 2 ... P_Kt6 ; 3 Kt-86ch, Kt xKt: 4 KxKt. K-Kt5 ; 5 K.Q5, P -R4; 6 P-B5, P-R5; 7 P·BG, P-Rt7; 8 B_KtG, P-R6; 9 P-B7 (not 9 B-Ktl !, K-Rt6), P -R7; 10 P-B(Q), P-Kt8(Q) ; 11 BxQ, P-R8 (Q) !; 12 Q-Kt7ch, K-R6; 13 K·B4 and wins. Or in this variation 10 .. . P-R8(Q); 11 Q·B5ch and mate in two.

"PH Ii: C H gSS REVIEW

If 2 . . . Kt-Q6, B6 or Kt5: 3 Kt-B6ch, K-R5 ; 4 Kt-K5ch a nd wins the Kt.

3 Kt-B6ch K·Kt4 3 ... K-R5 ; 4 Kt-K5ch, K-Kt6; 5 8-B2 a nd

wins: e .g. 5 . .. P·R4; 6 KtxKt, P-R5 ; 7 Kt. Kloch, K-R6; 8 B.K8, P-Kt6 , 9 KtxP, P-Kt7 ; 10 Kt-B3, K-Kt6; 11 Kt_KU, K-87; 12 B-KtGeh.

-I Kt-Q4eh K-B4 " Kt·Kl3ch K-Q4 6 B-82ch K-KS 7 BxK t and winll.

IV.

1 P-R7 ..•• 1 PxP is refuted by ... RxPch ; 2 K- Kt3, R·

Ktl ; 3 B-Q4 , K. KU; 4 B-B6, B-KS. 1 P -B7 is refuted by ... RxPeh followed by

. .. R-QB7 or 1 ... B_Q4ch followed by . .. 8 · Kt2.

1 . . . . RxPeh 1 ... K-Kt2 ! ; 2 B-Q4ch, KxP; 3 PxP,

P-R8(Q); 4 P-Q8(Q), B-Q4.ch: 5 K-Kt3! R­Kt8ch: 6 BxR, QxBch; 7 K-B4. and draws. Also if 1 . .. B-Q4ch ; 2 K-Kt8 !, K.Kt2; 3 PxP will draw.

2 K-Kt3 .... 2 K-B3 ?, R-B7ch ; 3 KxR, P·R8 (Q); 4 P-B7

(PxP, Q-B3ch). Q- B3eh ; 5 K-Ktl (if K moves to a white square Black wins by ... B-BSch or ... B-Q4eh followed by ... B-Ra or . . . B-Kt2 respeetively). Q·Kt3ch; 4 K-BI (6 K-B2 or 6 K-R2 then . .. Q-B7ch followed by .. . K-Kt2), B-B5ch; 7 K.Kl, Q_QKt8ch; 8 any, Q-Kt 7ch; followed by !) ... B·RS!

In this val'ialion if (after 4 P-B7, Q-B3ch) 5 K-KI, Q-B6ch; 6 B-Q2, Q-K4.ch; 7 K-B2, Q­B4ch; 8 B-Ra , Q· B7ch; 9 K any. K-Kt2 wi uJ.

2 . . . . R-Kt7ch 3 K-R4 P·R8(Q)

3 . .. P-R8( B) ; 4 B. R6eh, K-Kl; 5 B-Kt7, BxB ( ... R- Kt5ch, 6 PxR, BxE ; 7 P-B7); 6 p. R8( Q)ch, BxQ; 7 PxPeh, etc.

3 ... R-K t.5ch ; 4 P xR, P -R8(Q) ; 5 PxP will d l'lIW .

4 B-RSch !i I'-H8( Q)ch 6 PxPch

Stalemate

K-Kl QxQ

K a ny

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CURIOUS CHESS FACTS By IRVIN G CIIER;';EV

One of the special prizes donated for the TalTasch-Mieses Match of 1916 was a half-pound of butter, to be presented to the winner of the Match. (The war­time date explains the value of the prize !)

In the Philadelphia 1936 Tournament, a player in the minor section was about to seal a move before he realized that this move forced checkmate at once!

At the British Chess Federation Tournament (Cheltenham 1913) a game was awarded the brilliancy prize in the Class B Section-although it was all "book" from the first move to the last!

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The "opening of the future," as Tar­takower calls the Reti-Zukertort Open­ing, was played as far back as 1804 by Napoleon Bonaparte!

In 1891 a team match was played in the Manhattan Chess Club between the bald-headed members and the full­haired members. The bald-head:'> won by 14-11.

(1JlHs~r(!~io)'\s by J. PIERRE BEQUE)

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AilE CHESS AND CHECKERS SISTER GAMES'!

In Che~6 , White moves first. In Chess, captures are optional. Chcss is played on all 64 squares. In Chess, only one piece may bc cllptured at a time, In Chess, the captur­ing piece J'eplnccs the captul'cll piece.

In Chess, a stalemate is a draw In Ches:-;, when II

Pawn 1"cnthes the la~t rank, it may be pro· moted to anything but a King. In Chess, th{' "ariOU6 pieces have diffl'r ... nl ways of moving.

In Chess. VOI1 mllv . . thoOHe your openillj:t.

In Chess. the I'e is n time limit of a certai n number of moves per houl'.

THAT'S 01.0

STUfF!

In Check{'rs, Black moves first In Checkers, captur('s arc compuhsory. Checkers is played on the 32 black squares III Checkers, several pi('ccl< may be cap· tur('d at on(' stroke. In (;heck{'tl<. tht' cap· turing piece jumps over to the !Square bt'· yond. In Checkers, a stalt'· mate winl<. In Checkers. a pit'ce reachin).( the last rank, may bt'come a Kin).( nnly.

In Check{'rs, all the pil'Ct'H move in the samt' way and hal'e the samt' puwers In Checkers. the open· in).(s are re:-;trict('d by ballot. In Checkcrs, there is a time limit of the min· utes on any ;;p('cific mov('.

Steinitz and Zukertort were once present at a dinner where a toast was given to the "Chess Champion of the world." Both players stood up!

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Deschapelles was once the World Champion at both whist and chess. The Deschapelles coup (his invention) is still used today by bridge players!

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Studies In Combination Play •

B\' ARN OLD S. D ENKER

An example of an idea that occurs rather frequently in over-the-board play when one side has a preponderance of position and development.

Breslau, 1859 H. HILLEL

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A. ANDERSSEN

1 B-Kt5 QxQB 3 RxRch KxR 2 Q-B!kh QxQ 4 R-KS mate

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The famous brilliancy' prize game of the Hastings Tournament of 1895 is the next study. It is a problem for the problemist, and has often been descr ibed as an example of the poetry of chess.

Hastings, 1895

C. YON BARDELEBEN

1 RxKtch .••. A mov e based on the fact that Black cannot

recapture with the K or Q.

GO

1 . . . . K·BI 2 R-B7ch K-Ktl 3 R-Ktich K-RI

If 3 . .. K_BI; 4 KtxRPch would win. 4 RxPch K-IHl 5 R-Kt7ch K-B1

If 5 ... K-RL 6 Q-R4ch, KxR; 7 Q-R7ch, K-B1; 8 Q-R8ch, K-K2; 9 Q-Kt7ch, K-Ql; 10 Q-B8ch, Q-Kl; 11 Kt-B7ch, K-Q2; 12 Q-Q6 mate,

6 Kt-R7ch and wins. --w-

Four forcef ul moves, and White can­not avoid mate. Hardly believable!

Lodz, 1907 A. RUBINSTEIN

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Black continued : 3 QxR 1 . . • • RxKi 4 Q-Kt2

BxBch R-R6!

2 PxQ(forced) R-Q7 Resigns (Cont inued on Page 96)

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THEME PALAESTRA This month's problem farc continues the

asscn iOll of a tendency which we hiwe found most hea rtening, i.e. to seek for the new and little explored, that which has not rn.cn done kernrc.

O ne of the greatest living au: horitics on problems has said that the majority of com­position~, especially two movers, arc simply re-arrangements of past work. Certainly ex, perienced solvers can finc! li ttle joy in repeti­tious efforts. After all, it is the novel that thrills. T o My " just another two-mover" is damning criticism for it means lhal the crea' tion has failed in its prime aim- to entertain, and that the solver has actually "uffcrcd bore­dom! On the other hand, how keenly a sur­prise delights us, whether it he suntle strategy, a thematic dl'vice, or an Ilnlnokt'd for mate or echo!

N o. 656 is an airy example of a theme in­volving hlack unpinning of which we have presented several illustrat ions in recent months.

No. 6i7 depicts an idea nOW having con­siderable vogue among the cont inentals and cha racteri ted ny hlack ~I f-inte rference which allows mate in the line of pin. I. ... Pd4 shows a Plachutta interference- interference between pieces o f the .\Glo me mot ion in th.l t line of motion-· in this case pawn and rook. P lay­ers who have hcrn following M r. T h. C. L. Kok's a rticles on " Plachutta Inh::rferent::e in the End Game" will recogni2e this (lcviec.

Of N o. OS9 Mr. W allis states that it shows Black knight three-fold interferences with a hlack bishop pl us two interferences with hlack rooks.

N os. ()60 and 66 1 arc along novel lines. the idea heing White pawn-one-two play co-or­dinated with Black pawn-one-two defenses. The scheme is new to us, hllt we await final word from Mr. C. S. Kipping, C urator of the A. C. W hite Col.!ection.

In N o. ()6~ Mr. Bukofzer exerci.~es his well­known penchant for knight and hishop com­binations o f coOweb lightness.

No. 665 reveals a two-fold sett ing of a com­plex decoy idea popu larized h), T he Viennese Circle.

No. 666 cnJ!aJ!CS a clever and litt lc-,vorked stratagem.

No. 667 is a trpieallr d ifficult Tracy three-er.

No. 668 is a noteworthy collaborative achievement- a stimulating them;ttic study with a douhle Indian effect .

In No. 672 hoth the fairy enthusiast and the orthodox solvcr wi ll fi nd diversion. The Grasshopper (invClted Queen) 1Il0Vl!S in same lines i1S the Queen hut only hy hopping over onc man of cither color to the square heyond, and has power only over that square. Thus: 1. G (h8 ) covers only h5", u6, and ha.

Nos. 67".'. anu 674 arc selections from A. C. White's Christmils volume "A Genius of the Two-Mover: ' Of No. 67~ Godfrey Heath­cote saiu "The (illest half-pin two-!.!r I know." No. <i74 is a masterly illustration o f interfer­ence unpin of White.

Nos. (7) and 676 arc eXilmpl\'s quoted by A. Ellcrman in an i1rticle in "EI Ajedrez; Americano" on unpinning theme~.

No. 67; contains a changed cross-check plus interference unpins, an idea fi rst set forth in a pioneer version by Dr. Gilbert DOObs: I I I B Good Companion T wo-Mover 1914, 3rd Hon. Men. s lb5, K3Sr2, 2RS. 4kBR I, JSPl sl, p i PI , IB5p, 3Q2bq . Key: Qc2 .

Nos. 67i and 678 hy K. S. Howard involve "pecial en pass,lnt play, and arc two of a -eries displayin).! the remarkahlc thematic fer­ulit), of this seemingly limited maneuver.

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No. 655 SIMON COSTIKYAN

New York City

No. 656 EDWARD L. DEISS

Covington, Ky.

No. 657 DR. GILBERT DOBBS

Carrollton, Georgia

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N'o. 658 PRED SPRENGER

New York City

Mate in 2

No. 659 W. W. WALLIS

Johannesburg, So. Africa

No. 660 W. K. WIMSA1'1', JR.

Washington, D. C. =

Mate in 2

No. 661 W. K. WIMSATT, JR.

Washington, D. C.

No. 662 R. J. BERMUDEZ Tampico, Mexico

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Mate in 3

No. 663 l\'IAXWELL BUKOFZER

Bellaire, Long Island

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APRIL, 193 7 _. .

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No. 664 DR, G, ERDOS Vienna, Aus tria

No. 665 A, D. GIBBS

Roches ter, N~ Y.

Mate in 3

No. 666 P. L. ROTHENBERG

New York. N. Y. Dedicated to R. Cheney

in S

No, 667 1. F. TUACY

Ontario, Califo~nia

No. 668 OU. GILBERT DOBBS and OTTO WURZBURG

Mate in "

No. 669 ING. H. GUTTMAN

Vienna, Austria

Mate in 4

No. 670 DR. P. G. KEENEY

Bellevue,

No. 671 MANNIS CHAROSH

Brooklyn, N. y,

No. 672 MAXWELL BUKOFZER

Bellaire, Long Island . =

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No. 673 C. MANSFIELD

1 pr El Ajedrez Argentino 1926·27

No. 674 C. MANSFIELD

Commended: Sports Referee 1933

No. 675 Author?

Hon .. Men. Western Morn­ing News and D. Gazette

1932

No. 676 Author! 3rd Prize

Eis Eseace a Catalunya 1932

No. 677 KENNETH S. HOWARD

Western Morning News 19315

Mate in 2

No. 678 KENNETH S. HOWARD

The Empire Review

===~ 1925

Mate in 3

No. 679 M. HAVEL

1 Pl'. Prochaska Memorial 1936

Mate in 3

No. 680 V. MARIN

Latois, 1925

No. 681 V. MARIN

1 Pr. Spanisll Tourney = 1920

SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS ARE DUE MAY 10th, 1937

A P RIL , 1937

A GEN IUS OF THE TWO-MOVER

C. MANSFIELD

This volume conlains a selection of 11 3 pro­ble ms by C. Mans f ield, the g reat conte nlporary of whom Brian Harley has said "The general opinion. with which I concur , is that no gl'eatel' two-move composer tha n Comins Man~fie l d has ex isted."

• Tre ncha nt a nd authoritative comment I~

g iven on each problem, main ly by Mr. A. C. White although the remarks of a number of other Camoull problemis ts a re quoted. Many of these problems have a lready taken their place as famil ia r c1allSies, others not lIO gen­e ra lly kllown but of the h ighest excelle nce will give the solver many de lightfu l hours.

T he ca ption "32nd and F inal Veal' of the Christ maK Ser ies" on the t itle page wil! grieve ma ny who have long enjoyed the bounty of this unequalled patron of Ca issa.

The work is most a ttractively a rranged , with large, clear diag rams, s killfully placed solu­tions which do not catch the soJve l" s eye aga inst his wiJI, a nd is handsomely bound.

We reproduce a t random two problems f rom the ~election in this month 's Quotl:'d Section.

THE EMERY MEMORIAL

Published in memory of the widely known a nd beloved problemist, Geor ge R. Emel'y, this volume iR a Mplendid t ribute to an unulllla l personality.

T he introductol'y articlc.'! and biographical sketches a l'e not only interest ing, but mani fes t t he ehal'actel' of Emery in warm human col­ors.

In ad(tition to two unpublished gems by Emery. there a re twenty-four memorial prob­lems. contributed by Emery's composer f r iends a nd admire rs---<ompositions of a h igh quali ty which will prove most engrossing to the solver .

The editorl'l are to be complimented on the excellent format-tasteful printing, elegant pa per, large clear diagl'ams, and complete so· lutions on the f inal page.

Those who wish t o obtain a copy of this most desirable work may do so by writing to the editor , Dr. .Gilbert Dobbs, Carrollton, Georgia, who has a limited number or copIes on hand and will accept subscriptions.

-4-VALENTIN I\I ,\RIN

This t ruly great composer was born in Bareelona on January 17, 1872, where he lived unt il his death at the age of sixt y.f ive years.

He learned cheRs very young, and fi rst be­gan to publish problems in 1889, s ince when he rapidly a t tained the highest ranks of problem­dom. Hi!! 'compositions were ma in ly of a them-

" a t il type in t he style of the old Germa n school, in which J . Be rger waR a pioneer influence. With Wolfgang Pauly he was fo r ma ny years one of the fore nlos t exponents of difficult !ltr ategy combined with thematic bea uty.

We reproduce two of h i" problems, one a brilliant f irst prize winnel' and the other a compal'a t ive Iightwt!ight.

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INFonMAL LADDER

M. Gonzales 331,73; A. 'fokas h 284,50; G. Plowman 232,;)9, 1'. Uothenberg 227,89; J. F. Tracy 21 8.5 2; Dr. P. G. Keeney 206.- ; H. B. Daly 203.72 ; A. S hefte l 172,61 ; H. Haus ner 165,32 ; VI'. G. Dobbs 162,65 ; \Y. Pat~ 144,74 ; K. Lay 117,-; G. Berry 9.t,12; •. Burs tein 87,63; \Y. Jacobs 85,- ; I . Genud 75,-; I. Riv. ise 70,26; M. Gershe nson 66.-; I. Kashdan 65,94; G. N. Cheney 60,- ; V. Rt}Sado 52,-; Bourne Smith 46,34; L. Greene 44,47; B. Wise­garnr 41,_; \Y. Va nwinkle. 27,-; M. Herb­berger 23,-; W. Towle 22,_; I. Hum 17,-; K. S. Howard 17,_; J. Casey 16.-; P. Papp 16,-; W. Neuer t 8,18 ; E. S hortman 8,-, W. Ibwlings 7,_; J . Turner 7,_ ; A. Palwick _ , 16.

No. GOI.

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SOLUTIONS 1»' Kill IJee... I . Qfli. N r . C. s. )(11'1';"11: 1' .. l n t ~ ""I II", ! lhi~ I~ ""m. I,I~ .... I)· Rnl1 .lp .. 1.ed b)' J. Mu~. T;jd"",hrif~ ~u"tt>d Au,hen\l1'·An .... l"e. 1929. IBlrllS<II . ~. l.p5. 2kl·IQ2. 1.lmt2. K 1$I1I>.1. I' PpHl'p2 . 5.2. . ·~;d. ..

No. 602 . hy M. eha.o.h . 1. K"r •. Th rM t..-nln" . h.., k f" ' <,e; "bv""," hy.- .J{ . Hn".n~r.

No. 603. by Dr . ~:.dooo. 1. Kf.. f: iKht ,,<,rfed 8 vRr l,,_ t ion w ith" "t d" RI •• _ M. G<>nul<!1.

No. '0 • . by B. Mar.hll. 1. K<~.

N .... 60~. hy 1'. 8pr~n,,~ r. I . P~ I' ~.p.

No. GOG . .... P. 8"."no«. . 1. lb d!>. Splendid .. nd r ei • • tively """n<>mlu l.- I'. HothenberK.

No. 607. by W . W lm .. U. I ntent ion : 1. Hf~ C""k.-d b~: 1. s..4~ h

No. Gtlll. by 7.. 7.lIahl. I . "",. U nt,in pM(" ....... nlee "'. te.- t' . R<>then"". " .

No. 60~.

N<>. 610.

b)' S. C .. "Ukn!l 1. Hot . Thrf10t 2. I'd~h 1. )<<>t;~. Qc6 t h 1. " , . RM; 2. lh,T'ek 1. Rr~ : 2. f! ~ It<:h 1. Rd~: 2. 1'~ 1t P in. nnd m\jtu,,1 Interfero no"" \'~r y ",><><1._ W . 1' ..... hy Dr. C. 1)0101100 I. M4. T llreoot. 2. Searh .nd 2. 811Mb I. .. Kx8 : Z. Odl I . _ BxS: Z.O' kb M"r"'''"'~ .. n b t r)!'. n ... 1 of ", .. nl b. __ M. C;o" .... lH.

No. 611. by Dr . G. J.:.d". 1. P f • . J'xJ' ".1', <or 1'<4: 2. RI>C I. ..... Sf'l': I . .... )IxI' ;

N ... 612. by A. D . GlbI>o I . PxP Thre<ot 2. 11~~ I. ., hP:~. Q"l I. J' f6: 2. Q~6

No. GU . by R . Cben*y !n t.< nt;on: 1. Kdl. T hreal : 2. 8.2. 11

2. Selkh 2. R fl

96

No. 61~ .

l. . .. . PxB; 2. Qd~ 1 . .. . , e6xS; 2. SxSch I. . . , '5xS ; 2. B .. ~ or QM Cooked by; 1. Rf:lch Ke4; 2. Rf'2c h A RlQok pawn on ". clirnin~k" both and t he dual. --Bd.

by 1. Guttma n 1. Re4 , PxR ; 2. llxP, Ed5; ~ . S<l6 1. Ug8 ; t , lte8 1. B eI.c; 2. 8."

the c()Ok

No. 6 16. b~ W. Ja~()b"

I. Qc6. Th,..,at: ~. ~!<6, K",4; 3. Q,,~ " h 1. Kxl'; 2. Q,,2, Rd; 3. l'x1~ch 1. P"f4; 2. BlI"6ch , Keo ; ~. Qeoc.!> 1. 2. Kg4 ; 3. Q!(2ch 1. Pwl ; 2. Bp:S, Threat: a , qc~ I. 2. RxdG;~. Qc.;ch l. Rxd Z; 2. QO:l. Ke4; :;. Q.<l'ch l. 2. ReZ; 3. lIg6ch I. - It>!':) : 2. P"U. Pxi'; 3. Pd~ l. ,. .. 2. Pe.j;~. Qc5ch l. .. 2. Pxd6; 3. Of3 1. JU3; 2 , Q~ R. Pxf4; 3. Pd~ L lld5; 2. Qc3. Threat 3. Bj.(fjeh Prolit;" yat i~ty f",' a 4_mo ver. __ W. l'lIt-t.

No. G16, by J. F . TrMY 1. Qel , p~~ ; 2, 1. 2. 1. 2. • , • •

",,,4, Reo; :l. ScGch Kd~; 3. Sf2eh P !l3: 3. SxgS Sb6: :1. Qc:lch

L Ra.j , L L 8b6 ; L

,. ,. ,. , Sdl. Tho·eat 3. Qc~ch

Kd3; 3. Sf2ch Sxl'ch. RxS : ~. QcSch

KdS; 3. Qdlch

No. 617. b.v Dr. G. Dobb. 1. Qd? Qb6 or f1; 2 . Q15ch. QxQ; 3. Pf7 . Q08

m"" I. RxP; 2. QxRch. Qd5;~. Q<17. Q).(~ male 1. Rg2; 2. Kf7. 11.).(8; 3. Qd5<h. QxQ m ate I. Rdl; 2. QxPch. R"Q: · 3. I'f7. Qc B mnte.

No. 618. by G. PlownHon I . &4. Pd~: 2. B1<5. 1'<12:

(Rleh; 4. Od.'leh 3. Bh4. I'd! (Q) or

1. 2. ~. Qxl'ch

1. 2. 3. I'dl (S); .j. Sc~ ch

No. G\9 by W. P opp. 1. Kf2 .

No. 620. by J. S",,,hy. 1. QI,6.

N<>. 621. by A. Mari. l. Kb7. No. 622 b)· U. Ca..tell .. ri. 1. Qn.

NQ. 623 . by C. Mansfield. 1. Ilh5. No. 624. b)· K. HajcJo:

1. SfS. Th,·ea t 2. 1'<15 1. . . e~"S: 2. P e4 I. . . . f(4xS; 2 . Qh1

No. 620 . bv J . Hal"mbir~k 1. QhR. Ub8 ; 2 . Qa \ . Ba7: :J . Qdl 1. ~ . B1I3; 3 . Ke2 ch I. Bb7 : 2. Qr:7. Br:~; :1. Qxb7 I. .. . BeG : ~. Qc~ . BeS; 3. Qx~6

No. G26. by F . Sack",,,,, 1" «,,,U on: I. Qh6. R eo: ~. Qc~e h . Kd5;

L ~. QM

2. Kb5;:1. Qb6ch L 2. Kb.; 3. Qet; L 2. SdG; ;j . QxSch. KM;

, Cook~d l. Qa6. , L

"

4. Qb6eh Kd4: 2. Qc:lch . Kd5; 3. QhG by: Kc5; 2. QeG etc. M "hove Kd-l, 2. Qnicb. Ke3; 3. Qc:lch. Kb·l; 4 . Qe5

. . 2. 3. R,·Z : 4. Qb:k·h . . .. 2. Kd5 ; 3. Qb6

No. 627. by Dr . 0((0 BI~tby I . Bo3. Q1I:3; 2 . Bal, QII:I; 3 . ReS. Q!<2: 4. Rb2. Q;;I: 5. Bel. Q!<2 , 6. Dd2. Qr:1 : 7. Bel. Q1f2 : R. Df2. Ke8; 9. K,,7. KdS; 10. Rb7. Ke8 : II. BM. "!Cd8, 12. B).(5, Q~2: 13. Fr:8 (Q)ch. Qe8; 14. Qg7 , Qe2: l 5. QxP. PeG; 16. QrR"h. QeS; 17. Pi7 mate. mack'. best def"""" nee","sit3t<!; 17 mov"~ r<>r the mat<!. Shorter mates ch.im~d by SOme sol _ ver. are due to inferior def.m."".- Ed.

THE ChESS REVIEW

(Continued ft·om Page 90)

The depth of the following sacrifice is hardly to be equalled, particularly in view of Black's undeveloped position.

Teplitz-Schonau, 1922

Black played: 4 H-K2 QxKtP 1 . . . . RxP 5 Kt-Ktl Kt-R4 2 KxR QxBPch 6 Q-Q2 B-Q2 3 ((-In . . . . 7 R-B2 Q-R5ch

Desb·ing to keep 8 K-Ktl B-Kt6 the second rank open 9 B-B3 BxRch for rook and qUEen. 10 QxB P-IH{i 3. . . . Kt· B3 11 Q-KKt2 It-KBI

And Black won in seven more moves .

_ 0-

. The double bishop sacrifice

plified to perfection here. IS exem-

1 Kt-R5 2 BxPch 3 QxKtch

Amsterdam Tourney, 1889

KtxKt KxB

. K-Ktl

4 BxP 5 Q-Kt4ch 6 R-B3 and

KxB K-R2

wins