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Brand - - - - =~ - - 20 Prosiem Review, by Maxwell Bukofzer - - - - - - - - - 2 Proptems - - - - - - 2 7 7 2 ee ee ee ee ee 28 This number is being called the January-February issue merely for the sake of conve- nience. During the current year, a special 48 page number will be published without additional price to subscribers. Published monthly by The Chess Review. Business Office, 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Wood- . side, .N. Y. Publication Office, 203 East 12th Street, New York, N. Y, Phone, GRamercy 7-9517. Yearly subscription in the United States $2.50. Elsewhere $3.00 Single copy 25 cts. Copyright 1934 by The Chess Review. CONTRIBUTING. EDITORS: LAJOS STEINER REUBEN FINE BARNIE F. WINKELMAN Dr. S. G. TARTAKOWER LESTER W. BRAND IRVING CHERNEV HANS KMOCH JAMES R. NEWMAN DONALD MacMURRAYNEWS EVENTS a Kashdan on Tour I, Kashdan, challenger for the United States Championship, now held by Frank J. Marshall, has just reached Chicago, Ill, after a series of simultaneous exhibitions in the Eastern part of this country and Canada. The schedule of the cities he will visit and the scores to date follow: Ww DL Feb. 9 Binghamton, N.Y... 13° 1 0 "14 Washington, D.C... 20 3 0 17 Montreal, Can. ...... 58 9°5 18 Montreal, Can. - 50 16 7 "21 Toronto, Can. ....... 34 41 March 3, Chicago, Ill; March 4, Irving Park, Ill; March 6, Milwaukee, Wisc.: March 9-11, Winnipeg, Can.; March, 13, Omaha, Neb. March, 15-22, Denver. Colo; March 24-26, Dallas, Tex. M. S. Kuhns Visits St. Petersburg Chess Club M. S. Kuhns, President of the National Chess Federation of the United States, visited the St. Petersburg Chess Club in Florida, while on his vacation. As reported by Albert H. Gerwig, the club has enjoyed one of the most success- ful seasons in its history. Weekly lec- tures on the game by J. T. Beckner, Presi- dent of the Miami Chess Club last year, created a great deal of interest. se # Harold Morton at the Wells Memorial Chess Club The Wells Memorial Chess Club of Boston recently held a simultaneous ex- hibition in which Harold Morton, New England champion, was the solo per- former, against 29 members of the Metro- politan League. Mr. Morton won 25, drew two and lost two. Margolis Wins Chicago Championship Albert C. Margolis of the Professional Men's Chess Club, Western Champion in 1927, has added the title of City Cham- pion of Chicago to his laurels. Out of a strong field including two other former Western Champions, this young master demonstrated that after a retirement of years, he has regained the form that at © the age of 19 permitted him to hold his own with anyone west of the Alleghanies. Going into the final round, Margolis was faced with the necessity of winning his game with Factor, no mean assignment under any circumstances. A draw would not suffice for the scores of the three lead- ers at that time were: Factor 514, Mar- golis 5, and Edgren 5, Margolis succeeded in wresting the game and needed point from Factor and he was given loyal support from his club and team mate, Sol. R. Friedman, who rose to the occasion by defeating Edgren in the same round thereby preventing a tie for first place and leaving the latter in third place, half a point behind Factor. Final standings are as follows: Margolis Factor Edgren ‘Blison . Hahlbohm . Isaacs ... Friedman Kent Price The new titleholder is also captain of Professional Men's Chess Club team which is engaged at this writing in a neck and neck struggle for the team champion- ship in the Chicago City Chess League.Januany-Fepauary, 1934 THE CHESS REVIEW 3 Seventh Rumanian Chess Congress The 7th Congress of the Rumanian Chess Federation was held on the 29th and 30th of December, 1933, on the pre- mises of the Chamber of Commerce in Bucharest. Major C. Caraman presided with Mr. Aurel Lernovici acting secretary. Engineer Alabar Kery delivered the opening ad- dress. It was decided to make several. changes in the organization, to raise its standards to an equal basis of those of other for- eign countries. It was also suggested that the playing of chess should be introduced in schools, manufacturing concerns and in Military as well as private institutions. Efforts are being made to widen the radius of activity of the Federation, and an ap- peal was made to the Press for the en- couragement of Chess playing, which in their opinion, develops the intelligence, keeps man preoccupied, who thus becomes more ambitious for intellectual activities. The results of the election of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Federation was as follows: Active President, Engineer Aladar Kery; General Secretary, Engi- neer Henry Taubman: Secretary, Engineer Ionescu; Treasurer, Mr. S. Thau: Libra- rian, Mr. Alex. Nagy; Honorary Presi- dents, Mr. Mihail Sadoveanu, Engineer Liviu Ciulley, Engineer Cesar Mereuta. Championship of Scotland For the third time in succession, W. A, Fairhurst won the championship of Scot- land, J. B. McGibbon, a newcomer in the tournament, was the only one to succeed in drawing with Fairhurst. The score: wok W. A. Fairhurst 440=O«w J. M. Aitken .. re! 1 R. F, Combe . 2 3 J. B. McGibbon . Wy 3% G. Page ..... 1% 3% HN. Walsworth .. 1% ay Trebitsh Memorial Tournament The sixteenth Annual Trebitsh Memo- rial Tournament, played at the ‘‘Hietzing” Chess Club in Vienna, had an entry list of 16 competitors. Hans Muller and E. Gruenfeld, both members of the home club, tied for first place with a score of 1014 points each. R. Spielmann won third prize with 10 points, B, Honlinger and E. Glass shared fourth and fifth prizes with 914 each, Prof. A. Becker was sixth with 9, and D. Pod- horzer and Kolnhofer divided seventh and eighth with 8 points each. woe Mercantile Library Chess Championship With but a few games still unfinished, the results of the Mercantile Library Chess Club Championship, are as follows: woods: Levin 1344 1% Weiner rn 2 Bailey 10 4 Hesse 9 4 Winkelman. 10 5 Drasin .. 9 5 Ruth . 1% 5% Regen 8% 64 Gordon eee 8 7 Morris, ™m% 1% Ash : 7 Driver 8% Goertich in Wilkinson 13 Chambeau 13 Glover 13% soe oe Flanagan Starts King’s Chess Tournament Another correspondence tournament which will start about March 20th, has been organized by Joseph Flanagan, 2411 North Myrtlewood St., Philadelphia, Pa. Alll inquiries regarding this ‘King’s Chess Tournament should be addressed to Mr. Flanagan.4 THE CHESS REVIEW JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1934 Santa Fe Chess Club Host to Arthur W. Dake Arthur W. Dake, member of the last two United States teams which won in- ternational honors at Prague and Folke- stone, gave a simultaneous exhibition in the luxurious “New Mexico Lounge” of the La Fonda Hotel, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Playing eleven games over the board and one consultation blindfold game, Dake won all with the exception of his game against H. Reed Newport, which resulted in a draw. The next day, Dake played five simul- taneous blindfold games, winning four. Quincy D. Adams, Assistant Attorney General of New Mexico, was victorious in the fifth game. Before his visit to Santa Fe, Dake gave an exhibition at the Denver Athletic Club, where he played twenty-one. including two blindfold games. Altho some of these games had as many as four players con- sulting on each board, Dake allowed six draws, winning all the rest. Brooklyn Chess League After the completion of the eighth round of the Brooklyn Chess League Champion- ship, the team representing the Scandina- vian Chess Club was leading by a margin of half a point over the Brooklyn Chess Club. . The standing of the clubs follow: : wo Scandinavian . 5 t Brooklyn . wy 1M Flatbush .. 3434 Hawthorne : 2 + Brooklyn Edison >. I 6 The pairings for the ninth round are Hawthorne vs. Scandinavian on Friday, March 2nd, and Flatbush vs. Brooklyn on Saturday, March 3rd. Horowitz Plays Fifty at’ Brooklyn Edison Auditorium Fifty chess players of the Gas and Electric Companies of the Metropolitan Area, were hosts to Israel Horowitz, in a simultaneous exhibition which took place in the Auditorium of the Brooklyn Edison Company, 380 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., on Tuesday evening, February 27th, 1934. Mr. Horowitz disposed of all of the games in the good time of five hours, win- ning 39, drawing 10 and losing one, to B. Henriksen, of the Consolidated Gas Co. Those who were successful in getting a draw were Wm. Ekeroth, Brooklyn Edi- son; Wm. Dargan, Brooklyn Edison; Miss Charlotte Crone, N. Y. Edison; L. M. Walker, N. Y. Edison; C. Micoletzky, Consolidated Gas: Mrs. Meta Schroer, guest; J. W. Collins, Hawthorne Chess Club; B. Bagstevold, Scandinavian Chess Club; J. Henriksen, Scandinavian Chess Club," and M. Rosenthal, Hawthorne Chess Club. ‘The successful management of this af- fair was handled by the Gas & Electric Chess Committee, consisting of Walter M. Ekeroth, Chairman; Fred Glaeser, Sr., Consolidated Gas Company; Conrad Tot- ten, New York Edison Company, W. H. Dargan, Brooklyn Edison Company; P. O, Rice, United Electric Light & Power Company; H. Olsden, N. Y. and Queens Electric Light & Power Company. Illinois Correspondence Chess Association The 46th Illinois Correspondence Chess Association Tournament. under the direc- tion of Roy Wakefield, Waterman, Ill. will start April Ist. This Association is one of the oldest correspondence associa- tions in the United States, having been launched in 1911 by Dr. W. D. RobbinsJanuary-Feoruary, 1934 of Chicago: Heights, Ill, who died four years ago. It is interesting to note that A. G, Pearsall of Chulu Vista, Calif., en- tered the 2nd tourney and is still an active participant. The Association counts among its players ‘some of the strongest in corre- spondence chess. It'welcomes players of any class and those who wish to try this form of the game may do so with little expense by entering the so-called “No- prize” event in which the winner receives a year's subscription to THE Cuzss Re- wiEw. The director will be glad to hear from any class of players in LInited States and Canada, “Go” - Among the Chess players of the Mer- cantile Library Chess Club. and the North City Chess Club, of Philadelphia, the Japanese Game of Go has become quite popular, The Philadelphia Go Club was organ- ized last Summer, with W. D. Witt, 5202 N. Carlisle St. Philadelphia, as President. He would like to hear of other players, or groups of players, elsewhere in America. In New York City, Go is played reg- ularly every Monday night at the restau- rant of Lee Chumley, 86 Bedford St., Greenwich Village, and frequently among the players may be found Edward Lasker. at one time contender for the American Chess Championship, and who is now very enthusiastic over the game of Go. Visitors are welcome. DON’T FORGET to renew your subscription to The CHESS REVIEW THE CHESS REVIEW s “Rubinstein Gewinnt” by Hans Kmocr This collection of one hundred games played by Akiba Rubenstein between the years 1907 to the present time, is well an- notated by Hans Kmoch. It is prefaced with a short autobiography of Rubenstein's life, by Dr. Hannak. Rated as one of the first six grand masters of chess, Rubenstein enjoys the admiration of many chess enthusiasts thru- out the world. However, his tragic cir- cumstances at the present time, made it necessary for his friends to raise a fund for his benefit. The sale of this book is expected to help him to some extent, and if there is enough of a demand for this book in America, negotiations will be ar- ranged for the purchase of the American rights. It will be translated by THE Cuess Review. “Volumul Omagial”’ The January issue of the Rumanian Magazine of Chess, contains a feature article and announcement of a new chess book “Volumul Omagial,"" with an auto- biography, pictures and twenty-five games “of Captain John ‘Gudju, one of the out- standing contenders for Rumania’s su- premacy in chess, The book was ‘edited by Cristian Leu and contains articles by Alexander Ty- roler, Prof. Nestian, Lintia besides others, and the games are annotated by Dr. Tar- takower, Dr. 1. Balogh, Alex. Tyroler, A. Baratz, 5, Herland and L. Loewenton.CANADIAN SECTION by F. W. Watson Acticles pertaining to this department will be accorded special attention. Address: 191 Jones Ave.. Toronto. Toronto University Championship The annual tournament for supremacy in the chess arena of Toronto's University is once again a subject of history. With the’crash of the curtain came ‘the lavish spreading of news about the tight corners and squeeze-plays from which R. T. Bur- gess, youthful comer-on, managed to emerge with sweat on his brow as the glorified winner by a mere sum, and (mathematically quoting) barely a frac- tion thereof over and above the numerical portion calculated by a persistent pursuing fellow-student. The score of the actual combat as officially reported is: R. T. Burgess, 6144—14; R. Drummond, 6—1; A. D. McConnell and R. B. Hayes, 444— 24; S. Jennings, 3—4; A. L. Rubinoff, 2—5; A. P. Hopkins, 1—6; J. R. Grant, 4-614. Accompanying this report is the game in which McConnell and Drummond battled headlong into a draw; the notes are from the Toronto Evening Telegram. Correspondence Chess The provincial correspondence tour- naments concluded with—A. Lienert win- ner of the Quebec title, R. Drummond— Ontario; -H. W. Jordan— Saskatchewan; the Manitoba title was tied with C. D. Corbould. and F, Fanstone finishing abreast. These players are now engaged in an important session for the Dominion Championship. Election of officiers to the Canadian Correspondence Chess Association for the ensuing year, resulted as follows: Presi- dent, J. B. Morgan, Victoria, B. C.; First Vice-President, T, Gowans, Verdun, P. Q.: Second Vice-President, Dr. S, E Bjornson, Arborg, Man.; Secretary-Treas- urer and Tournament Director, G. P. B. Underhill, Toronto. Toronto News The Belson-Martin match was con- concluded with Martin as winner by a score of 4~2. Belson scored one win and two draws. : The final score of the Swales-Crompton match is 5 wins to 4 with one game drawn, in favor of the later, + kk Play in the Toronto City championship was started on the evening of Tuesday January 9th—somewhat earlier than other years and due to a last minute decision. The standing at conclusion of the ninth round follows: PWtLoD Pts. Martin, R. E. 87 01 7% Belson, J. H. 7°50 2 6 Lovstrand, D. . 7 5 1 1 sy Crompton, GQ A.. 7 5 1 1 5% Watson, FP. W, . 9 42 3 54 Cradock, C. 8 42 2 5 Ridout, H. F. 9 4°3 2 5 Swales, D.R. . 9225 4% Stock, S. W. 7 23 2 3 Berger, -F. 9 1 4 4 3 Taylor, E. N. a. 7 1 3 3 24 Drummond, R. 8 | 6 FT 1% Schaefer, A. 8 1 6 1 1% Mallinson, S. 9 09 0 0 There remains four rounds to be played. In the Major Tournament, after four rounds S. A. Le Riche leads with 4~0, with M, Allen and A. Hudson next 3—1. The minor Tournament is headed by J. Singleton and W. Runkiwski, each with 4-0 and their nearest rival is W. Hubert with 24-14.January-Fesruary, 1934 THE CHESS REVIEW 7 Miscellaneous News The Montreal Chess Club championship is reported concluded with the final stand- ing in favor of L. Richard, former City champion; the tournament included eleven rounds and the scores submitted are: Richard, 914; Gaudet and Sawyer, 814; Harvey, 714: Falconer, 7; Cartier and Keller-wolff, 514: Wilson, 414; Bedard. 34%; Brisebois and Rosenberg, 214; Sch- neider, 2. ‘Peterborough defeated Oshawa in a match recently by a 7—1 count. The event was staged at Oshawa and the score with Peterborough players names first was: Snowden, 1, Eder, 0; Rev. James, 2, Bouckley, 0; Cowan, 0, Carscallen, 1; Morris, 4, Brown, 0. A later report con- cerning a return match is in favor of Oshawa by a score of 8—3. A third meeting: was also scheduled for early February. A challenge was recently received by Toronto. from Winnipeg for a_ special telegraph match. ‘It is reported that for this coming spring, Michigan-Ontario matches at both chess: and checkers are being anticipated. Toronto Chess League At the conclusion of the first ‘round in the. Toronto Chess League team competi- tion the standing is listed as... Jordan and Beaches, 5—1; Gambit, 4— 2; Cosmopolitan, 33: Toronto, 214— 3%: C. N. R., 1-5, and Oakwood, Yo 5. ws University Championship Toronto, January, 1934 Sictuian DEFENsE A. D.McConnell R. Drummond White 1 P—K4 P—QB4 2 Kt~KB3 Kt—KB3 3 P—K5 Kt—-Q¢ 4 P—B4 Kt—B2 5 P-QKt3 ll... P-Q¢ is generally played, but White's develop- ment has points, SB .eeee P—Q4 6 PxPe.p, QxP 7 B—Kt2 Kr—Q2 8 P—Q4 P—K3 9 Kt—B3 PxP 10 QxP Kt—B3 VW QxQ saa eee Or 11 R-Ql, with the possibility of QxQ; 12 KtxQ, B-Q2 (if P-QR3; 13 KtR4); 13 B-K2, if P-R4; 14 KKt-Kr5, KtxKt (Kt-K3, 15 B-B3); 15 KtxKt, B-KtSch; 16 K-B1, BxKt; 17 PxB, P-K5 (Kt-Q2; 18 B-Ki4); 18 BxKt, PxB; 19 R-Q4, winning a Pawn. Woo... BxQ 12 B~Q3 . Seems better than 12 B-K2, B-Q2: if 13 KeQ4, P-K4. 12 ...... O-O - 13 Kt—~K4 KexKt 14 BxKt Kt—R3 O-O aes Not 15 Kt-Qé, Kt-B4; 16 B-B3? Kt-Q6ch. 15. Kt—B4 16 B~B2 P—QKt3 17 QR—QI B—B2 18 KR—K1 B—Kt2 19 Kt—Kt5 If 19 P-QKt#, then BxKt; 20 PxB, Kt-R3; 21 R-Q?, QR-Q1i. Or perhaps 19 .... Kt-R3; 20 R.Q7, KtxP. 19 ....ee P—KR3 20 Kt—K4 KexKt 21 BxKt BxB 22 RxB QR-Q! 23 KR-Q4 RxR 24 RxR B-K4 25 R—Q2 BxB 26 RxB R-Q1 27 P—Kt3 P—K4 28 K—Kt2 © P—B4 29 K~B3 K—B2 30 K~K3 K—K3 Draw agreed.ERICH ELISKASES By Fred Reinfeld UR readers cannot have failed to fol- low with interest the career of the gifted young Austrian master Erich Elis- kases. We are fortunate in being able to present the following autobiographical sketch, prepared by Herr Eliskases last March: “Tam twenty years of age, having been born on February 15, 1913 in Innsbruck (Austrian Tyrol}. I have been playing chess for seven years; it was in the autumn of 1925 that I saw a pamphlet, entitled Das Schachspiel on display in a show- window; having heard something about this ‘most difficult” game I made up my mind to buy the pamphlet. From the very start, I took such a great interest in the game that I more or less dropped all my other favorite occupations. I studied by myself for a yéar without having any op- ponents other than my brother and a school-fellow, whom I defeated right along without any difficulty, “Naturally I became very curious to know my real strength as a chess player; and since a new chess club had been established in Innsbruck in 1926, I went to the President and told him I should like to learn how to be a good player—asking permission at the same time to enter the club (Innsbrucker Schachgesellschaft). He was astounded to see such a youngster have an interest in chess, but he kindly replied, ‘Oh very well, come to the. . Café at four this afternoon. I'll play you a game and then we'll talk things over.” I still remember how happy this made mel I was elated and immediately told my parents of my ‘success’—begging them to allow me to visit the Café (this was no easy matter as I was only thirteen!) Fi- nally I arrived outside the Café and walked to and fro for quite a long while until I gathered sufficient courage to spring up the stairs to the entrance, “When I entered, I was frightened and under the impression that everyone was staring at me; I looked for my ‘savior’ anxiously. He was sitting at a corner table in the midst of a large group. My embarrassment was soon over and we sat down to play. My opponent did not take the game very seriously and he soon had a lost position: all the spectators realized it, and he became quite nervous! How- ever, I soon blundered and he managed to win. After the game he showed me some very instructive points and invited me to come to his club as often as I could, saying that he would always be at my disposal. Naturally, I accepted his offer and I learned a great deal from him—Herr C. P. Wagner, one of the best players in the Tyrol. He is the present Tyrolean champion, having come out ahead of fifty competitors!" In less than a year, Eliskases became a first-class player! In the summer of 1927 he tied for first in a strong club tour- nament with Niescher (1314 points out of 16); in,the autumn of 1928 he won a sub- sequent tournament in good style with 7 points out of a possible 8. This qualified the youngster to participate in the’ tour- nament of the Austrian Chess Federation the following year, This tourney was held in Innsbruck—a favorable circumstance for him, as he was able to play without in- curring any expense. The result was that he tied with the Viennese player E. Glass with 644 points out of 9 games, Thus at the age of sixteen he had formally ac- quired the title of master. “This led to his being choosen to play for Austria in theJANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1934 THE CHESS REVIEW 9 team tournament at Hamburg. At first, he tells us. he had little confidence in him- self, as he had never previously played op- ponents of master strength. He was quite successful, however, and his final score (+8, —1, =6) surpassed those of his team mates:. Kmoch, Lokvenc, H. Miiller and S, R. Wolf. Later on in the same year he competed in a small tournament at Ebensee, where he came second to Kmoch and ahead of Becker, whom he defeated. After these exertions he played in the tournament at Bad Stuben, which followed close after these two contests. Fatigue and over- strain accounted for his being unable to win a prize; in most of his games he built up winning positions, only to lose them later by gross blunders. The result seems to have been a complete loss of self-con- fidence for the youthful master over a period of almost two years. In the autumn of 1931 he moved to Vienna. By this time he had finished his course of study at the Commercial Acad- emy in Innsbruck, and he decided to con- tinue his studies at the Export-Academy in Vienna. He became a.member of the prominent Schachkiub Hietzing, winning the annual club championship and com- peting in inter-club matches with good results. . . About this time he attaited the greatest triumph of his short career by his sensa- tional victory over Rudolf Spielmann in a ten game match by the close score of +3, —2, =5. Two months later, in December, he took part in the ‘T'rebitsch Tournament in Vienna; Becker was first with 9 points, Griinfeld second with 714, while Eliskases and Hénlinger tied for third with 7 points. The following month he took first place in another tournament in Vienna with 1014 points out of 13, a half-point ahead of Griinfeld. Since that time he has distinguished himself in tournaments held at Vienna and Budapest, Folkestone, and latterly at Hastings. eee Now for some examples of this brilliant master’s play: I From the Hamburg 1930 team match between Poland and Austria. Euskases PRZEPIORKA Black has managed to win a Pawn, but at first sight it would seem that he has a lengthy struggle ahead of him, since White commands the Q file. Actually however, Black has a forced, probelm- like win at his disposal. 35 ow... Q—B7ch! The key to the position, as will soon become apparent, 36 K—~R3 After Q-Q2 or Q-B2, Black wins by .., Q-K5ch with ... R-B7 to follow. Nor can the K retreat to the first rank because of QKt8ch and ... R-B7ch, ete, rn Q—B4ch! 37 Q—Ktt¢ P-Kt4 instead would lead to mate in three. 37 ee Q—Béch! 38 K—R¢ P—Kt4ch 39 K—RS Q—QKEs!!! 40Q-K200 ws. A plausible continuation here would be 40 RxP (preventing. ... Q-Kt3 mate, while at the same time White's Rook is immune from capture}, but the sixteen year old player of the Black pieces had prepared a most elegant refutation, namely10 THE CHESS REVIEW January-Fesruary, 1934 40... K-K¢2! (threatening mate in two by ... QKeé3ch!! etc); 41 RxP, R-KR!! 42 QxPch, Q-Kt3ch; 43 QxQch, PxQch; 44 K-Kt5, RxR and wins! 40 0... Q—Ki3ch White resigns, for if 41 K-Ktt, Q-B4ch; 42 ICRS, Q-R6 mate. ee oe II Considering his extreme youth and re- lative lack of experience, Eliskases plays the end-game exceptionally well. The following example is taken from the Tre- bitsch Tournament, played in Vienna in 1932, (The notes are by Eliskases). Position after Black's 39th move. S. Rupinstein, Jr. ELISKASES ‘This King and Pawn ending is in White's favor, for he can neutralize his opponent's preponderance on the Q side, after which the advance of the KP will be decisive. 40. P~QR4! K~B3 An interesting line of play would result from 0... P-BS; 41 PxP, K-B4; 42 K.Q3 K-Kts; 43 P-B3, KxP; 44 K-B3! (not 44 P-K4?, PxPch; 45 PxP, K-Kt5; 46 P-K5, K-BAl etc.) P-QKt4; 45, P-K4) P-KtSchi 46 K-Kt2 and wins, 41 K~Q3 P—QKtt 42 K-B3 ee 42 P-B3 would be premature because of 42 ... P-BSch; 43 PxP, P-Kt5] and White can no longer win, PxP ’ K-B4; 53 K-Kt5, KxP; 54° KxP, K-R5; 55 K-1 _ Student: 52... It is worthy of note that after 42 ... P-QBS; 43 PxPch! KxP; 44 PxPch, K-B4; 45 P-B3, P-RS, ‘White can force the win by 46 P-K4, PxP; 47 PxP, P-R6; 48 P-K5, etc.—whereas if he were one tempo bebind, he would lose the game. This also holds good for the variation given in the note to his fortieth move. Another possibility to be considered was 42 ... K-Kt3, in order to answer 43 P-B3 with ... P-QBS5I; 44 KtPxP! P-KtSch! and the game is a draw. But after 42 ... K-Kt3 White would play 43 PxP!| KxP; 44 P-B3 and wins, as Black must soon relinquish command of B+ (for example 44 » P-R4; 45 P-R4 or 44... P-Ki4; 45 P-Ktd), 43 PxP K—~Q4 44 P—B3 P—R3 45 K—-Q3 P—B5ch 46 K—B3 K—B4 47 P-—K4 P—B5 If Black exchanges Pawns, he soon gets into Zugzwang and the BP is untenable. 48 P—~R4! An important move, without which the win would be impossible, for example 48 P-K5. K-Q: 49 P-K6, KxP; 50 KxP, P-Kt4! 51 K-Kt5, K-Q4 52 KxP. K-B4 and White can no longer extricate his King: 53 K-R6, K-B3; 54 P-R5, P-R4; 55 K-R7, K-B2; 56 P-R6, P-R5 and the game is drawn! 48 0... P—R¢4 49 PKS K—Q4 50 P—K6 KxP 51 KxP Pw Ktd A last attempt to save the game, as 52 PxP would only draw after... K-B4; 53 K-Q5, KxP; 54 K-K4, K-R5!; 55 KxP stalematel— or 52'.. 4, K-Kt6; 56 P-R5, KxP; 57 P-R6, P-R5; 58 P-R7, P-R6; 59 P-RS(Q), P-R7, ete. 52 K~Kt5! Resigns. Black gives up the: struggle, satisfed that his opponent has the winning plan in mind. » The intended continuation will be of interest to the PxP; 53 KxP, K-Q4; 54 K-Kt4, K-Q5: 55 P-R5, K-K6; 56 P-R6, K-B7; 57 P-R7, KxP; 58 P-R8(Q), P-R6; 59 Q-R2ch, K-Kt6 ‘(59 +++ KxP; 60 Q-R2); 60 Q-Kt, K-Kt7; 51 Q-B2ch (61 Q-Kt6ch also wins), K-K16; 62 Q-BI! K-Kt7; 63 QxP, P-R7; 64 QKt5ch, K-RB (if 64... KxP; 65 Q-Q5ch, followed by Q-R or else 64... K-B7: 65 QxP followed by QxPch); 65 Q-Kt3! P-R5; 66 Q-B2, P-R6; 67 Q-B inate! ‘January-Bepruary, 1934 THE CHESS REVIEW ML il MAEHRISCH-OSTRAU 1933 ; (2nd Brilliancy Prize) GriinrELp ELISKASES 27 Kt—B5! Very fine play: the point of this move will ap- pear seven’ moves later. W vee PxKt Forced; if 27 .... KtxKt; 28 PxKt, P-KKtt: 29 BxP! or 29 P-R4, etc. 28 PxP Q-K 29 Q—KKt2! Q-Q2 30 RxKtch RxR 31 BxR QxB 32 Q—QB2! Kt—Kt3 33 PxKt * PRS The result of White's combination is that he has obtained a vastly superior position with a Pawn to the good. The advanced Pawn on Kt6 exercises a paralyzing pressure on Black's game. 34 Q—BS Q-B Not 34 .... RxP? 35 Q-K6ch, K-B (35 .... KR; 36 Q-K&ch, Q-Kt; 37 P-Kt7ch, K-R2; 38 Q-Kt6 mate); 36 R-KB aad wins, 35 P~B4l K—Ki2 Again he cannot play .... RxP; 36 Q-Kéch, K-Kt2; 37 Q-Qich, etc. 36 R-QB P—Kt3 | Else White plays P-R5 and (after due prepara- tion) P-BS. 37 P—K4 Q—K2 38 Q—B2 R—Kt2 39 P—R4 P—QR4 After 39 .... P-KR4, Eliskases intended 40 Q-KB5, K-R3; 41 R-KKt, Q-Kt2; 42 R-Ki5! 40 P—R5! PxP : 41 R—QKt P—Kt6 42 RxP Q-Qa 43 Q—KBSI Q-K2 If 43 .... QxP; 44 R-KB3! is deadly. 44 Q-K6 Q~QB2 White now forces the game by the following accurately calculated continuation, which culmi- nates: in 53 R-R8! 45 Q—B7ch! QxQ 46 PxQ R~R2 Else White wins easily by P-R5, etc. 47 RxP RxP 48 RxP RxP 49 RxP! K-B 50 P—Qe! RxP 51 P~Q7 R-Q5 52 RxP! KxP Or 52 .... RxP; 53 R-R&ch, KxP; 54 R-R7ch and wins, 53 R—R8! Resigns. MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB HOTEL ALAMAC Broadway and 71st St.. New York Organized 1877 A Club for Gentlemen who Enjoy Chess A rendezvous for Chess Masters and Amateurs Frequent Activities Club Always Open Visitors Welcome Thursday NightsGAME STUDIES Played at Vienna, 1933 Queen's Gambit AccEPrEeD Translated from the Wiener Schachzeitung (Notes by A. Becker) -A. Becker E. Griinfeld White Black 1 P—Q4 P—Q+ 2 P—QB4 PxP Grunfeld believes the Queen's Gambit Accepted gives Black a better game than either the orthodox defense, or the Indian defense. 3 Kt~KB3 Kt—KB3 4 P~K3 P—K3 5 BxP P—QR3 § Castles P—B4 7 Q—K2 ‘The development of the Okt ¢ at BB ‘is not the best, for it is open to the eventual attack—P- QKt4-5. 7 wees P—QKt4 8 B~Q3 QKt—Q2 9 R-QI B—Kt2 10 P—QR4 P—Kt5S 11 QKt—Qz2 B—K2 Safer probably would be the exchange in the center first, as played between Bogoljubow-Rubin- stein, Bad Kissingen, 1928. 12 P—K4 —i...... The first sacrifice of the game~only a Pawn. fe Cees PxP 13 P—K5 ti... Not 13 KtxP because of Kt-B4. White must also avoid capturing on the next move. 13 Kt—Q4 14 Kt—B4 Kt—B4 Black does not care to defend the extra Pawn with ... B-B4, for then he would be open to a strong attack beginning with B-Kt5, followed by QR-BI 15 KtxP Q~—B2 16 B—Q2 Castles Better would be 16 .... KtxB; 17 QxKt, Kt-Kt3; 18 KixKt, QxKt: 19 B-K3!, Q-QI, etc. 17 QR—BI Again sacrificing a Pawn. If Black plays KtxRP, White would continue with Q-Kr4, threat- ening B-R6. The game would then probably continue with 18 .... KR-Ql; 19 Kt-Q6, Q-Kt3; 20 BxRPch, KxB; 21 Q-R5ch, etc., or, 18 P-Kt3; 19 BR6, KR-Q: 20 KtxKP, PxKt: QxP(K6)ch, K-RI; 22 Kt-Q6, etc. 1 KR—QI 18 B—Ktl QR—B1 19 Q—Kt4 P—B4? Black hoped for 20 PxPep?, KtxP; 21 Q-R4, KKt-KS5! Better than the text would have been . 19 B-B1; 20 B-Ki5, R-Q2; 21 P-R5I, but White would still maintain the upper hand. 20 BxBPL Another sacrifice, but this time it must be ac- cepted. 2 20.00... PxB 21 KexP B~B1 22 QKt—Q6 RxKt To avoid the threat of 23 Kt-R6ch, K-Ktl; 24 QKt-B7ch, etc. An example of the possibilities of White's game can be gleaned from the follow- ing variation 22 . BxKt; 23 PxB, Q-Q2; 24 B-KtS, R-K1; 25 QRxKt, followed by Kt-R6ch. 23 PxR BxP 24 B—R6 oe Stronger than 24 KexB, Oxkt; xP, which is also a good continuation for White. P—Kt3 25 RxKt(Q5) ‘This, however, is not a sacrifice, for the material is soon recovered, BxR B~K3 . R-Ql would be met by Q-Q4! 27 Q--Q4 R-Q1 28 B—B4? But here White failed to make the most of the situation, 28 Q-B6! would leave Black helpless against the threat of RxKt. 28... Kt—Kt6! 29 RxQ teaee White's original plan was 29 Q-B6, but ... RxKt, would completely parry this. White must now play for the end-game, 29 0. : KtxQ 30 K—B1 . Better than B-K5, which would be met by Kt-B4! B—Q4CHESS REVIEW 13 January-Fesruary, 1934 THE 31 BHKS Kt—K3 32 R-R7 R-RI 33 R—K7 P—KR4 34 P—Bt si... The extra Pawn and the attack bring victory to White in spite of the opposite colored Bishops. B4 cece P—Rt 35 K—K2 K—B1 36 R—KR7 R—R3 37 R—KB7ch K—Ktl 38 R-K7- i... Threatening R-K8ch and mate. 38 ...... R—RI 39 P—KKt3 K—Bi 40 R—KR7 R—R3 41 R—KB7ch K~Ktl 42 R—-K7 R—-RI 43 K—K3 2 Slowly but -surely White advances. Soon the King side attack will decide the issue. 4B wae. : K—BI 44 R—-KB7ch K—Ktl 45 P—BS5! PxP 46 RxP K—R2 47 RxPch K—Kt3 48 R—BS B—Kt6é 49 R—B6ch K—R4 50 P—R3 R—KBI 51 Kt~B7 RxKt 52 RxR and Black resigned shortly. woe oe Played in the Hastings Christmas Tournament, 1933-4 (Notes by Fred Reinfeld) EncuisH Opening Dr.. A. Alekhine A. Lilienthal White Black 1 P—QB4 Kt—KB3 2 Kt—QB3 P—K4 Recently 2 .... P-K3 has been played a good deal, with the continuation 3 P-K4, P-Q4; 4 P-K5, P-Q5}, etc, 3P-K4 a. see An invention of Nimzowitsch; it creates a “hole” at White's Q4 but enables him to exert a strong pressure on the center squares, 3B e.eeee Kt—B3 4 P—Bé! wees This seems better than 4 Kt-B3, after which the m4 \ continuation might be 4 .... B-B4; 5. KtxP, Kixkt; 6 P-Qt, B-Ki5!, 7 PxKt, KexP with a good game for Black. P—Q3 Ie 4 PxP White would reply 5 P-Q3 {not 5 P-Q4, B-Kt5!; 6 P-K5, Kt-K5 with a win- ning game), whereupon 5 .... P-KKt4 is bad because of 6 P-KR4, etc. 5 P—~Q3 B-Kt5 . P-KKt3 followed by .... B-Kt2 seems a better way of developing. 6 B—K2 : Now Black is reluctant to exchange Bishops, which is, however, the proper line, 6.0... P—KR¢4? A. coffee-house move which spoils Black's chances of castling K side. 7 Kt—B3 B—K2 8 B~K3 Q-Qzu 9 P—KR3 BxKt 10 BxB PxP Not 10 .... Kt-Q5; 11 BxKt, PxB; 12 Kets, P-B4; 13 P-K5 with a tremendous game for White. 11 BxP Kt—Q5 12 B~K3 KtxBeh 13 QxKt Q-—K3 A further loss of time. 14 Kt—Kt5! Q-—Q2 15 Kt—Q¢ 0-0-0 16Kt-B5 is ‘ ‘This maneeuvre with the Kt is well thought out and intensifies the inferiority of Black's game, Kt—K 17 B—Q4! R-Kt He has no good move at his disposal; if 17 .... P-KB3, his pieces are all badly hemmed in, or 17 .. B-B3: 18 BxB, PxB with considerable ad- vantage for White. And if 17 ... R-R2; 18 KtxBech, QxKt; 19 Q-BSch wins or else 17 ... P-KK¢3; 18 KtxBch, QxKt; 19 B-Kt5. 18 QxP P—KKt3 199 Q—-Kte see OF course 19 KteBch was also good enough; the text (which threatens KtxBch) leads to in- teresting complications. 19 ..... PxKtl? But not 19 ..., B-B3? 20 BxB, KtxB; 21 Kt-K7ch, 20 QxR B—RSch ‘The point of his previous move. 21 B—B2! ee Better than 21 K-Q, Kt-B3; 22 QUK7, R-Kt: 23 BxKt (23 Q-R6, B-Ktt), RxQ; 24 BxR, P-KB3;14 THE CHESS REVIEW January-Fesruary, 1934 25 BeR6, PxP (or .... Q-R2), etc. 21 seseee Kt—B3 22 QxRch! li... This refutes Black's combination. 22 seceee QxQ 23 BxB Q-R 24 BxKt QxB 25 O-O-O fees Now White has a won game because of his KR Pawn. The advance of the Pawn involves some pretty play. : 25.2... : PxP 26 PxP Q—BS5ch 27R—-Q2- ll... 27 K-Kt, QxPch; 28 K-R would lead to positions similar to those resulting from the text. QT veeeee QxP 28 P—KR#4! QxPch 29 K—Kt Q—B5 30 QR—Q Q-R3 31 P—Kt4 K—Q? . _K-Q2 would have enable him to put up a_ longer resistance, See White's 35th move, 32 QR~—K! P—R4 In the hope of exposing White's King by the further advance of this Pawn—with fair chances of a perpetual check later on, 33 P—RS P—R5 34 P—R3! P—~KB3 . 35 R—K6 K-Q2 36 P—Kt5! QxKtP 37 P—Ro! Q-Ki7 After 37 .... KxR, White's RP can no longer be stopped; likewise after 37 .... Q-B4ch; 38 KR, QaR. : 38 QR-K Q~—Kt3ch 39 K—R Q—R2 40 QR—KKi! This forces the further advance of the RP, after which the end is only a matter of time. 40 ie K~K3 Or 40 ..... K-B3; 41 R-Kt7, Q-K5; 42 R-Bch followed by P-R7. 41 R—Kt7 Q—K5 42 KR—KKt Q—R5 43 P—R7 P—Kt4 44 RxP Q—R4 Preventing 45 R-Kt8 because of the continuation +» Q-Q8ch; 46 K-R2, Q-Ki6ch with a draw in hand. 45 R—Keh! K—Q4 46 K~R2 ‘The idea of the Rook check was to cut off the Q from Q4. Now White threatens R-K7 followed by R-B8. 46... K-Q5 After which R-K7 is no good because of 47 ++ Q-Qéch; 48 K-Kt, Q-R8ch and White cannot make any appreciable headway. 47 R—Qch! seeks ‘Whereas if now 47 .... QxR; 48 P-R8(Q), QKt6ch; 49 K-Kt, Q-Q8ch; 50 RB, Q-Q6cl 51 K-R and the game is over. 47 0... K—K5 48 RxP aa Now White has arrived at the ideal position: he threatens to Queen (after R-Q8) and he pre- vents any chance of perpetual check. 48 Q-K 49 RxP 51 R—B8 Simpler would have been 51 "R Bich, K-Ktt; 52-R-R followed by R-B8. BL eee QxR 52 R—~R4ch i.e He does not wish to allow .... Q-B5ch. 52. K—Ke4 53 P_R8(Q) Q—K3ch 54 K—Kt Q—K8 55 K—B2 Q-K7ch After 55 ..,, QxR the resulting King and Pawn ending is obviously lost for Black, 56 K~B3 teens And Black resigns, as the checks are soon ex- hausted. woe ok The following game was played by I. Kashdan and Harold M. Philips, in con- sultation against two strong amateurs. Consultation Game February, 1934 Stauian DEFense (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) H. M. Phillips Mr. P. I. Kashdan Mr. D. White Black 1 P—K4 P—QB4 2 Kt—KB3 P—K3January-Fesruary, 1934 THE CHESS REVIEW 15 3 P-Q4 PxP 4 KtxP _ Kt~KB3 5 B~Q3 P—QR3 Not the best as it permits White to obtain the ‘dragon variation, which completely dominates the center, Instead 5 .... P-K4, followed by » P-Q4 would equalize. 6 P—QB4 P—Q3 7 Castles QKt—Q2 8 Kt—QB3 Q—B2 9 K-RI B—K2 10 P—Bt Castles 11 Q—K2 P—QKt3 12 B~K3 Kt—B4 13 B—QB2 B—Kt2 14 B—KKtl P—Q4t 15 BPxP PxP 16.P—K5 KKt~K5 17 KexKt KtxKt 18 QR—BI Q-Q2z 19 P—B5 B—B4 Overlooking the strength of the following move. 19 .... P-B3 would be better, but even then White would retain the upper hand. 20 P—B6 P—Kt3 21 Kt—B5! PxKt Accepting the bait, but in any event the Black position could not be held for long. 22 Q—R5 Obviously threatening 23 BxKt followed by a mate in few. 22 wo... K-RI 23 R—B4 Kt—Kt4 A futile attempt to save the game. If 24 QxKt, R-KKt; 25 Q-R6, P-Q5! 24 BxP Resigns. Bucharest, January, 1934 Queen's Gamer Decuinep (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) R. Spielmann S. Erdelyi White Black 1 P~Q4 P—Q4 2 P—QB4 P—QB3 3 Kt~KB3 Kt—KB3 4 P—K3 P—K3 5 Kt—B3 P—QR3 . To force White to declare himself in the center or permit the eventual .... PxP, followed by .... P-OKtt and .... P-QB4, which would allow a free development of all of Black's pieces. 6 B—-Q3 White had various options at his disposal, among which were 6 PxP, with the idea of ex- ploiting the weakness of the black squares on Black's Queen side, or 6 Kt-K3, followed by P-KB4, in order to build up a strong center Position. 6 P-B5 would be met by 6 .... P-QK¢3! 6 wee. PxP 7 BxBP P—QKtt : B—Q3 P—B4 9 P—QR#4! ‘ Black's reply is virtually forced, ‘when White is left in control of the square QB4, where a Kt may well be anchored. 9. 10 Kt-K4 senna Kt-QKt, Q2-B4 seems to be the indicated man- auvre for the Kt. The text permits counterplay. 10 QKt—Q2 10 .... B-Kt2 appears to be more forceful, for alter 11 KtxP, BxQKt; {2 PxB, QKt-Q2; Black would regain the Pawn with a good position. 11 QKt-Q2 would be countered with 11 KtB3! 11 QKt—Qa2 B—Kt2 12 Kt—B4 P—QR4 ‘This move was necessary to prevent P-R5, but now Black is tied down to defend his QRP with a major piece. 13 P—QKt3 B—K2 14 B—Kt2 Castles 15 Castles Q—B2 15 .... PxP seems preferable, for after 16 KtxP, or 16 BxP, Black could reply with Kt-B4, . obtaining a free game, 16 PxP would be met by 16 .... Kt-Kt3, and .... Kt-Q4, leaving White with an isolated Pawn. The text move exposes the Queen to the eventual attack of White's QR by QR-BI. 16 KKt—K5 PxP 17 BxQP B—B4 18 KtxKt KexKe Not 18 .... BxB; 19 KtxR, BxR; 20 KtxKP with a Pawn plus. 19 B~Ki2 KR-Q1 20 QR—BI B~KB1 21 Kt~K5 Kt—B4 Not 21 .... Q-Kel; 22 KtxKt, RxKt; 23 BxPch followed by QxR. 22 B~Q4 | QR-BI1 23 Q—RS P—Kt3. 24. Q=R316. THE CHESS REVIEW January-Fepruaay, 1934 Threatening Kt-Kt4. ves P—KB4? A pity! The game was well contested to here. This blunder permits White to forcefully conclude the game. Instead 24 .... Q-K2 followed by .. B-Kt2 was the correct defense. 25 KtxP! PxKt 26 Q—R8ch K—B2 27 Q—Béch K-KI Or 27 ... K-Ktl; 28 QxKtPch, B-Ki2; 29 RxKt, etc. 28 B—Kt5ch R—Q2 If 28 ..., B-B3; 29 BxKt, BxB; 30 RxB, etc. 29 QxKtPch K-Qi 30 B~Béch Resigns. toe oe Metropolitan Chess League February, 1934 Inptan DEFENSE (Notes by B. F. Winkelman) C. Jaffe R. Fine White Black 1 P—Q¢4 Kt—KB3 2 Kt—KB3 P—KKt3 3 P—B4 B~Kt2 4 Kt—B3 Castles 5 P—K4 P—Q3 6 B—K2 QKt—Q2 7 Castles P—K4 8 P—KR3 R—KI 9 P—Q5 Kt—R4 10 B~Kt5 P—KB3 11 B~Q2 Kt—B5 12 BxKt PxB Apparently Black has come out of the opening with a good game. Two strong Bishops together with the command of the squares K#4 and B4, where a Knight may be anchored, contribute to Black's security. 13 Kt-Q¢4 Kt—K¢4 13 .... Kt-B4, followed by .... P-QR4 appears more natural, but the text is also not without merit. 14 Q—Q2 B—R3 15 KR—K1 B—Q2 16 P—QKt3 Q—K2 17 B—B1 Q—Kt2 18 P—B3 - B~KKt4 19 K—RI1 P—KR4 *20 Q—KB2 P—R3 21 QR~QI B—R3 ‘lenge the open KKt file. 23 22 QKt—K2 23 P—Kt3 White realizes that passive resistance would lead to ultimate defeat. Black’s plan would be to double his Rooks on the KKt file followed by P-KKt4-5. Now White will be prepared to chal- P—KKe4 If 23 PxP; 24 KtxP, and Black cannot pre- vent P-B4 sooner or later, which would leave the issue imtoo much doubt. 24 Kt—B5 BxKt 25 PxB P—Kt5 White intended to play 26 P-KKt#, which would shut out Black on the King side and leave the game in White's favor on the Queen side. The text _ move aims to retain the attacking possibilities on the King side. 26 BPxP BPxP 27 QxP PxP 28 Kt-Q4 R—KKt 29 Kt—K6 Q—B2 30 B~Kt2 QR-BI 31 Q—R4 R~KR] 32 R-Q4 PxP 33 QxRP K-Ktl 34 R—R4 QuR2 White threatened Q-Kt3ch leading to a winriing position. 35 B—B3 Kt—B2 36 BRS Kt—Ke4 37 Q-Kt4 Q-Qz 38 B~Kt6 P—B3 39 Kt—B4 B—Kt2 40 R—K2 P—Kt4 41 RxRch “BxR 42 Q—Kt2 PxBP 43 QPxP QxQBP 44. Kt-Q5? Here White's effort almost goes for nought. 44 QxQ, RxQ: 45 R-K8ch. K-Kt2: 46 Kt-RSch, K-R3; 47 RxBch would win easily. 44. : K-BI ° 45 R—QB2 Q—Kt4 46 Kt—K3 Q-K4 47 KtxP Q—K8ch 48 K—R2 QURSch 49 K-Ktl Q~Q5ch If 49 .... Q-K8ch; 50 Q-Bl, Q-Kt6ch; 51 R-Ke2, KeR6ch; 52 K-RI, QRS; 53 Q-K2, Ke Bich (.... P-Qt; 54 Q-K6!): 54 R-R2, and anJanuary-Brpruary, 1934 ending is arrived at in which White is favored. 50 K—R2- P—Q4 Apparently White is satisfied with a draw but Black is playing for a win, 51 Kt—K3 R-QI 52 Q-K3 QuKS 53 Q-B7 Q-Ké4ch 54 QxQ PxQ 55 K—Kt2 PKS 56 R—B7 P~Q5 57 Kt—Q B~Kt2 58 P—Ke4 B—R3 59 P—R4 P—Q6" * At this point Black overstepped the time limit. ‘The position was quite complicated, and should probably have resulted in a draw with best play. - Vienna, December, 1933 Queen's Gameit Acceprep (Notes by 1. A. Horowitz) E. Griinfeld E. Glass White Black 1 P—Q¢4 P—Q4 2 P—QB4 PxP 3 Kt—~KB3 Kt—KB3 4 P—K3 P—B4 5 BxP P—K3 6 Castles Kt—B3 7Kt—-B3 0. 7 Q-K2 followed by QR-QI at once seems to be more accurate Although 8 P-QR4 leaves a hole at White's QK¢4, it in turn cramps Black's Queen side play and should therefore merit consideration. Bo... P—QK¢4 8 .... PxP would be met by R-QI 9 B—Kt3 B—K2 After 9 .... P-BS; 10 B-B2, B-Kt2; 11 RQ. B-K2; 12 P-K4, Castles; 13 P-QR3, there is little doubt that White's strong center, more than com- pensates for Black's Queen side Pawn majority. In the above line White should avoid 13 P-Q5, PxP; 14 PxP. Kt-Kt5: 15 P-Q6, BxP; 16 B-B4, RK THE CHESS REVIEW 7 10 R—Q) Q—B2 11 P—~QS PxP 12 KtxP KtexKt 13 BxKt . ‘The tension is now relaxed in the center. White may now pursue either of two plans, or. both at the same time—conduct a King side attack, with the possibility of using his extra Pawn. on that wing to lend it added weight, or play to weaken Black's Queen side Pawns, with the idea of even- tually winning them. Black on the other hand should strive to make use of his Queen side Pawn majority to keep White busy, which would in- directly frustrate any attempt at his King, 13 ...... Castles 14 P—QKt3 B—Kt5 14 .... B-Kt2, challenging the long diagonal seems to be more in the spirit of Black's opening play. 15 B—Kt2 QR—BI 16 P—KR3 B-R4 17 P—QR4 Q—Kt3 . 18 PxP PxP 19B=—B3 Threatening Q-Kt2 winning the KKtP. 19.02. KR—KI 20 Q—R2 B-B3 20 .... B-B1 with the possibility of playing Kt-K2 in some variations surely offered better prospects. Now Black's King side position be- comes shattered, and his compensation therefore is meagre. 21 BxB PxB 22 Q—Kt2 Kt—Kt5 23 R—Q2 QR~QI 24 QR-Qi K—Kt2 Instead Black should have simplified by ex- _changing both Kt, B, and R, when the ensuing Rock and Queen ending, although slightly in White's favor, would most probably result in a draw. 25 Q—B3 R—Q3 The exchange was still in order. 26 P—K4 BxKt 26 .... B-Kt3 exerting pressure on the KP seems to be indicated. 27 QxB R—-K4 28 Q—Kt3ch R-Kt4 29 Q—QB3 KtxB R—K4 30 PxKt °)18 THE CHESS REVIEW January-Fepruary, 1934 31 K—RI . K—B1 32 P—Bt R—K5 33 Q—B3 R-K2 34Q-R5E eee The Queen is now placed in position. to take advantage of Black's weak Pawns. K~Kt2 P—KB4 ‘There was no other alternative. It was difficult to meet the threat of R-Kt3ch. 36 Q—Kt5ch K—BI 37 QxP K—Ki2 38 Q—Kt5ch K—Bi 39 P—BS le eee Now it is just a question of winding up the — game. 39 2... P—R3 40 Q—B4 R—K7 41 Q—Kt4t R—K4 42 R—Kt3 K~K2 43 Q—Kt7 R(Q3)xP 44 RxR- RxR 45 P—Béch K~K3 Not ... QxP: 46 R-K3ch. 46 R—K3ch K—B4 47 Q—R7ch K~—Kt4 48 P—Réch K—-R+ 49 QxBPch Resigns. + oe & Metropolitan Chess League February, 1934 Stctuan DEFENSE (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) H. Liebenstein’ A. S. Pinkus White Black 1 P—K4 P—QB4 2 Kt—KB3 P—K3 3 P—Q4t PxP 4 KexP- Kt—KB3 -5 Kt~QB3 ‘P—Q3 ‘The object of this move is to defer action in the center until the proper moment when P-Q4 can safely be played. The move temporarily leaves Black with a backwards position, which is in- herently weak, but requires skillful handling on the part of White, in order to take full advantage. 6 B~K2 7 Castles 7 P-QR¢ is often played to further cramp Black's game by -preventing the natural development thru P-QKt4. However, it leaves a hole at White's QKt4. Tovceee P—QKt#4 8 B—B3 R-R2 9 B—K3 R—B2 10 Q—Qz2 QKt—Q2 11 QR-Q?- ll... But here White misses a most important move. 11 P-QR4 could. not very well be met, for if 11 sees PAKS: 12 Kt-R2, P-QR#: 13 KUKtS with an overwhelming position, Wl wee... Kt—K4 12 P~QKt3 B—Kt2 13 Kt(Q4)xKtP = PxKt 14KtxP 14 B-Kt6 would recover an exchange and offer better prospects. However, White is satisfled to play for the attack, and disregard any. material inequality. - 14... R-Q2? 15 P—B4 KKtxP 16 BxKe BxB 17 P—B3 B—B3 18 Kt-Q¢ B—Kt2 19 Q~K2 B~K2 20 P—B4 Kt—Kt3 20 .... Kt-B3 seems to be more logical, It " threatens to simplify by exchanging Knights, and also prevents the more or Jess disturbing move of P-BS. 21 P—BS PxP 22 KtxP Castles 23 B~Q4 P—B3 Of course not B-KB3 because of 24 BxB, QxB: 25 Kt-R6ch! 24 Q—Kt4 R~KI 25 P—KR4 B—KBI 26BxP ls Brilliant but unsound! in fact it temporarily loses another plece, as White demonstrates. 26 ...... PxB 27 P—R5 R—K5! 28 Q—Kt3 R—K7January-FEBRUARY, 1934 29 R—B2 RxR 30 KxR Q—R#! 31 Q—Kit QxPch 32 K—Kel QxKtPch Resigns. For White is leit with a piece behind in the end-game. nok? Metropolitan Chess League February, 1934 Queen's Gamsir DECLINED (Notes by A. S. Denker) A. S. Denker J. Bernstein White Black ‘1 PHQ4 P-Q4 © 2 P—QB4 P—K3 3 Kt~QB3 Kt-—KB3 4 Kt—KB3 QKt—Q2 5 P—K3 B~Q3 / 5 .... B-K2 is more usual. . After the text Black must contend with the possibility of the eventual P-K¢, or the immediate P-B5. 6 P—BS B~K2 7 P—QKt4 P—B3 Not 7.... P-QR# because of 8 P-Kt5, when Black's Queen side development is stifled The text prepares for P-QR4. 8 B—Kt2 Castles 9 B—Q3 P—K4 In his attempt to free himself, Black sacrifices a Pawa, However the position was such that very few alternatives were at his command. 10 PxP 10 KtxP would lead to the position that actually occurred in the game. 10 ....., Kt—Kt5 11 Kt—K2 Q~B2 12 Q~B2! Ke(Q2)xP 12... P-KKt3 would be met by Q-B3, retain- ing the Pawn with a powerful position. 13 BxPch K—-R 14 KtxKt KtxKe 15 Castles Rather venturesome, but warranted by the: posi- tion, 15 B-Q3 would lead to a winning ending with a Pawn ahead, P—KB4 THE CHESS REVIEW 19 Not 15 P-KK¢3 because of 16 BxP, PxB; 17 P-KB4! 16 P—KB4 Kt—B5 17 B~Kté B—B3 If i7 .... KexP; 18 Q-B3, B-B3; 19 QxKt, BxB; 20 Q-R3ch and mate next move. 18 Kt—Q4 KtxP 19 Q—K2 Ke—Kt5 20 R—B3 Kt—R3 21 QR-—~KB1 Not 21 R-R3 immediately hecause of QxP. 21 ...... P—QR4 22 RR3 bene ‘The beginning of a deep combination. 22 0... PxP 23 KtxKBP BxKt If 23 .... RxP; 24 KtxKt, RxB; 25 Kt-B7 dbl ch and mate next move. Or if instead 24 25 RxPch, K-Kt (.... K-Kt2} 26 R4 27 Q-R5 mate); 26 BxB, RxB; 27 Q-K&ch, R-B; 28 R-R8ch and mates. 24 BxB(B5) P—QKt3 24 .... BxB would serve as an alternative, but then 25 QxB, RxB; 26 RxKtch, K-Kt; 27 R-Kt6 and White threatens a King side advance. which would be difficult to repel, However, this would offer greater resistance than the line played by Black. Also to be considered was 24 .... RxP: 25 RxKtch, PxR; 26 BxBch, RxB; 27 QxR, RxB; 28 Q-Kt2ch, K-Kt; 29 QxP, and Black's shattered King side position, together with his King side Pawn minority, should lead to his hasty demise. 25 B—Ktl BxB If instead 25 .... PxP; 26 Q-B2 wins outright. 26 QxB K-Ktl 27 Q—B2 R—B3 28 Q—R7ch K—-Bi 29 Q—R8ch Kt—Ktt 30 B—R7 Q—B2 31 PxP R-Ktl Obviously 31 .., RxRP would be met by P-Kt7. 32 R—Ki P—B4 If instead 32... RxKtP; 33 BxKt, QxB; 3+ R-K8ch, wins the Queen, while if 32 ... RxBP; 33 R(R3)-K3, ond the threat of R-K7, as well as BxKt, QxB: followed by R-K8ch is not to be parried, 33 R(R3)-—-K3- R—R3 34 R—K7 QxR 35 QxKt mate.._MISTAKES OF THE MASTER by Lester W. Brand * Eow. Lasker The following is one of the many in- teresting features of Frank J. Marshall's recent book, “Comparative Chess.” The diagramed position was reached (another: opening trap!) with 1. Kt-KB3, P-Q4; 2. P-QB4, PxP; 3 Kt-R3, P-K4 4 KtxKP, BxQKt; 5 Q-R4ch, P-QKt; 6 QxB, B-Ke2; 7 P-QKt3, Q-Q3; 8 B-Kt2. Had Lasker. made the sight move here, Torre doubtless would have. resigned: P-B6! winning a piece. : $s EST 889999999 Prev.8 88889999999 Name Score5 67890123456 Name Score.5 67890123456 McCarthy, E. 214622222333633 251 Bastine, A. J. 89222222333333 Vail, F. 214622222333633251 Paster, Dr. B. 0222222330333 117 Berliner, H. M. 209 6 22222333633 246 Hargreaves, G, 83 422222333333 115 McClelland, D, 212 222222333633 245 Seidl, A. M12000000000000112 Braverman, S. 209 422222333633 244 Morris, D, 85 220222330333 110 Ludlow, O. H, 2096 22222333333 243 Thrall, R. 9000000000000 9 Greenwald, I. 209422222333333 241 Nelson, N. 61622222333333 95 Benjamin, S. J. 185 020022333333 209 Clinton H. S. 91000000000000 91 Jacobs, W. 2090000000000 00 209 Burke, H. 56622222333333 90 Malzberg, N. 1706 22222333633 207 Hampton, L.D. 53422222033333 82 Nash, E, A. 165622222333333 199 Tudor, W. B. 72222000300000 81 Thorne, E. H, 1622 22222333333 192 Gardner, F. G. 29622222333333 63 Szabo, G. 1562222223336343189 Glynn, Joe 22222222033033 46 Chess, A. 181000000000000 181 Berry, GF, 42000000000000 42 Van Winkle, 144222222333633 177 Evans, Frank 3422222333633 38 Daum, J. 175000000000000 175 Allured, K. B. 32000000000000 32 Foote, B, A. 132222222333333 162 Dobbs, Dr. G. 0222222333333 30 Tanassy, L. 128622222333333 162 Kleinmann, M, 0222222333333 30 Piasetzky, I. 131 222222333333161 Young, KE. F. 30000000000000 30 Hixon, R. H..159000000000000 159 Patrick, M. W. 0222222333333 30 Partos, G. 125622222333333 159 Hannan, J. 24000000000000. 24 Halpern, L. 1166 22222333633153 Thelin, SH. 20000000000000 20 Riggin, C, W. 119222222333333 149 ‘This record was compiled from data submitted Hasenoebrl, J, 116 422222033333 145 by Mr. Wurzburg. There were no scores “for Rothenberg, P. 97 2 22222333333127 Kleinmann, Dr. Dobbs and Patrick. If there are _ Fortin, A, C..103 202222330033 125 any mistakes or if a prize has not been delivered Boswell, BE, 119000000000000119 where due, kindly inform the Problem Editor. 19”PROBLEM REVIEW By Maxwell Bukofzer Problems, Problem solutions, criticisms, comments and all matters pertaining to the Problem Department, should be sent ditectly to the Problein Editor at 106-22 215th Street, Bellaire, L. 1. N. Y. For personal replies and the return of unsuitable contributions, inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope; otherwise replies will be made in the correspondence column. A Word in Confidence Mr. Otto Wurzburg, until recently Problem Editor’ of Tus Cress Review, has found it de- sirable to relinquish his post. There is, in the opinion of most problem experts, no greater prob- Jem composer living at this time than Wurzburg, the “Junior Wizard of Grand Rapids.” To lose his services is indeed regretted by this magazine. Te Cress Review, in tendering its sincerest thanks to Mr. Wurzburg for his past services, is mindful indeed of its loss. T have been summoned to take Wurzburg’s place. Years ago, when Mr. Horowitz's plans concem- ing the editing of a Greater American Chess Pub- lication were still more or less embryonic, I pledged to him, my unwavering assistance, should he ever require it. Though my past experieiices as Prob- Jem Editor and ‘Tourney Judge are by no means in the nature of encouragements and though I had solemnly forsworn future activities on those fields, T feel called upon now to’ fulfill my promise to Mr, Horowitz, that Iam in honor bound to do so. ‘Thus, against my inclination, and handicapped by professional duties, T find myself once more at the helm of a Problem Department. Let me breath my heartfelt wish that, this time, my work for the benefit of Problem Chess in America, may prove to be of extended usefulness. With the liberal and cordial support and co-operation of a steadily growing clientele of Review subscribers 1 cannot help but succeed; without their aid no chess magazine can outlive its babyhood days. How will ] conduct my Department? Precisely as I conducted it in the former Western Chess Magazine. That pattern must have pleased an overwhelming majority, if the numerous letters of approval, and the frequent reprints of my sub- mitted material mean anything at all I salute you, dear readers, old and new. I am standing loyally by your Editor in Chief, to continue our Cress Review in its accustomed style. Will you stand by me and extend to me the = helping hand without which no’ Editor, be he ever so capable and willing, can accomplish any- thing worth while. Truly, it is up to you, dear readers. (Signed) Maxwell Bukofzer Pressed for time, I continue this Department in the manner of my predecessor, However, in subsequent issues, several changes and improve ments are planned. My aim is to offer something in the Problem Department to every problem lover, from the tyro to the master. We shall have en- tertaining. newsy and instructive articles, problems of various length and types, a question box, etc., etc. The Solving ladder, with its monthly prize, will be continued. If possible a monthly prize, for the “best” problem contributed, best according to the vote of the solvers, will be added. ' Other features are contemplated. Write your suggestions to me. I am at your servige—always. Correspondence H. Burke. Please send Problem (3er—White King on 47; Black King on e4) as corrected, with full solution. Former copy not to hand. More problems welcome, Walter Jacobs, Please send Problem (3er— White King on d4(?); Black King on al) as corrected, with solution, Former copy not “to hand. More problems welcome. Dr. G. Dobbs. Am aware of a mixup regard- ing your prize. Will be straitened out at once. Sorry indeed, old friend. Sincere greetings, F. A. Hill. Don't deserve your praise anent Dr. Mach’s gift book. Cylinder mate requires imaginary board where “a” file’ is attached to “h” file, forming a cylinder and allowing playing all around it. Letter will follow, Send problems, B.R. Cheney. Please send your address. Prob- Jems very welcome. Don't care what type. Kindly state what type of problems you desire most; 2ers, 3ers, 4ers, self-mates or Fairy problems. Solvers.22 THE CHESS REVIEW JANUARy-FeBRUARY, 1934 Solutions No. 85, Kt—Kt6 cooks B—Kéch and Kt—Kt3ch. No. 86. E, Boswell. 1 R—QR2. A juicy bivalve that opens and closes with pre- cision.~G. Dobbs, An interesting problem.—F. G. Gardner. Beautiful version of this difficult. theme,—E. McCarthy, Beautiful with many close tries. —F. Vail. Interesting.—D. C. McClelland. No. 87, M. Charosh, 1 Q—KR3. Nice variations.—Frank Evans. Clean, subtle, neat.—W. Van Winkle. A very pretty problem. —L, Halpern, Rather difficult well planned.— F.G, Gardner, An interesting task.—E, McCarthy. Very clever rook blocks.—F. Vail: Interesting. — D. C. McClelland. ‘ No. 88. G. W. Hargreaves. 1 Q—KS5. (Black King on QI should be White) An excellent debut.—G. Dobbs. Good for a first effort.—W. Van Winkle. Nice problem.— A, Szabo. A nice sacrifice.—F. G. Gardner. Very fine.—N. Nelson. Very pretty.~F. Vail. Good. —D. C. McClelland. No. 89, F, A. Hill. An accurate waiter.—G, Dobbs. lustration of pin.—W. Van Winkle. Double pin- ning well illustrated.—S. J. Benjamin. Not at all easy.—F. G. Gardner. A good though obvious 1 Q—KB3. Sparkling il- key.—N. Malzberg. Pinning effects. Just fair.— D. C. McClelland. No. 90. Walter Jacobs. 1 B~Kt3. Compliment Mr. Jacobs. Only possible objection - is that flight square leads to solution.—F. Evans. Fine Meredith cross checker.—G. Dobbs. Won- derful,—L. Halpern. Excellent.G. Szabo. Very well hidden.—F. G. Gardner, Novel idea —| McCarthy. Ingenious and beautiful.—E. H. Thorne. Very fine.— D. C. McClelland. No. 91, E. Benjamin & W, Jacobs. 1 Q-Q2. ” Threat 2 K—B3 mate QxQch 2 K—K4ch Q-Q5 2 K—B3ch P~BS 2 K—K3ch Easy but not without merit.—G, Dobbs. Amaz- ing. Worthy tribute to the memory of the great- est composer of all times.—W. Van Winkle. Brillient.—L. Halpern, Excellently arranged.— F. G. Gardner. Good key.—N. Malsberg. De- ceiving and Rnely conceived.—D. C. McClelland. No, 92. R. Cheney.’ 1 R~QB3. P—B6 2 R—K3ch BxR 2 BxBch K-Q4+ 2 Q~Béch ‘The defense Pb3 is interesting.—G. Dobbs. Sparkling key.—S. J. Benjamin. Neat.—N. Malz- berg, Delightful.—D. C. McClelland. No. 93, E. Haeniges. 1 B—Kt8. Threat 2 Kte-Q5 K~K2 2 Q—Kt6ch Queen sacrifice a surprise.—F. Evans. Queen sacrifice -pleasing.—G. Dobbs. A pretty pure mate. —L. Halpern. Sparkling Queen sacrifice.— S.J. Benjamin. Main variation fine.—F. G, Gard ner. A good Queen sacrifice.~E. McCarthy. Quiet catchy key.—Fine Queen sacrifice.—P, L. Rithenberg. Queen sacrifice pretty.—G. W. Har- greaves, Very subtle.—F. Vail. Pleasing Queen sacrifice.—D, C, McClelland. No. 94. D, C. McClelland. 1 B—B3. PxP 2R-Qt P_K4 2 B-Kr4 Cooked by 1 R—RS5. No. 95. W. Van Winkle. 1 Ke—Kt4. K—B2 2 Q—Béch K-Ké4 2 B-Q4ch K-K3 2 Q-Q5ch Pretty and neat.—L. Halpern. Some nice play. —F. G. Gardner. Mates pretty but play forceful. —E, McCarthy. Good key with black King has . fine freedom.—N. Malzberg. Bishop sacrifice.— N. Nelson, Excellent.—F. Vail. Mr. Van Winkle evidently one of the tatented composers of the day. =D. C, McClelland. In solving Mr. Var. Winkle’s problem, look for a sacrifice.—D, Mortis, No. 96. Earl F. Young. 1 Q—KR7, K-K3 2 Q—K7ch P_Ke4 2 PxP The mates are not too obvious,—G. Dobbs. Subtle play.—S. J, Benjamin, Rather easy.—F. G. Gardner. An amusing echo.—E. McCarthy. Pleasing.—N. Malzberg. Teasing.—D. C. Mc- Clelland. Almost a perfect chameleon echo.—D. Morris. DON’T FORGET to renew your subscription to The CHESS REVIEWJanuary-FEBRuary,. 1934 THE CHESS REVIEW 2B No, 115 | LBO VALVE: . ALFRED “Hogtisencae Hetsivx, FINLAND sais, BRANCE (OnicINAL) re White mates in Bvo moves White mates in two moves No. 17 No, 118 Davo C. McCretianp Z. ZILAHY JACKSONVILLE, Int, Buparest, Huncary (Onicinar) : (Oricinat) White mates in two moves No. 119 PAUL KERES Parnu, Exsti (Oriana) + White: mates in two moves White mates in two movesTHE CHESS REVIEW January-Frpruary, 1934 No. 121 OTTO WURZBURG Granp Rapios, Mica. (Onicinat) White mates in three moves U No. 123 WILHELM ANDERS Harpurc, GERMANY (Oricinat) No, 122 VINCENT L, EATON Camprince, Mass. (Ortginat) ‘White mates in three moves No, 124 KONRAD ERLIN Vienna, Ausraia _ (Onicivat) ‘White mates in three moves No. 126 MAXWELL BUKOEZER Berzame, L. I. 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State Chess Association Plans 1934 Masters’ Tournament The New York State Chess Association, arranging for its 50th Anniversary: Golden Jubilee Celebration, plans to hold a Masters’ Tournament during the period of August 13th to the 25th. Tt is likely that twelve players of interna- tional reputation will be invited (six Amer ican and six foreign masters) including the world’s champion, Dr. Alexander Alekhine, who has tentatively accepted the invitation to compete. * 8 # Cc. C. N. Y. Wins College Chess Championship The chess team of the College of the City of New York successfully defended its title in the Intercollegiate Chess League Champion’ ship by defeating Columbia University by the score of 34% to Ys. ‘The Harold M. Phillips trophy will thus remain in the custody of the City College Chess Club for another year. Walter Jacobs, °34, Gabriel Hellman, °34, William M. Bernstein, ’35, and Morton Ham’ mermesh, "36, comprised the winning team. Manhattan Chess Club Nominates Officers The nominating committee of the Manhat- tan Chess Club announces the following slate for its next election which will probably take place some time in April: Harold M. Phillips, President. Charles B. Saxon, Vice-President. Hector Rosenfeld, Secretary. Alfred Link, Treasurer. . Henry Atlas, Sigmund Cohn, Charles A. Coleman, E. §. Jackson, S. F. Kenton, L. B. Meyer, and H. B. Weil, Directors. oe # Westchester County Inter- Scholastic Chess League The Westechester. County Interscholastic Chess ‘League lias just completed the first round of its annual club tournament. The xecords of the individual teams are as fol- lows: Matches Games LW. Team w. L, Yonkers Central H. S04 1° 15 9% Pelham Memorial H. S.. 3 2 WY 3% Bronaville H. S. .. MY Wy UY wy Davis (Mt. Vernon) HS. 24%, 24 13 12 Port Chester H. S. Wy Wy iW Wy New Rochelle H. S. yw 8 17 A combined Westchester County High School Chess Team has just been organized and consists of Stephen Spurr and Cuttag, New Rochelle; Irwin Meyer and Cray, Pel- ham; Russell Loftus, Rumsey and Morgan, Bronxville; Morris Rothstein and Arthur Levin, Yonkers; Calvert and Wang, Port- chseter, and Robinson and Mullen, Mt. Ver- non, ss This team is interested in arranging a match with a similar team within short trav- eling distance from Westchester. Those in- terested may communicate through THE Crass Review.Marck, 1934 17 Mrs. Seaman Wins Women’s Chess Tournament Mrs. William I. Seaman of Staten Island, N. Y., won the women’s tournament at the Marshall Chess Club, with a perfect score of 11-0. Mrs. Seaman thus comes into posses- sion of the handsome tournament trophy which was donated by Miss Hazel Allen of Kew Gardens. Additional prizes have been presented by Alvin C, Cass and Alfred C. Klahre. The final standing follows: Mrs. Seaman ..... Mrs, Broughton Mrs. Rivero... Mrs, McCready .. Miss Angus Miss Beattig Miss Weart Miss White Mrs. Leeds Miss Grav Miss Smith Miss Allen (withdrew) . e 8 x Boston Chess Notes A summary of recent events in Boston seems to show a decided increase in the in- terest of the game. City Club team wins Metropolitan League annual tourney; Harvard University in sec: ond place. Charles S. Jacobs wins City Club Championship. Wells Memorial defeats team from Lowell, Mass., 773-11, on March 3rd, and repeats on March 9th by defeating Wey- mouth, 914-34. Massachusets State Chess Association tournament began Feb, 22nd with 13 entries in major and nine in minor division, ee ek 8 Williamsburg Chess Club Organized Brooklyn Chess enthusiasts turned out in grand style to celebrate the organization of the Williamsburg Chess Club at 42 Graham Avenue. The club now boasts of 38 members under the direction of Harry Rosenthal, President; William Feiertag, Vice-President; Harry Ehrman, urer. Secretary, and Louis Miller, Treas: “Liberty” Adopts Chess Problem Taking the lead in recognizing the ¢ver increasing interest in chess, the popular mag- azine Liberty (circulation 2,500,000!) has announced its intention of running a weekly chess problem, edited by Horace Ransom Big- elow, former champion of the Marshall Chess Club. ‘The first of these problems appeared in the March 17th issue. * * # Coast Defenders Meet East in NACCL Tourney Such able Californians as Messrs, Pear- sall, Brown, Reeves, Hubett, Richter and Seaton and such clever Easterners as Messrs. Fickenscher, Jackola, Schrier, Trull and Green are among those enrolled in the new 1934 Spring Sweepstakes of the North American Correspondence Chess League. This is believed to be the first Mail tour- ney yet to be organized in which four out of the seven win and the first three win sub- stantially, making their Chess self-paying or better. Entry fee of $2.50 should be mailed before April 15 to 9441 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California. This league had more than 130 entries in the Van De Grift Testimonial race which started in January. It is the first Mail-playing group west of the Rockies, and likewise has attracted those Easterners who get fun out. of playing folk out on the sunset frontier. In the current official bulletin of the League, Tournament Director R. C. Van De Grift and Editor Henry MacMahon record more than 185 recently completed games. . THE FREEMAN PRESS Printers & Publishers of Chess Literature 203 East 12TH St., New York, N. Y. GRamerey 7-951CANAD AN SECTION b’ F. W. Watson Articles pertaining to this department will be accorded special attention if addressed to the Editor at Jones Avenue, Ontario, ‘anada. Kashdan Makes History With Winnipeg results not available at this time, the American master, I. Kashdan, recently left Montreal and Toronto chess players in a simultaneous wreck after having compiled a total of 185 games (1) Kashdan registered 142 wins and 30 draws —and, was lucky to have no more than 13 losses (!?) Mr. Kashdan made history in Can- ada—seems if. The Montreal report includes two engagements wherein the first, 72 players participated, while the second test involved 73 players; Kashdan’s tally was 58 wins, 5 losses and 9 draws, and to this total he added 50 wins, 7 losses and 16 draws in the second event. The Toronto exhibition involved 40 players and here Mr. Kashdan scored 34 wins against 1 loss and 5 draws. ee 8 Miscellaneous News From Fort Worth, Texas, a letter arrives inviting any Canadian correspondence player toa friendly long-distance combat, (please do not be alarmed, this does not necessarily mean by telephone!) Now—if one of our Cana- dian correspondence hounds will volunteer to accept this “stampvlicking” challenge, (come on boys, we must uphold our good name) please communicate with Mr. J. W. Butcher, 316 Houston St., Fort Worth, Texas. The Peterborough city championship was recently concluded with Rev. E. R. James as winner by a score of 10—4 against seven other competitors in a double round. H. B. Cowan was second with 9—5 after winning a play-off against. A. Mitchell, third with 9—$; other scores included: G. Snowden, 8—6; H. Morris, 7—7, and E. Mitchell, 6—8. Oshawa defeated Peterborough by 4—3 in their third match of the season and caused a deadlock count of one win to each team with one match drawn. Competing in the new members’ tourna- ment of the Canadian Correspondence Chess Association, Mr. Cowan of Peterborough, won a prize after coming through his group without a loss. ‘oo Toronto News S. E, LeRiche, of the Toronto Chess Club, is winner of the Major tournament staged in conjunction with the City Championship Event. After 7 rounds of play LeRiche emeéred undefeated with a fine score of 62 —Y. M. Allen, of the Jordan Chess Club finished second with 6—1, losing to LeRiche. The one draw spoiling a clean slate for the winner was scored by I. MacDiarmid. A monster rapid transit tourney staged recently at the Jordan Chess Club, was won by S. E. Gale, ex-Canadian champion, and with R. E. Martin in opposition for the final tussle, Mr. Gale swept his troops through to win the grand prize—amid cheers(!). B. Bucht emerged winner in the class “B” rapid- affair, with young T. Daly second; A. Avery and J. Hudson tie, third and fourth. A. Breckels won among the boys, with Riddle second, ‘The Boys’ championship tournament con- cluded with H. McLean as Boy Champion of Toronto, by a score of 5—1. Other contes- tants were: A. Breckels and H. Hyndman, 4Yy—1; K. Davies, 3}/4—24; S. Riddle, W—3Vr, A. Manett, 1—5; W. Shiman, 0—6. The event was supervised by S. Kirk, a prominent worker in the city boys’ club. zk Bright Sayings In the service of the Canadian Chess Fed- eration, and one of the most diligent workers _in the realm of the Royal Game, Bernard Freedman of Toronto always seems to be in a quandary because of the mixing of chess with his everyday routine of business—One day a travelling businessman called in at Mr. Freedman’s place of business to hold a con: ference of extra importance, and it wasn't chess! Bernard was up to his elbows in the midst of some Canadian Chess Federation cor- respondence when suddenly, the visitor im- patiently remarked: “Outside of chess you don’t know anything,” to which Mr. Freed- man looked up and promptly replied: “May be so, and if you were a chess player, you'd know something” (!)Marcu, 1934 Toronto Championship The standing in Toronto's city tourney after twelve rounds is reported as: Martin, 11—1; Lovstrand, 7/4— 3!4; Crompton, 614—417; Swales and Wat- son, 6/4—514; Cradock and Ridout, 6—5; Schaefer, 4V¥,—71/2; Stock and Berger, 4—7; Taylor, 3—7; Drummond, 3—9; Mallinson, 114—Y; Belson, 29 3 Ke—KB3 P—QKe3 4 P—KKt3 B—Ke 5 B—Kt2 P—KR3? 60-0 BHK2 7 Ke—B3 o—-O 8 Q-B2 P_B4 «+ P—Q3 should precede this advance, but in any case Black would feel the weakening effect 0-12. of his P—KR3. The thirteenth round will decide the issue 9 P—Q5 PxP with Martin playing Black against Belson, 10 Kt—KR4! Kt—K5 who must win to retain hig title; both will 11 KeBs Kixkt enter the final round undpfeated! It was 12 PxKe BBS? planned to have adjournéd and deferred games completed before staging the closing 13 Kr—Q6 Ke—B3 round, QB; then 14 KtxB, QxKt; 15 BxQP, 6 Q—Kts. 14 KexB Qk “QUEEN’S INDIAN” - 45 Pe Ke—K2 Toronto Championship, 1934 (Notes from Tor. Tely) 16 P—Q6 Ke—B3 J. H. Belton H. F. Ridout 17 Q-Bs OxKe White Black If... BxP; then 18 BxP! and we have a very 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 interesting position decidedly in White's favor. 2 P—QB4 P_K3 18 B—K4 Resigns A Rummy Variation © the strangest match that was ever played Took place on the Isle of Dum When Blood the pirate and Bones the cook Played for a bottle of rum, Marooned they were by a stroke of fate, The pilot has lost his almanac, ‘And though this occurred ninety years ago, Blood played Alekhine’s attack, “A French,” quoth Bones, “what a noisome thing! Variations like that make me ill; Yet by the locker of Davy Jones, Til win that bottle and ewill!™ ‘And the sun beat down on the sandy beach And the waves rolled out refrain. ‘And the fiendish French was handled by Blood of the Spanish Main. The hours passed, and the lonely men Came to the end-geme phase, And Blood played on one pawn to the good ‘And his bloodshot eyes were ablaze. But just as he queened his pawn there rose To the lips of Jones one word: “Checkmate!” and a stillness fell on the pair; Not even their breathing was heard. Till Blood, with a bloodcurdling yell, leapt up “Intending Jones’ funeral rites. “Look here,” he roared, “where did you get ‘Thee bishops and three knights?” And Jones gave answer: “O Blood, my led, To my cook book ideals I cling, And I firmly believe that one cannot have Too much of any good thing!” The years have passed, and the French Defense Consoles us when we're glum, And to Blood and Jones, let us not forget, It meant a bottle of rum. Paut Huco Lirwissxy.GAME STUDIES First Game of Match BENONI COUNTER GAMBIT (Notes by I. A, Horowite) Lilienthal Dr. Tartakower White Black 1 P—4 P_QBs The merit of this move is highly questionable. White has at his command any number of replies all of which lead to a favorable position for the first player. ‘The only saving feature of the move is that it avoids the usual routine moves. Tarta~ kower deserves credit for adopting such daring tactics, especially against such an adversary. 2 P—K3 Apparently White’s plans have been mapped out in advance of the game, and he intends to follow them no matter what his opponent plays. With such a wealth of interesting and favorable lines, the move selected is tame and indifferent. The game might have run 2 P—Q5, P—Q3; 3 P—K4, P—-K4; 4 Kt—QB3, B—K?; 5 B—Q3, B—Kt4; 6 Kt—B3, BxB: 7 QxB, Kt—KR3: 8 P—KR3, P--B4: 9 Q—KtS, Castles; 10 QxQ, RxQ; IL Kt-—KKeS, P—KKt3; 12 P—B4! (Alekhine-Tarta- kower, Dresden, 1926)); or 2. P—Q5, Kt—KB3; 3 Kt—KB3, P—QKt4; 4 P—B4, B—Ki2; 5 P— OR4, PxBP; 6 Kt—B3, P—-K3; 7 P—K4, KtxKP; 8 KtxKr, PxP,; 9 Ke—B3, P—Q5; 10 BxP, PxKt; 11 BxP ch, KxB; 12 'QuKe3 ‘ch! (Rubinstein- Spielman, Vienna, 1922). Zewee P—K3 3 Ke—KB3 P—OK:3 4 QKt—Q2 Kt—KB3 5 B—Q3 B-K2 6 Castles Ke—B3 7 P—B3 PxP 8 KPxP wee White's position is not bad. ‘The point is that with either of the above lines, White would have a definite advantage; now it is an even game. Brees Q—B2 9 RHKI P—KR3 Black prepares for an eventual attack beginning with... P—Ke4 and Castles Q, 9... P—Q4 fol lowed by . . . B—Q3 would be an alternative. 10 Ke—B1 B—K2 11 Q—K2 K-04 12 Ke—Ke3 P—RKt¢ 13 Kt—R5 Castles Q 14 B-R6 saae Instead of simplifying, 14 P—B4 with a coun ter attack in the center, to be continued with P—QR3 and P—QKtH, an attack on the Queen's wing appears more logical. Then White's strong- er Pawn formation, together with the better coordi nated pieces should be brought to favor. account in bis’ I4eeee KR—Ktl 15 BxBch KB 16 Kt—K35 KexKr 17 PxKt R—QBI 18 P—OQR4 P—R3 19 Q—B3 QBs 20 B—Q2z . xP? 20... QR—Bi, 21 Q—Kt6, B—B4; Not 2 R 2, Kt—BS! and White's position is pre- carious. 20.2... P—B4! 21 PxPe.p. KtxP 22 QxQch KxQ Now, with an extra center Pawn, and the King in play, the ending is favorable to Black. 23 KexKe BxKt + 24 B—K3 P—Q4 25 KR-Q1 PKs 26 R—Q3 : 26 P—B3 to be followed with KI appears more navural. Bi and K—K2 26... KR—QL 27 QR-QI P—Ke4 28 PxPch PxP 29 R—R1 R—ORI 30 R(Q3)—QL P—Qs! 31 PxP PxP 32 QR—QBich wees The Pawn obviously cannot be captured because of the threat of mate. 32... K—Kt2 There was nothing wrong with... K—Q4, but Black believing he has the game well in hand,’ pre- fers to play it safe. 33 BQ2 R—R7 34 P—Ktd R—QB1 35 RxR Ka 36 P—R4 K—Ki2 37 PxP PxP 38 K—BL K—B3 39 R—Bich K-95 40 BrP! sees This enables White to draw, 40.... BxB 41 R—BSch K—Ks 42 RB R—R8ch —K2 P—Q6ch —Q2 ROR7ch 45 K—K1 R—K7chMarcu, 1934 a "46 K—Q1 46 K—B1 would lose, for then Black would play 46... K—-Q5 together with R—-QL and the advance of the QP. 462... RP 47 RxP RxP- Draw Sixth Game of Match GIUOCO PIANO (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) Lilienthal Dr. Tartakower White 1 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3 3 BBs 4 P—B3 Black P_k4¢ Kt—QB3 B—B4 Qk Unless Black is prepared to mest the variations of the Moeller attack, it is best not to play 4. . Kt—B3, which is the orthodox defense. 5 Castles P_Q3 6 P—O4 B—Ks 7 P—QR4 P—QR3 8 B—K3 B—R2 So that there will be no threat of P—Q5 fol- Jowed by BxB breaking Black's Pawn chain. 9 P—R3 Kt—B3 10 QKt—Q2 Castles 11 P—Qs Ke—-Ket 12 BxB RxB 13 Kt—R2 QKt—Q2 14 B—Q3 R-Ki 15 P—KB4 A better way to play the Pawn formation would be P—RS, followed by —OKe4- P—OB4-S. The text leaves White with a_weak KP, and inci- dently overlooks a Pawn. From this’ point the game is interesting only to note how White rebuilds is attack. Is.... 16 RxP 17 R—B2 18 Q—K2 19 QR—-KBI 20 KKt—B3 21 Kt—Q4 22 QxKt 23 Q—Kt3 24 QKt—B3 25 R—K2 26 Kt—Kis 27 Kt—Bs 28 R—B4 PxP KecQP Ki—K¢ Kt—KB3 B—K3 KKt—Q2 KexB Ke—K4 QR—RL Kt—Q6 Kr—B4 B—BS QKe BxR? White with a Pawn behind desperately to work up an attack, and uses a Rook as bait. 29 Kt—R6ch 30 KuxBPch 31 KtxRP ch. 32 Kt—B7ch Draw PxKe kz K—RIL K-Ket struggles Played in the Mahrisch-Ostrau Tournament July 1933 - INDIAN DEFENCE (Notes by Fred Reinfeld) Li Steiner R. Pitschak White Black 1 &Q4 Kt—KB3 2 P—QB4 P_K3 3 Kt—QB3 BKs 4 P—K3 P—OK3 3 Kt—K2 oe A favorite manouver with Rubinstein, which is however more.eflective against 4... A good alternative to the text is 5 Bs, Pas: B—g2, © 7 Kt—R3 transposing into a we ¢ sh Samisch, Breslau, 1925), eee BHK2 5 P—QR3 BxKt ch. 7 KoB P—Q3 8 P—B3 QuK2 9 P—K4 oo 10 B-Q3, P_B4! Taking advantage of the fact that White can- not reply P—QS. 11 Ke—K2 Ke—B3 12 BHK3 QR—B Black has played the opening very well and gous have ¢ done ished his opponent's center now Peas sae This leads to a difficult and complicated game well suited to Steiner's aggressive style. Bee. . PxP 14 BPxP Kt—Ka 15 Ke—Ke3 sane Alternative lines are 15 O—O, KR—K; 16 B—QKtS, or B—KKtS, or 15 B—B2, Kt—B5; 16 B—B, etc. Uses KtxB ch. 16 QxKr” KR—K Threatening the QP. 17 K—B2 PHK3 In order to avoid the annoying entrance of the Kt at BS. 18 P—KR4! Kt—Q2 19 QR—K QB 20 Q—B2 Kt—Ka 21 K—Kt bees Preventing the exchange of the Bishop by . . . Kt—KtS ch. Beeee P—QKe4 22 BOKts QKe 23 P_RS Ke—Bs 24 PxP ‘ . Kmoch points out, in the Tournament Book that the seemingly forceful move of B—B (intending32, P-Kt3 and B—Ke2) is refuted by 24 Q5 ch; 25 KB, PKt5! followed by or else 25 K—R}, BxP! 26 Ke—K2, Q. same move follows on 26 R—Q). 2oeee BPxP 25 R—K2 R—B2 26 R—R4 R—B2 27 P—B4 BB 28 QB P_QRr4 29 K—R Ke—Ke3 Black wishes to advance his Queen-side Pawns in order to obtain some counter threats against the increasingly menacing attack of his opponent. An- other good continuation would have been . P—R5, in order to fortify the position of the Kt by fixing White's KtP. 30 Q-K PKs 31 PBS! BUR! Steiner indicates the following interesting pos- sbiities after $1. PaPs $7 BERG. Q~Q5? 33 KtxP, Brkt; 34 PxB, wk 8 gtk ch. and wins Kt3; 33 PxP, ReR: 34 QxR, RiP: 33 RK, RoR? ch: “36 Kea, BxR: 37 xB winning a piece. C. Q--B3 (best); 33 R—RS , P—BS; 34 RKB? With dangerous attack. 32 R—KB2 wee ‘Not P—B6? RxBP! BB. eee Kt—Qz 33 Q—Q2 sees Te seems that White misses a win here by 33 BIR6, Q-BY: 34 RCH! for example A . Kt—K4; 35 PxP! QxR; 36 PxR dbl. K—R; 35 PxP! QxR; 36 B—Kt? o sad wins 34. chi (pointed ‘out by Reuben Fine), K—Kt; 37 BR ch, OF 38 B—B6 ch. winning quickly. oo Q—Qs! Es QBs PxRP 33 PxRP Kt—K4 36 PxPI! A wholly unexpected Queen-sarifce which freshens up White's attack. 36. RxQ 37 PxP ch. K-R 38 R(B2)xR KiKi! Far better than 38... Kt—Q2; 39 R—BY, B—B; 40 Kt—RS. 39 B—B6 ch. OxB 40 RxQ KteeR 41 RxPt eee Not 41 RORG, BO6: 42 Rekt, PBS: 43 R—R6, PB RxP,' R—QB; 45 R—QBS, RxR; 46 aR per and wins, 41 ..ee B—as! 42 R—QB6! R—R6 with the object of capurng the Ke would obviously be bad because of... P— a2. wee P_Bs 43 R-B? Ke-Ke3 Tue Cuess Revisw 44 P—O6 KB 45 P—KS! R-Q 46 Kt—Rs! Ke—K3! KtxP is answered by P—K6. The text Kt—B4 being threatened, 47 R—B6 Kr—Q5 48 R—B7 Kt—K3 49 R—B6 Kt—Qs 50 R—B7 Kt—K3 Drawn by repetition of moves. The position is legitimately drawn, for if 50 ROBY, Kt—Ki4; 51 RBS! or 50 RBY, Ke K3;_ $i R—B6, KxP; 52 P—Q7! Kt—B; 53 R—B8! Kt—K3; 54 R—B6 (Kmoch) A highly interesting game. Played in a Match in Holland (Fifth Game) April, 1933 INDIAN DEFENCE (Notes by Fred Reinfeld) R. Spielmann S. Landau 1 P—Qa Kt—KB3 2 P—QB4 P_K3 3 Kt—KB3 P—OKS 4 P—KKt3 BOK 5 BK B-K2 6 Kt—B3 oo Buwe critics this move and recommends the eimpler contwuation of — 7 Q—B2 "pHa Black avoids . . . P—Q4 because of 8 Kt—K5, But perhaps this continuation would have been the lesser evil, for example 8 . . . P—B4; 9 PxBP, BxP; 10 B—Kt5 (else Black plays . . . Q—B2t), 11 PxP, KtxP; 12 BxB, Ox: 13. KtxKe, PxKt; 14 Kt—B3, PQS! 15 O—O, Kt—B3; 16 KR—Q, QR—B, ete & P—K4 Kt—B3 An unfortunate experiment— . . . QKt—Q2 directly would save time. 9 0-0 P—K4 10 PQs Ke—OKts 11 Q-K2 KtK Premature: He should first play 11 . .. P—QR4 and after 12 P—OQR3, Kt—R3 his pieces are not so bottled up as after the text. White could con- tinue advantageously with 13 Kt—KR¢ or simply 12 Kt—KR4 immediately, 12 P—QR3 Kt—R3 13 P—QKt4 PKs 14 B—R6 Kr—K2 15 Kt-K! tee Discouraging Black from attempting . because of the intended reply 16 Kee Set positions are usually to the advantage of the better developed player—in this case White. W..ee Kt—Ke 16 P—B4 PxPMarca, 1934 Black is under the impression that he can dem- onstrate White's center to be weak. Spielmann, however, completely refutes hie opponent's plan by the following tactical finesse: 17 PxP B—KB3 18 P—Ks! R-K 19 Kt—Ka4! Very fine play, as the sequel shows PxP The point of tae Pawn sacrifice. White obtains an overwhelming att: 20. BxB Not 20... Kt—Q2; 21 KtxB ch., KexKe; 22 PxP, Ke(Kt2)—R4; 23 Q—Ke2 and wins, 21 PxB Kt—Q2 The weakness at KB, rendess Black's, postion hopeless. After 21... R—K2 there would follow I KeeBE ch, KBs 23 BORA wath aumersos eventual threats such as RQ, Q—B3, P—Q6, P—BS, as well as Kt—Kt2—K3_Kt4, etc. 22 BR3 BOB 23 Kt—Q3 . Spielmann prefers to strengthen his attack in. stead if winning the exchange immediately by BrKt and Kt—B6 ch. 23.22, . R—K2 24 BxKt BxB 25 Kt—B6 ch. K—R 26 KtxKP B—B4 27 QR—K! ae Prettily forcing the win of the exchange, as » KtxKeP ch. Black is helpless agains: . . 27... 28 KexKtP ch, 29 QaR The seat ie cary: 30 QRS Rok, 3 Not 4... BPxP, 3 B—Ki3 ch, B—Q2; 6 PxP! (Tarrasch). 5 KKt—B3 Kt—QB3 6 B—Kts Ke—B3 Correct was. . . BXQ3 followed by... KKt—K2. 7 0-0 B-K2 8 PxP 0-0 He cannot play 8... BxP because of 9 RK ch. B-K3 (9 B—K2; 10 Q—K2! B—K3; 11 Ke—Q4); 10 Ke—Kea, BOK; 11 Ke(Ke3)— Q4, QB I. : 12 Kt—K5); 12 RexB, Paks 3 KeReS and White has a winning game, 9 Kt—Ks Keks 10 BK3 BOKS 11 BxKe PxB 12 Q-Q3 BxKt 13 PxB Ke—Ke4 14 PKB4 QQ Black has no compensation for his Pawn and would not mind getting a draw by... Q—KtS ch. 15 P—-KB3! Kt—K3 16 K—R P—B4 17 R—KKt P—QR4 In order to loosen up White's Pawn. structure on the Queen side with some possibilities of in- vasion later on (see the manouver beginning with his 20th move). 18 P—QR4 BUB3 19 QR—Q! sees White's advantage consists not so much in the extra Pawn (which is now worthless) as in his well- situated pieces; he lays the subsequent phase with great skill. WW.... OR—Kt Naturally he avoids 19. . . BxP? 20 P—B3 (20 P—B4, PQs), QR, 21 K— Qe! KixKe KtxP; 22 Q—B2 and wins.); 22 BeKe, QRS; 3 K, P. BR ks chs Keak 35 RGKE che Soak: 36 RO, RxKt; 37 QxQBP, PxP; 38 PxP, zesigns. Played in the All-Russian Tournament September, 1933 FRENCH DEFENCE (Notes by Fred Reinfeld) G. Toewenfisch’ M. Judowitsch White Black 1 PKs P—K3 2 PQs P94 3 Kte—Q2 eee An unusual line with which Dr. Tarcasch exper’ imented for some time. P_QB4 Besee Beiter than 3... Ki—KB3? after which White obtains a strong autack, for example 4, PKS, KKt—Q2; $ B—-Q3, P_QB4, Ke QB3; 7 Ke—Ko, ) eae ke ba, Boke 9 G0, O—O; 10 KE—B4! (preventing . . . P—B3) as in @ game Tarrasch-Gottschall, Dresden, 1892. 4 KPxP KPxP CL P. Ks3; “23 R Kt, QR—Kt; 24 R—Kt2 etc. or 20... QR—Ke 21 O—B2, Q—Ke2; 22 Kr—Q4! (22 KixP, Q—R3), KexKt; 23 BxKt, P—Kt3; 24 R—Ke, Q—Res: 28 Q-% Bs. RE (White threatens Ke2, and 25. t2; 26 R—Ke2, ER Ke sould rot do becaoie of 11 Be KS, BxP 28 RxQ, BxQ; 29 RxR, RxR; 30 RxB); 26 R—-Ke2, B—R8; 27 R—Kto! with a winning position, 20 KtexP RxP 21 Kt—-Ke3 QK Alter 21... R-R7 White can continue ad- vantageously with 22 P—R3 (not 22 P—B4, P— Q3, 36, 23 ROR! R—R7 3 ORoK! PLRS js also strong, but White hec in mind his 25th move, B—R5 RxRP 25 Q—K3! Very neat; Blacks cannot reply 25... Kt—B2 because of 2 »—Ke 03; 27 QB! or 08 BBs Sr BaP ond ine K—B234 THe Cuess Revirw 26 B—Ki2 wee 1 .... PxP Threatening QxKt ch! followed by RxP ch. 11 QKtxQP KexKe 26.60 R—Kt 12 PxKe Ke—K5 13 B—Kt2 P—B4 26. B—B3 would Tikewise lose very quickly after 27 BxB, PxB (27... . KxB; 28 Q—KS ch. 328 R(Kt)—K, “a 2B... Rt—Ke2 29 Q—Kt, Q-Q2; 50 R—K?7 ch, B, 28... KtB2; 29 Q—K7 ch. 27 Q-KS wee This forces a pretty finish Woven B_B3 27... PKG} is refuted by 28 R(Kt)—Kit 28 RxP ch! 29 QxP ch. KE 30 RxKt ch. kK-Q 31 RxQ ch. Resigns Played by Correspondence QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) E, Burch Dr. Ed. Dyckoff (Passau) (Munchen) White Black 1 P—Q4 P—a4 2 P—OB+ P—K3 3 Kt—QB3 P—QB4 4 BPxP KPxP 5 Kr—B3 Ke—QB3 6 P—K3 Here White deviates from the recoggized line of play, 6 P—KKt3, Ki—B3; 7 B—Kt2, PsP; 8 KRexP, B—QB4; 9 Ki—Ke3!, B—Ke3; 10 Cas tes, (10° KtxP, KexKe; 11 QxKt, QxQ;'12 BxQ, Ke—Ke5_ with’ positional compensation for the Pawn) B—K 11 B—Ks5, Castles; 12 Kt—R4, P—KR3; 13 KtxB, PxKkt; 4 B—K3, QKt—R4, 15 B—Q4l, would leave White with 2 positional superiority. The text move is weak only in so far as it makes no effort to attack directly Black's isolated QP. 6 PxP would be met by. . . P—Q5; 7 Kt—QR4, BaP: § KtxB, O—Re chi, ceyaining the piece and Pawn with a good position, 6... Ke—B3 7 B—Q3 sees ‘There is no point now to 7 PxP, with the idea of isolating Black's QP, for then’ White cannot prevent .... P—Q3, eventually, which would dis- solve the weakness. In any event Black's great er mobility would moce then compensate for the weak QP. Tose B—Q3 8 Castles Castles 9 KOK B-KS 10 P—QKt3 eee But here White definitely fails to take advan- tage of the position. 10 KtxB, QxKt; 11. PxP, QxBP; 12 P—QKt3 would leave White with of Teast the advantage of two Bishops. ‘The text move is ilL-timed. White's inaccuracy on his 10th move has resulted in Black seizing the initistive, and the second play- ex makes the most of his opportunity. 14 BLK2 BaKt! Generally, exchanging a Bichop for a Knight would be condemned, but here there is a good rea- son for it, White threatened to occupy the square XS with his Knight, from which it would be diffi cult to dislodge it, without seriously impairing the position. 15 BxB QuB3 16 Q—Q3 P—QR3 To prevent... Q—Ks5! 17 QR—BL eae 17 P—KKt3, followed by B—Kt2 and at once, was in order. P_KB3 P—KKi4 Quks PKs Not 20 B_-KBS, PsP. 21, RP, (BxP, BaP; 22 Bake, BBY chi 23 KxB, PxB ch!), PI PBs 21 bike see Unnecestary, the Bishop was necded for the defense. KR—BI was indicated, 21 PxB 22 Q—B4 ch R—B2 23 PxP see This lengthens the sco} scone of Black's Bishop, and makes the defense, cific but the possibilities of either . . . P—B6 followed by Q—R6!, or . . . P—K6 wete not easy to parry. BxP B—B2 25 RB3 wees Forced, otherwise there would be no defense against... Q—R4! 25 R—Qi + Q-R+, would be parried with 26 QxB!, RxOs 27 RGR ollowed by RRCSBI and the dour bling of the Rooks on the seventh rank . 26 R—QU ook 27 R—Ke3 Not 27 QxB, RxQ; 28 RaR, P—Ki6i!™ Dees P—OKt4 28 Q—K2 BaR Black has now realized the fruit of his labor, but the weakness of his black squares makes it still difficult to win. 29 RPxB QU—KB4 30 B—B4 P—KR4 31 Q-K3 P—RS5! 32 R—QBL R—-Q4 33 RBG KR—Q2! 34 PxP weeMakcu, 1934 oe Tf 34 B—K5?, RxB! 35 PxR, R—Q8 ch; 36 K—R2 (K—Kt2,, Q—B6 chy 37 QxQ, KtPxQ ch, 38 K—R2, P—Ké!), PxP ch; 37 KxP, (QxP. QRS chi), 38 R—Q6! 34...- RxP 35 RxP R(Q5)—Q6 36 Q—Kt6 P—K6l! Resigns. For if 37 BxP, R—-Q8 ch; 38 K—R2, Q—K4 ch: 39 K—Ke2, Q—KS ch! or 37 PxP, R—-Q8 ch; 38 R(Q2)—Q7 ch and mate in few. Metropolitan Chess League March 1934 Ruy Lopez A. S. Pinkus S. Konigsburg Manhattan ©. C. Catssa C. C. White Black 1 P—K4 P—K4 2 Kt—KB3 Kt—QB3 3 BHKes P—QR3 4 B—R4 B—K2 Indifferent! White is permitted too much lee- way in conducting the opening. Black should not deviate from the usual Ke—B3, 5 Castles eee But White fails to take advantage of Black's slight slip. Instead at once 5 P—Q4, PxP; 6 KtxP, KtxKt; 7 QxKt would leave the first player with a superior position. 7... P—QB4 would be parried with Q—Q5! S..ee PQ3 6 P_B3 aaa Again 6 P—Q4 was indicated, The continua- tion would probably run 6 . . P—QKt4; 7 B—Ke3, KtxP; 8 KtxKe, PsKt; 9 QxP, with the Queen placed in a commanding position. 9... P—QB4 would be met by QxKtP! 2 6. eee P—OKt4 2 Don’t Forget To Renew Your Subscription to THE CHESS REVIEW & 7 B—B2 8 Q-K2 : 8 P-—KR3 is more accurate. Then Black must retreat his Bishop to Q2 with the consequent loss of time, or to R4, where it will be open to the eventual attack P—KKt4, when it will be shut out of the game. BK Bee. Ke—B3 9 P—QR4 P_Ke5 10 P—RS Castles 11 BeR4 B—Q2z Not 11... KexRP; 12 PxP, Kt—Ke2: 13 B—Bé! 12 P_Qa PxBP Now if 12 KtsRP; 13 BxB, Kt—Ke6; 14 B—R4, KexR, but the Kt is trapped. 13 KePxP PsP ‘This sacrifices the center, but, i is difficult to suggest a good continuation. - —K1 (threatening . . . KtxQP) Should be" constiered. 14 PxP Pas 15 Ke—B3 : Hf 15 PKS, Ke-K5; 16 B—B2, P_KBA. PxP R-KI? 16... Kt—QKt5 was the only move that of- {ered chances. The KR is needed to protect the BP. 17 Ke(K4)—Kt5! P—R3? 18 KtxP! KKe 19 B—Ke3 ch! K—Ks Mo... K-Bl, Q—B4t 20 Kt—R4 ch White announced mate in seven beginning with this move. ‘The continuation would probably be 20 K—R2; 21 Q—Q3 ch., B—KB4; 22 QxB ch, K—R1; 23 Kt—Kt6 ch, K—R2; 24 Kt—B& dbl, ch, K—R1; 25 Q—RT ch., KexQ: 26 Ke—Keo mate. MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB HOTEL A ALAMAC Broadway and 71st St., New York Organized 1877 A Club for Gentlemen who Enjoy Chess A rendezvous for Chess Masters and Amateurs—Frequent Activities Club Always Open Visitors Welcome Thursday NightsWHO’S WHO IN PROBLEMDOM _ By MAxweLt Buxorzer c i M. Havel When, a few years ago, the so-called “New Direction” problem spread over Europe, es: pecially England and Germany, the problem authors of reputation and fame immediately split into two hostile factions. Many of the greatest masters of composition looked ask- ance at the new type of problem, declaring that they could see neither rhyme nor reason in the trend to sacrifice principles to the “mo- loch strategy.” One of the noted problemists defying the new order was M. Havel, a faithful follower of the Dobrusky—Dr. Mach school of com- posing. ‘This school, sometimes called the Bohemian, exacts Purity, Economy and ma: terial artistry, in short: Beauty, in a chess problem as the governing principle. Havel, a disciple of the Bohemian school, rose to be- come its most outstanding prophet and expon- ent. Havel was born Nov. 7, 1881 in Teplice (Teplitz), now a component part of Czecho- slovakia, He is connected, in an administra- tive position, with the railroad system of his country. In problem chess Havel accomplished a marvelous success. He has composed approx imately 1100 problems, of which number no less than 125 were honored with prizes and mentions, 500 of his creations were published in 1923 by Alain C. White in his Christmas Series. In his communication to this department, Havel calmly but firmly expresses his “con- viction that the estetic merit of a problem, as expressed in beauty and artistic finish, is at least as important and essential a factor as is strategical play.” It is hardly proper for me to voice my own opinion in these paragraphs devoted to the purpose of acquainting Ameri- can problem friends with the Bohemian Com- poser Havel, but I cannot but underline Hav- el’s conviction as a true and truthful portrait of my own mental conception. The young student of problem. lore, in any country on earth, who chooses Havel’s problems to guide his own work, will never regret that deci- sion. The Czechoslovakian Problem Giant stands for sheer art in problems. His problems rep- resent a gallery of beautiful pictures. So long as the eternal spark of feeling will find a domicile in the human breast, so long as mankind will admire, enbance and espouse beauty, that long Havels Chess problems will live and endure. May he continue for many years to gladden the chess world with his artistic, beautiful work. We need Havels now more than ever before.DEDICATED TO OTTO WURZBURG By M. Havel ORIGINAL Mate in four. 1 Ke & Bis Me ° ch, K—Ke5; 3 K—B2 } e RS KxKe; 2. KKi4 ch, K—R3; 3 K--B7 & Oa; 788 Kika; 3 K—K3 PST ane Sas Ob Mate in five, 1 Q-—Ks, K—Ra; Me *% me Kes 3 KR—B4, 1 Ke—R8 ch, K—B4; 2 Kaks, K—K3; 3 K—Kt6, KR 4 Q-B7 K—K2; 4 Ke—B? Tew Kt. RS ch K Q6; 3 K—Kt3, 1... K—Ke4; 2 KxKt, K—B4; 3 K—B7, K—Ke4; gh 4 Kt-B2 Ke—Kté ORIGINAL . ORIGINAL, _ Mie ip fae ke 1 K—K4, K- "7; 2 Q—Kt2 18; 3 K—B3 1 et Soe eae 9 8 1... PR6(any); 2 KR, K-85 $7 Reh, Mate in five, 1 Q-R2, KxP; 2 Q—Kr3, P—Q4; 3 KxP, PQS; 4 Ke—B4 1... PxP; 2 KxP, P—BS; 3 K—B6, P—B6; 4 Kt_BsCHESS MADE EASY By Donald MacMurray This is the first of a series of articles designed to explain to the beginner, step by step, the basic ideas which must, be grasped before the game can be played intelligently. It is assumed that the reader. is familiar with the rules of the game, the movements of the pieces, and the system of notation of the moves, which is explained very clearly in Mitchel’s Guide to the Game of Chess, I. Some General CONSIDERATIONS. To begin with, let us think of the conduct of the game in terms of our final object, which is to checkmate the adverse King. For ef- fecting this purpose, we have at our command a little army of sixteen pieces. It is apparent, however, that something is seriously wrong with the position of our army as it stands at the beginning of the game. Surely no maneuvers of any army can be suc: cessful unless its units are coordinated with each other; and here we find that almost half of our pieces, far from being coordinated, can not make any move at all. Therefore our first problem is: How shall we get the pieces out so as to ensure them greater mobility—in fact, the maximum mobility? Before going further, it may be as well to digress a little, and to state that this idea of mobility, in its wider sense, is the standard by which we measure the relative values of the pieces. That is to say; the greater the mobil- ity of which a piece is capable, the greater its value. These values are, closely: Pawa 1, Knight 314, Bishop 34, Rook 5, Queen 10. (The king, of course, is invaluable in the sense that he cannot be exchanged or lost, as the other pieces can; but in the end-game, which in general, ig the only time when he becomes useful, he is worth a little more, perhaps, than a bishop). These values are not arbitrary. They are made as a result of practical experience, and practical experience will show it to be correct in most cases. Like all chess maxims and gener- alizations, it is only a rule of thumb, and many positions may arise which will enhance the comparative value of some one piece; still, it is worth while to know it because it is the very teal and solid basis upon which rests nearly every calculation of every chess player, from the grand master down to the duffer. Now, to return to our original problem: Tt is clear that some of the pawns must be advanced in order to free the pieces behind them. But never let it be thought that this can be done purely at random; witness the following lamentable incident. : 1 P—KKt4?, P—K4; 2 P—KB3??, Q—RS mate! | Our best first move is either 1 P—K4 or 1 P—Q4. The reasons for this are: First, each of these moves opens the lines in front of two pieces, the queen and a bishop; sec- ond, each of these moves provides the begin- ning of a “skeleton” of pawns behind which ‘we may arrange our pieces, without fear of their being driven away from their best squares by the rapid, and possibly crippling, attacks which our opponents might make upon them if he were permitted an unre’ stricted advance of his own center pawns. Third, each of these moves is a bid for the control of the center of the board. The “cen- ter” is a subject which we will be able to dis- cuss more fully later on, but the importance of stationing pieces there, and conversely, of preventing the opponent's stationing his pieces there, may be brought out by the fol- lowing simple illustration: Put a knight on one of the corer’ squares, and see what a feeble beast he is. Only two squares to move to! Put the same knight on one of the center squares, e.g. K5 or Q5, Now he has FOUR TIMES the mobility; besides, he is able from there to strike at either side of your opponent's position,WOMEN IN CHESS By Harrier BroucHTon With the presentation of the Allen trophy to Mrs. W, I. Seaman, of Staten Island, as first prize, copies of “Chess Potpourri,” with the compliments of Alfred C. Klahre, the author, as second prizes to Mrs. Adele Rivero and Mrs. Harriet Broughton, who tied for second place, and a magnetic chess board, con- tributed by Alvin C. Cass, to Mrs. B. W. McCready, who ranked next highest, the Women’s Chess Tournament of the Marshall Chess Club came to an end on March 2nd. Besides bringing into the limelight such a seasoned player as Mrs. Seaman, who began her chess career in short skirts, promising material for future championship is recog- nized in Mrs. Rivero, who met Mrs. Seaman in the last round with only one lost game, and a chance to tie for first place. The tournament has disclosed a number of interesting highlights concerning women chess. players and their interest in the game. Evi- dence of the serious attitude they have lies in Miss Edith Weart’s statement that games “bore” her, but she “likes chess.” She says that for ten years the only competition she was able to get was from friends she herself had taught to play; and she taught them all the Evans gambit!’ Moreover, she used this opening consistently playing white in the tournament. She ended with six wins and five losses. A possible sequence to this tournament may be a Ladies’ Night at the Marshall, at special membership rates for one evening a week and ‘haps Sunday afternoon, when coffee would Ee ccrved Apparently, however, there are two distinct reactions to this idea, as some of the ladies care not for Quaker meetings. In the likelihood of another tournament in the not too distant future, resulting in fur- ther advancement in chess for women, who knows whether to take seriously Reshevsky's facetious aside to Fine, “That's what we have to fear?” KING’S INDIAN Mrs. Harriett Broughton Mrs. B. W. McCready White Black 1 P—Q4 Kt—KB3 2 P—QB4 P—KK3 3 Kt—QB3 BAKi2 4 Kt—B3 P—Q3 3 P—K3 o—-O 6 B—Q3 R-K 70-0 P—K4 8 Q—B2 Kt—QB3 9 P—QR3 P—Q4 10 PxQP KKexP 11 KexKt QaKt 12 B—K4 sane 12 P—K4 followed by 13 P—QS would, we think, have yielded white 2 definite superiority, I2.... Q-—02 13 P—Qs Kt—K2 14 R-Q R-Kt If_14_. . . P-—KB4, then 15 B—Q3, P—K5; 16 P—Q6; PxB; 17 Queen checks zegaining the piece. 13 P_Qks Superficially examined this seems to win’a piece. P—KB4 White now ingeniously extricates the game by means of a gambit. 16 P—Q6 PxP If 16... . PxB; 17 PxP and Queen and Rook are simultaneously in jeopardy. 17 BHQS ch. KtxB 18 RxKt PKS 19 Kt—Q4 R—K4 Perhaps it would have been better policy to have harried the marooned rook by a threat to fianchetto the Queen’s Bishop. 20 Q—B4 K—B 21 B—Kr2 RaR 22 QaR P—QR3 23 P—QR4 BHK4 24 R—Q QUKB2 25 Q-RS BLK3 26 KtxB ch. OxB 27 BxB OB 27. . . PxB was Black's last chance. now emerges dominantly in control of the board. 28 Q—B7 Q-K 29 QxRP QB 30 Q—R8 ch. Q-Kt 31 Q—BG ch. K-K 32 QuQP winning, AMORPHY and ALEKHINE By Irving Chernev (This is the first of four essays entitled “Morphy and ‘lexhise! combaring these two famous masters.) It is impossible to estimate whether the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard statement made by several historians is true, that Paganini was the most remarkable vio- linist that ever lived and that Lizst’s genius asa pianist has never been equalled. We can, however, compare the skill of chess masters of past generations against that of the pres- ent day with a greater degree of accuracy through the records of their games. An examination of Morphy’s battles shows several noteworthy facts. His “brilliancies” occurred only in games against amateurs of varying degrees of strength. In his matches where his opposition was stronger, his “gems” were conspicuous by their absence. Let us examine a typical example of an Morphy “immortal” game. Lest we be accused of partiality, we mention that this particulier — Foreing Morphy to play “brilliantly.”” game is refered to by Frank J. Marshall in Soaee “Comparative Chess as “the most famous — wpye re link in a chain of a moat beautiful ‘ac aut game of all time. . combination” (Steinitz). Paris 1858 “WO... PxKt PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE 11 BxKtP ch. QKt—02 Morphy ‘The Duke of Brunswick 1200-0. agit and Count Isouard Threatening to win a piece by 13 QBxKt or ‘ 13 BxKt ch, The combination plays itself. White Black 1 PKs PK Rew RO 2 Kt—KB3 P—Q3 13. BxKe eR 3 PQs BOKt5? 14 R-Q Q-k3 Je is usually unwise to develop Bishops before , White has quite few winaing lines to choose Knlelts (Cl. “Chess Steatezy anc. Tactics” page fom aow. He picks the shortest and most elegent. MW). Besides the move played he had a choice of 15 4 PxP BxKet Bake, x4 ig Bat ae or is Bs, P—QR3; Kt, PxKB; 17 Q—RE ch. followed by mate, ere +» PxP obviously = a Pawn. OF even 15 Qxt) chy BxQs 16 Bxkt, PxBs 17 RAR = ete. ‘The exer of Bleck’s thicd move, is thus demon- 15 BxRch! Kew strated. While the Bishop has disappeared, the Knight has been replaced by another plece with hos ch. KexQ gain of tempo for White. 08 mate man 6 B—QB4 Kte—KB3? ra Nithovt wishing to. doparage she genius of : forphy, whose lively and clear cut style excites sed touting: mine: But: Beds’ 6". > Q-Q2 was Our ladmiration and whose games are highly en- indicated. joyable even now, we merely state that these- 7 Q—-OK3 see ‘games show (a) his masterpieces were not match ‘An embarrassing move to meet, Black must OF tournament games, but off-hand encounters decide whether to give up the KBP or the QKt P. against inferior opponents, (b) these opponents yee. Qk? had “busted” positions before any combination Ina. ehnilie iblon, ‘Marcotte played wes initiated, (c) their acceptance of King's Gam- osition, +: : bits and. Evan's Gambits lead to open positions —Q3. The ate dentded on. the text, hoping which Morphy handled with great chill, and id} i a Qe oR dh euchengine Queens at the his adversaries Knew nothing about defence. a EBS PBs In our next article we will analyze his famous os game against Paulsen in 1837, and then = 9 BKK P—QKe4? these with two of Dr, Alekhine’s masterpieces.WHO’S WHO IN CHESS By Barwig PF. WinxerMan: ~ “The cities are full of pride, Challenging each other.” Reine. Sydney T. Sharp, long recognized as one of America’s leading experts, has made a unique record in his city and state. His career covers nearly thirty years, and in that time, he has garnered, not once but many times, about every laurel that Caissa can offer. He has been State Champion on nine occasions, winning the title first in 1908. The merit of this achievement is considerably en- hanced if it be remembered that this com- petition is a knock-out affair, and that the loss of 1 points automatically eliminates a con- testant. His latest victory in this rigorous tournament was won against a field of over fifty, and eleven games had to be played ber fore the last of his opponents was out of the running, This total of 9 successes, attests the ster- ling brand of play that is characteristic of his game. Sharp combines steadiness (sitz- fleisch) with a thorough knowledge of the best lines. His grasp of a position is intuitive: few possess to a higher degree, the faculty of re- solving a complex situation into its simple elements. His style is a happy blending of the combinative and the positional: he is to be numbered neither among the classicists nor the hyper-moderns. He is content to follow the most approved lines of development, to accumulate his minute advantages: when the time for combination arrives, he is fully pre- pared for all complications. As a result, his talent is remarkably free of idiosyncrasies . . . his repertoire includes a formidable variety of openings . . . all of which he plays with equal virtuosity. There are no weaknesses in his armor: mid-game and end-game are handled with the same deft touch. ‘Mr. Sharp first learned the game as a boy of fifteen, from his father. In the year 1900, chess in Philadelphia was flourishing. The Franklin Chess Club was located in the Bety Building—opposite the City Hall. Here a notable group of enthusiasts met almost daily, and continued the tradition that had given the Sidney T. Sharp city a distinctive place in American. chess. Had act Charles Vezin, Henry Vethake, H. P. Montgomery, Lewis Elkin; to mention only a few—demonstrated their ability to joust with the best. The Reverend B. M. Neil— whose gracious personality was in itself a benediction to chess,—had won the New Eng- land Championship in the 70’s and later had bested. Captain Mackenzie in an important match. D. M. Martinez had contested two matches with Steinitz for the world’s cham- pionship—and had acquitted himself honor- ably . . . Emil Kemeny, European master, was on hand... Jacob Elson . . . Gustavius C. Reichelm .. . all brought down the spirit of a notable past... The younger generation would have its fling too. As the 1880°s wore or, those irre pressible youngsters Walter Penn Shipley, S. ‘W. Bampton, C. S. Martinez . . . still hap- pily with us... Herman G. Voight, D. Stuart Robinson, A. K. Robinson, began to dispute the supremacy of the veterans. In the 90’s thése men fostered a real inter: est in chess. Dr. Emanuel Lasker, World’ champion; Marry N. Pillsbury, (fresh from Hastings) Julius Zukertort, many other ine ternational masters were invited to the Frank- -2 lin Chess ‘Club . . . At the Mid-summer meet~ ings of the State Association, the Pennsyl- vanians acquitted themselves creditably, Tt was into this group that Sydney Sharp entered in 1900, and something of his prog- ress can be gleaned by recalling that within a few years he was contesting on equal terms with the best of the older men. Stasch Mlot- kowski—a callow youth—had just won the Western Tournament at St. Louis (1904) and a hint of Sharp's growing strength was seen in his victories against the boy prodigy. In 1905, the young expert—now turned twenty — attended the Mid-Summer New York State meeting. A sparkling victory over C. §. Howell—as well as the rest of his games was official notice of his quality. Henceforth he was to be reckoned with in the chess arena. Always he has played chess for the sheer love of the game, has fought hard, but has accepted victory or defeat with equanimity. He has played on equal terms with the best—in Tournament play me holds an even score in his personal encounters with the American Champion. Our tising young Kashdan felt his mettle in their game played in the Manhattan-Phil- adelphia Match in 1928, But all this has not prevented him from taking a board when the visiting masters arrived in the city to give their simultancous exhibitions, For these occasions, Sharp has always re- served his “Petroff Defence,” an opening which he can truly be said to have made his own. With it he has scored victories in simultaneous play against Lasker, Capablanca, Marshall and many others. Sharp and his Petroff became quite well known back a few years, and possibly the drift toward the Queen’s Pawn Opening was accellerated just a wee bit by the realization that after 1 P—K4, P—K4; 2 Kt—KB3, Kt—KB3; you had to battle your opponent on ground of his own choosing. His influence on the game in Philadelphia has been important and beneficial, If the year 1934 witnessed 17 teams entered in the League matches, not a small part of this health- ful and inspiring interest in the royal game can be traced to his own fine sportsmanship and enthusiasm. Mr. Sharp has been a gener ous patron of the game, and no request for a worthy project has ever been lighted. His offer of a suitable Trophy for International THe Cuess REVIEW Cable Competition still is outstanding, and it is hoped’ will be acted on in the near future. A new generation of chess players is aris- ing'in the city. Jacob Levin, David Weiner, Harry Morris, A. Regen, Samuel Drasen, R. P, Bailey, Jules Gordon, are all products of the new technique . . . students of hyper- modern chess, disciples of Alekhine, Nimzo- witch and Kashdan. Sharp links the school of Tarrasch, Pills- bury and Lasker, and the later tactics of Cap- ablanca and Marshall with the present. The calibre of his chess genius is attested by the simple fact that he has not been content to rest upon the past. He has kept up to date: the latest important tournament in the city— the 1933 Mercantile event, found him at the head of the list. That is a tribute to the spirit of the man that does credit to the game it- self. For in what other art or sport can one find such interest and zest, so much re-creation as in chess. When the books are balanced it will be found that our hero has done much for chess; and chess has done much for him. Tt has kept him fresh, and in it after 30 years, he has found the spirit of youth. Though not as keen for the hard grind of Tournament play as heretofore, he is now looking forward to his 10th State Title. Hesse 30 P—Q3 PxP 31 RxQP QUKB2 32 QR—Qi R-KI 33 Q-Kea KR—K3 34 P_B6 ch Qk. 35 RxP ch K—Ke 36 QxKtP hee And Black resigned shortly giving White his 9th championship.MISTAKES OF THE MASTERS By LESTER W. BRAND VIENNA, 1933 Spielmann PARIS, 1933 Alekhine, Mme. de Gosselin 1. Fuss White to Play and Win White played R(B3)—KB? losing later when he overstepped the time limit, The winning move was 38 R—KB2:— - Q—Kt3; 39 R—R2(threatens Q—B3), Rik 4 ROR QxQ; 41 BxQ, B—Ris; 42 R-KKi followed by B—KB3. TL 38... P-KR3; 39 R-KR2, PxP; 40 PxP, RuR ch (B—R6 fails due to R—Ke3);\ 41 KxR and Black cannot avoid being mated. Analysis by Honlinger in the Wiener Schachaeitung. VIENNA, 1933 A. Becker S, Beutum Black to Play and Win After Black played P—KR3? and White seplied Black should K—B the game was soon drawn, White play P—KKt4 and follow with P—KB4. cannot avoid serious material loss. Tartakower, de Villeneuve White to Play and Win The game was abandoned as drawa in this position. White could have won with RaRP. After fore ing the exchange of one or both of the Black White will proceed to win Black's badly placed KB pawn. The student should work out the varia tions for himself. VIENNA, 1933 Honlinger Kolnhofer White to Play and Win White foolishly played QxQ and later found a way to lose, The winning line was 1 RxRP ch, BAR, (Not KKt because of RB). 2. Q 86 ch. K—lgy 3 QaRB) KgkP: (White thecotined ce tes of checks: BER? np 6, ORT and REBP. 13 ye Qe 4°B—R7 ch, K—R; § Q—B6 6 R—B4 wins); 4 BOR? ch, KR; SR Dit “wins, becaure ‘Biack is helplese against the threat of 6 Q—R6 ch, KxB; 7 R—R4 ch.PROBLEMS “The Poesy of Chess” By MAXWELL BUKOFZER Problems, Problem solutions, criticisms, comments and all matters pertaining to the Problem Department, should be sent directly to the Problem Editor at 106-22 215th Street, Bellaire, L. I, N.Y. For personal replies and the return of unsuitable contributions, inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope; otherwise replies will be made in the correspondence column. The Cuzss Review is anxious to appear on time. In order to resume “schedule time” again the March issue will follow close on the heels of the previous one. This, of course, makes it im- possible to wait for the solutions of some of the solvers. Therefore I omit the ladder in this issue and the omitted solutions will appear with the solutions of the next number. All solutions will, however, be credited in the usual way. Nobody will lose a single point, Kindly send solutions Promptly, use ink instead of pencil and, pleas write on’ one side of the paper only, to make the Editor's work a bit easier. Also, place your full name and address on your reports. While the Ladder Contest with its monthly prize will continue exactly as before (e.g. two prizes in the next Inder) a new feature will begin with the March issue. A Two Dollar Cash Prize will be given every month for the best original, un- published problem submitted. From now on you are requested to state over your name which ori: ginal problem you deemed best and at least one rea- son why. The Editor will vote only in case of a tie and then the losing problem will compete once more with the probleme of the following month. Your own votes thus decide the contest. The problem receiving the greatest number of votes wins not only the $2 prize but, in addition, will be reprinted as the Frontispiece of the next month's number, with the full details of its victory, so that, the winner may get full credit and be able to pre: serve the number as most authors do. There is only one “but.” That is: Do not at- tempt to form clubs or societies for the purpose of boosting certain problems with the idea of having your own boosted in turn! Any proof of such col’ lusion would automatically end the competition, Just state your own opinion without fear or favor. Problems by the Editor do not compete for the prize. Any questions concerning this (or any other) matter will be cheerfully answered. Remember, solvers and authors, this is your department. One more detail, Do not cuss the Editor if your fine original problem happens to compete in strong company and hence, fails to win the prize. The selection of problems’ is governed by condi- tions not altogether controlable by your. Editor. Trust him. He will do, as he promised, his very best to be fair and impartial. This includes nat- urally the choosing of problems from his supply. Now send on your originals, If you send good work you cannot help winning come time; and to win one month does not preclude you from re- peating if your comrade solvers vote in your favor. Let's go, family! APPRAISING CHESS PROBLEMS By Maxwell Bukofzer, Bellaire, L. 1. ‘Among the requests from solvers one of the most often repeated is: “Please state a rule by which a chess problem's merit may be properly appraised.” . It is not an easy task to lay down a rule that will meet with the approval of every one. In the frst place all rules are apt to be tinged with arbitrariness. In the second place the merit of a problem is depending on so many factors, some of which are deemed important by all authors and some of which are repudiated by some, that it becomes extremely difficult to attain uniform acceptance of any rule after it has been expressed. However, since there are a good many solvers that are willing to listen at least to other men's opinions, I shall ‘attempt to set forth what I might call "My system.” All of us that love chess problems form personal opinions, almost involuntarily, on solving. tunately not all of us perform this job correctly. To begin with, before we are able and entitled to express judgment on the work of others, we must, beyond all, possess that type of special, I might even say “professional,” knowledge of the subject that is the result of study, introspection and experience. It is a simple and easy task to voice a mo mentary, fleeting reaction in the manner of 2 mere spectator. Any tyro can do that. But is such an utterance, based on sentiment, worth while? Does it justice to the work we criticize? Does it jus tice to the efforts of the author? Does it even justice to ourselves, our acumen, our sense of fairness, our intellect? I fear me, not often, Whatever you may think of “first impressions” and “snap judg ment,” the fact remains that those who have acted as problem judges, again and again, uniformly agree on one point, to wit, that only conscientious study and recognition of all the qualifications that go into the making of a meritorious problem, enable us to arrive at an adjudicication that is fair, hon- est, sincere and capable. My observations, collected during more than 30 years, inform me that all friends of chess prob- lems can be included in one of four distinct classes and that theic conceptions on what constitutes a perfect problem are influenced materially by the demands each class makes as a “conditio sine qua non,” Unfor-Marcu, 1934 45 Class One consists mainly of youngsters devoid of tutelage and relying solely on their individual likes and dislikes. It is true that these young people frequently exhibit 2 nice sense of appreciation and honesty; but their utter ignorance of the fact that problems are not merely sentimental products leads them generally to a disregard of essential principles of construction and other supreme factors. The result is, of course, that any spectacular feature in the problem kindles their enthusiasm and blinds them absolutely to any and all glaring faults with which the selfsame problem may be ballasted. Nat- urally, the proffered criticism, however sincere, is practically worthless, Glass Two consists entirely of board players that occasionally take to problem solving, To these men a problem represents without exception, nothing but a portion of a chess game. Familiar with only the roles and regulations pertaining to the board game they apply them as a matter of fact to the problem, and, if the unfortunate problem does not strictly work within the board game limits, why, it cannot possibly be any good. What do the representatives of class two expect in a checs problem? Precisely what they look for ina game: 2 fight, an attack, a forceful parry, strategical fireworks and similar qualities. It never dawns on these men that it may be possible to attain something else with chess pieces than the customary scrap. To these men the chess board is a battlefield. If the action does not reek of blood it is not “natural” and hence without attraction. These are the solvers that protest to the Problem Editor when a problem presents a big white force against 2 minimal black contingent, They call such a problem “cowardly,” because, to them, the problem is just a chunk, an abbreviated fraction of 2 game. They do not grasp the nature of « problem, because of lack of informaiton and understanding. Group No. 3 is different. It encompasses the solvers of some experience who by dint of much solving have awakened to a more or less clear conception that a chess problem is not a portion of the game of chess. Some conscious or subconscious sense tells them that a problem does not represent a scrap for superiority of one of two adversaries. They begin to rezson out to themselves that, after all, in a problem the element of uncertainty as to the “victor” does not at all exist. They know not only that White going Co mate Black bit, also, that such outcome is the result of a stipulation and that this stipulation could easily be reversed, ‘with ‘a simultaneous alteration of the setup, to read: Black to mate White (as, for instance, in Selfmates). Class three representatives find out’ for themselves that in a problem there is but one player, he that solves, and that he manipulates both sides. Seeing that a fight is not the object of the problem play they ask themselves: What is the object? and answer themselves: The accomplishment of a hidden task, Thus as they keep on solving for years they learn that a chess preblem is a work of art, not a battlegrouad; that art cannot exist without beauty; that beauty may be found in subtle ideas, constructional purity and perfect mates. And so, realising that a vieious attack and a powerful defense are not the ultimate mandates of a chess problem, they focus their attention on other features, and, when they judge a problem, seek features utterly divorced from the game that is played across the board. Group four embodies the problem experts, often men that diecarded the excitement of the board game to embrace the beauty of the “poesy of Chess.” They know that a problem, even though it is built with chess pieces, is no more chess than a game played with a golf or billiard ball is baseball, because a little ball is used. They protest against the anachronism that in our modern days con demas the chess problem to cbey rules that were made for the board game long before problems were thought of. Why should it be compulcory, for instance, to have a white King on the diagram when he is not only not needed but, as often happens, must be nailed down with black Pawns or pieces to prevent him from doing mischief? Why cannot a Bishop be used, barauce. the two exit Fawns in ront are still “obstructing” that piece? What is chown in the problem is an artietic picture in which existing chess pieces are needed. If the game position of the chess pieces, perchance, clashes with that picture, does that render the picture less attractive? Who cares about the game of chess when the task is to unravel a pictorial mystery? Is it not about time to free the problem from the mean’ ingless, cecayed shackles of the game and put away the “game rules,” so far as problems are con- cerned, with grand dad's meerschaum pipe and the photo in which he paraded in a fireman's uniform? Well, so much for four vastly diferent viewpoints. It stands to reason that, according to the group you select for affiliation, you are going to demand different qualities in a chess problem. Then, since you alone, according to your lights, can tell what group you consider as the true exponents of chess problems, ‘how is it possible for any man to “ley down an imperishable rule?" What to do? You must, resting on Common Sense, Problem Sense, Experience and your psychic and intellec- tual makeup, decide for yourself what a perfect problem should proffer and, thereafter, work out your system. ‘And that brings me to my statement that 1 would explain to you “my system,” Well, I am not going to back out, though space forbids that I set down “my system” today, Bur in a subsequent article I shall most certainly outline how I appraise a chess problem, Meanwhile I shall be satisfied if these paragraphs have been instrumental in setting some of you, gentle readers to think ing and, possibly, to revising your opinion on the merit of chess problems,4G THe CHess REVIEW No. 127 (Original) THEODORE C. WENZL Irvington, N. J. No, 128 viginal} L, ROTHENBERG New York City 225 0. 129 (Original) DAVID C. McCLELLAND Jacksonville, Til. No, 131 (Original) DR. GILBERT DOBBS n, Ga. Carrolton, Ga. Mate in 2 moves No. 132 (Original) DR. GILBERT DOBBS Carrolton, Ga,Marcu, 1934 47 No. 133 No. 134 (Original) (Original) A.C. SIMONSON WILBUR VAN WINKLE New York City Endicott, N. Y. Mate in 3 moves Mate in 3 moves No. 135 No. 136 (Original) (Original) H, C, MOWRY KONRAD ERLIN Malden, Mass. " Vienna, Austria Mate in 3 moves Mate in 3. moves No. 137 No. 138 igi * (Original) ' wi. BOROFZER Dr... ERDOS Bellaire, L. I. Vienna, Austria48 Tue Cuess Revirw Cortespondence Dr. Dosss—Approve of a Fairy Section? Re- member: “Quae fuerant vitia nunc moves sunt.” Let me hear from you. Luvwic MazNNer—I am in the saddle again. Will write to you soon. Lynn Davis—Welcome to the family. Dr. Eo, Brcretp—Wieder im Sattel. Brief folge. M. H. Kieiman—Bxtra points have been added. Please inform me if everything is OK. W. T. 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II No. 4 Published Monthly APRIL, 1934 News Events - ’ - oe : , - . - 350 Canapian SECTION . - . . 2 . , - 32 Dr. StecBert Tarrasch =~ . - , . - - - 54 Game Stupres | - ’ - - : , , : : > 36 Miniature Games, by Arnold S. Denker - - - - - 61 Game DeparTMENT - . - , ’ , . - + 62 Crzss Mane Easy, by Donald MacMurray - ee 6H Enp Game Stunts, by Barnie F. Winkelman - ’ . . > 66 Prosiews, by Maxwell Bukofeer - - et 6 Published monthly by Tux Criss Review. Business Office, 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Wood: side, N. Y. Publication Office, 203 East 12th Street, New York, N. Y. Phone GRamercy 7-9517. Yearly subscription in the United States $2.30 Elsewhere $3.00. Single copy 25 cts, Copyright 1934 by Tur Crass REvirw. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: LAJOS STEINER Dr. 8. G. TARTAKOWER BARNIE F. WINKELMAN HANS KMOCH JAMES R. NEWMAN IRVING CHERNEV LESTER W. BRAND REUBEN FINE DONALD MacMURRAYNEWS EVENTS Dr. Alekhine Defends World’s Championship Against E. D. Bogolubow At this time the eyes of the chess world are focused on Baden-Baden, where the world’s chess championship is being contested by Dr. Alexander Alekhine, the defending cham- pion and E. D. Bogolubow. According to our advices the stake is one of $10,000 in Ameri- can money. Not less than a total of thirty games will be contested. The full details of the itinerary have not yet reached us, but our un- derstanding is that after three games at Baden- Baden, the match will shift to Villingen, and later to Karlsruhe, Munich, Nirenberg, and Weisbaden. The first match between these giants of the chess arena was played in 1929. Then Dr. Alekhine won by the score of 11-5 with 9 games drawn. As we go to press, word has been received that. the first game of the match has ended in a draw. This result came about under pecu- liar circumstances, and it appears that Bogo- lubow has protested the draw that he had accepted. The game was drawn out over two days, forty moves having been made the first day. When the game was continued, Dr. Ale- khine’s king became badly exposed, and ap- parently threatened with a checkmate. To beat off the chalenger’s attack, the champion forced an exchange of queens, and in doing so had to sacrifice a pawn. In the ending with rooks on the board, the champion, a pawn behind, further weakened his position through 4 move which seemed to give Bogolubow the upper hand. But pressed for time, the challenger seemed hurried, and finally accepted a draw offered by Dr. Alekhine, after the sixty-fifth move, due to the fact that the same position had osten- sibly occurred three times. After mentally re- viewing his final moves, however, Bogolubow declared that the identical position had not been reached three times, but only twice. He therefore lodged a protest with the referee. The latter's decision has not yet been made public, Tandem Blindfold Exhibition at Antwerp Playing six different boards, Dr. A. Ale- khine and G. Koltanowski, the Belgian mas- ter, combined their talent to such’good purpose as to achieve the creditable result of three wins, two draws and one loss. For the first time in the history of chess, two masters played the White pieces alternately on each board, blindfolded, and without any kind of consultation. Their opponents were permitted to consult as much as they liked, and each of the six boards was manned by several of the strongest members of a particular club. Dr. Alekhine feels that a few more displays together will make everything run smoothly, and produce wonderful games, but Koltanow- ski is not so sure. He says the strain amounts to “an inquisition of the brain.” a Lajos Steiner Wins Budapest Championship With a total of 91 points out of 11, Lajos Steiner led a field of twelve contestants for the championship of Budapest, Hungary. Oth- er leading scores were Rethy 714, Weisel 7, and a triple tie between Dr. Neygesy, E. Steiner and Szikely, with 6% points each. ee ¢ International Tournament Planned at Berne Invitations have been extended to Dr. A. Alekhine, Dr. E. Lasker, Salo Flohr, Dr. O. Bernstein, A. Nimzowitsch, Dr. S. Tartakow- er, and R. Spielmann to participate in an in’ ternational grand masters’ tournament to be held at Berne, Switzerland, some time in July, 1934, ee 8 Southern California Chess League Results Latest reports show a tie for first place ex- isting between the Yiddish C. C. and the Chess and Checker Club, This may develop into a triple tie for first, depending on the outcome of the match between Los Angeles A. C, and California Tech.APRIL, 1934 st Marshall-Kashdan Match At the invitation of Mr. Harold M. Phil- lips, president of the Manhattan Chess Club, and chairman of the Championship Match Committee, Frank J. Marshall and Isaac Kash- dan met in Mr. Phillips’ office to arrange the final details of the play. The match will consist of twenty games, and go to the winner of the majority. Four games will be played each week, with two sessions a day, four hours in the afternoon, and two hours in the evening. The time limit will be 32 moves in the first two hours and 16 moves per hour thereafter. The exact dates of the match will depend on negotiations with different cities which may wish to finance one or more of the games. The National Chess Federation is striving to ar- range for eight to ten contests as. the out- standing chess event of the World’s Fair in Chicago, which is scheduled to reopen on June 1. Mr. M. S. Kuhns, president of the N. C. F. and a number of the directors, in- cluding Messrs, S, W. Addleman and H. E. Heick, have been active in this cause, and have good hopes of success. New York City, as the home of both contestants, will naturally want a good portion of the match, and some games may be played in Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St, Louis, or other cit- ies. Kashdan, who has just returned from his extended tour, reports that interest in the match is very keen in all the clubs he visited. * oe # Metropolitan Chess League The conclusion of the eighth round of the annual interclub championship competition of the Metropolitan Chess League finds two clubs tied for first place, the Manhattan Chess Club, and the Empire City Chess Club, both having a clean slate. a Ohio State Activities John ©. Hoy, Cleveland City Champion, is leading the Ohio State Tourney with a score of three wins and no defeats. W. W. Given of Elyria is second with two wins. The Metropolitans are leading the Cleve- land Chess League with a score of seven matches won for a total of thirty-one points. The Cuyahoga team is a close second, with a score of six matches won, for a total of thirty points. Brooklyn Chess League Winning their last match from the Scan- dinavian Chess Club, the Brooklyn Chess Club, quite appropriately won the championship of the newly organized Brooklyn Chess League. This victory would seem to indicate that Brooklyn once again is in the forefront of Metropolitan chess. Below is the final stand- ing of the league. Club Pl W. L. D. Won Lost Brooklyn B 6 1 1 30° 178 Scandinavian 8 5 1 2 29) 18H Flatbush 8 3 4 1 UY wy Hawthorne 8 2 6 0 18 30 B, Edison 8 1 5 2 UY 3 40 VW 6119 119" 17 * One game adjourned. ia ae Allentown, Pa., a Busy ~ Chess Center A city championship tournament is being atranged under the sponsorship of a committee consisting of Robert S, Goerlich, chairman, and Samuel Cooperman, Homer Bortz and George Scheirer. The winner of the tourna- ment will be a real champion, as it is the plan of the committee to have every well known player enter. Among those expected to par- ticipate are W. H, Steckel, the defending champion; Armin Herrman, Albert Rex, Roy S. Rockel, Charles Geary, Charles Koch and Wilmer Jones. & Stahlberg Defeats Nimzowitch eK Gideon Stahlberg, by his impressive victory over A. Nimzovitsch, international veteran of many matches, has again demonstrated his right to be classified as one of the leading chess experts in the game today. The match of eight games was won in decisive fashion, only seven games having to be contested in order to reach a decision. Starting off slowly, the end of the fourth game found him trailing by the score of 242 to 1%, Thereafter he domin- ated the match by winning three games in suc- cession, thus obviating the play of the eighth game. As the match progressed, Stahlberg showed himself increasingly on the ‘alert to take advantage of every opportunity that presented itself. The youthful leader of the Swedish team in the Folkestone International Team Tour- nament, at that time made a very favorable impression by his modest demeanor and gen- eral air of refinement, and in addition has since shown great chess talent.CANADIAN SECTION by F. W. Watson Anticles pertaining to this department will be accorded special attention if addressed to the Editor at 191 Jones Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadians everywhere ought to know about the great centennial upheaval scheduled for the “Queen” city of Canada in this year of 1934, Turn the calendar back one hundred years and try to imagine an area of ground— probably infested with cabbages and what- nots—known today as Toronto, which at that time in full blossom became a city; what great changes a century can make! From a mere plot of ground a great city grows, and with the early settlers there came—after a brief space of time—a few chess clubs which were settled here and there, and one brought another until now the great Toronto is in- fested with chess clubs and players! ‘There is to be much celebration to mark the path of one hundred years, and along with the preliminaries and civic ceremonies munici- pally conducted, will be an added attraction to commemorate Toronto's progress in promot- ing the game of chess—the Dominion tour- nament is scheduled for early autumn in Toronto and is to be presented as a centennial event. ~*~ ok 8 Miscellaneous News A Manitoba chess association was recently formed and much is being done to stimulate chess in Western Canada. The Manitoba championship is reported by Mr. N. Selchen, of Winnipeg, as being a somewhat closely contested tournament—with Messrs. Dreman, Creemer, Lancashire and Mogle, each within grasp of the title. At the annual meeting of the Toronto Jor- dan Chess Club—in March, B. Freedman was re-elected president; A. Merkur, vice-presi- dent; I. Weinert, secretary; Dr. B, Lunday, treasurer; M. A. Levy, A. Cherniak, A. Coo- gan, I. Cohen and H. Siegler, for the commit: tee. In the first meeting of a match play-off for the Toronto club team championship of a re- cent league series, Oakwood defeated Jordan by 342. * * Correspondence Chess Ninety-eight players have joined a stamp- licking parade arranged by the Canadian Correspondence Chess Association as a means for determining who is who in a West ve. East argument—and it is hoped a definite de- cision will eventually be established concern- ing the part of which end of Canada is strong- est! There is one consolation—the mail-car- rier will be sure of a job! The Handicap Tournament for 1934 is an- other event due to start soon—the correspond- ence game is flourishing in Canada. x ok & Toronto Championship The result of Toronto's city tournament naturally suited the many interested followers of the title-holder's career, although it was a somewhat regrettable end for the runner-up to be eluded by one-half point; much credit is due R. E. Martin for'the everlasting pace he set right to the finishing and fatal thirteenth round in which he met Belson and capitulated. The final standing: Pow. LD Pte Belson 3B 1 0 2 Martin .. 1 1 ot 1 UY Lovstrand 13 B 4 1 a Cradock B07 4020 8B Crompton 87 5 1 M Swales 13 5 3 6S MY Watson 136 403° «oN Ridout . Bb 6 5 2 7 Schaefer occ VE 4 72S Stock B38 0 74 Berger . 3 2 7 4 4 Drummond 13 3 8 2 4 Taylor . B 1 7 5 3% Mallinson 130 12 1 %APRIL, Lt Belson Retains Title This year marks a third consecutive city 23 RxR 24 P-B4 QKe2 24 Q-Qt deserves consideration. championship reign for J. H. Belson, of To- 24... P-QR3 ronto. The titleholder swept through the 25 PK QB2 tournament without the 2b ReOs Qky Joss of a game. It is need- 27 Q.B3 KKet less to mention future suc- 28 KeB6 From the 28th move to the 36th move, White was pressed for time. 28 Q-B7 at once, with better possibilities. cesses which are quite like- ly to be realized by such a youthful and ambitious character, Belson is of oe: ae the exceptional modest. 30 Q.B7 K-BL gentlemanly type, with ability of the highest eal- See eh ibre lining him up with pee a the best of Canada’s ex- 34 K-B2 KQL pert players, and is well ee os liked by a host of friends, Accompanying a this report is the all-important game in which Baler ounne Oe eee Martin needed only a draw to win the title 36 ‘ KeK Kel 37 R-B3 Kt.Q2 oe ae 38 K-Q4 RBL 39 RxR ch KR oy G 40 P-KS KeBL Coy Championship To prevent White's P-K6 Toronto, March, 1934 nae Ko2 RETI-ZUKERTORT (Notes by j. H. Belson) J. Hh Belson R. EB. Martin White Black 1 Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3 2 P-B4 P-KKt3 3 KeB3 BK 4 P-KKe3, P.B4 5 BK KeB3 6 0-0 0.0 7 P-Q4 PxP 8 KtxP QKk3 9 KeKe3 P-Q3 10 B.Kts B-K3 11 KeQs BxKe 12 PxB KeK4 13 BK3 QR3 ane QK.02 42 B-K6 ch! PxP 15 Q-Q2 KeR4 43 B-R3! P-R4 16 BxB KxB 44 PxP ch K-B2 17 Kee ORE Naturally if 44... KexPch; 45 K-Q5wins the Kt. 18 P-QR4 KKe-B3 PDs See toons oes And now follows the regular routine play 20 PRS P.QKt4 Ae PxP 21 KeB6 orice ee fu Ke Or, 21 PxP ep, QxP; 22 KtB6, R-KI; 23 eon ene Q.Q31 (if 23 ReP? ReKt!) 49 PRS KeBs Disa ae R-KL 50 P-R6 K-B2 22 QR-BL RxR 51 BBS ResignsDr. Siegbert Tarrasch The death of Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch on the 17th day of February brings to a close one of the most brilliant and varied careers in the annals of chess. Coming so soon after the demise of Johann Berger of Graz, it leaves the world of chess infinitely poorer. For dur- ing half a century Tarrasch had made a place for himself in his chosen field that will not soon be filled. His name will long be one to conjure with in the history of the game. How large he loomed and how diverse were the contribu- tions of his multiple genius, the rising gener- ation can hardly comprehend. His was a forceful and arresting personality, the em- bodiment of the highest culture and char- acter. He was too.a man of the world, a man of science, with a keen insight into human motives and action. Thus highly gifted he would have orna- mented any calling to which he applied him- self. It was fortunate for chess that he early learned the game, and devoted much of his, unbounded energy to it. Yet he was first of all a physician, 2 man of family, a devoted husband, the father of natable sons, one of whom gave his life in the service of his coun- try. There was thus a rare blend of the ideal and the practical throughout his career. He combined-in almost perfect form the man of thought and the man of action, the artist and the doctor. There was no conilict between chess and his chosen profession, because there was a striking sense of proportion, and to each of his manifold activities he accorded its due and proper place. Hence the glory he won in each field only supplemented and il- lumed the distinction gained in the other. Even in the period of his earliest chess triumphs ,he set it down as an inflexible rule to which he points with some pride in his own biography, that he only took part in Tournaments during his vacations. It is a perennial failing of the chess world that it bestows its laurels upon only a single champion, and treats cavalierly the many su- premely great masters who fall short of its highest distinction. In no other field is it necessary that the artist conquer the whole world as a condition precedent to his recog: nition as a great genius. Art and literature would be barren indeed if the superlative talent of a Hals were completely eclipsed by the splendor of a Rembrandt, if a Dreiser were thrust aside for the debatable superiority of a Lewis. Having established himself as one of the greatest chess players of all time, with a Tournament record of surpassing brilliance, Tarresch found the path to the title of world champion blocked by the formidable figure of Dr. Emanuel Lasker. Whether the vic tories of the latter in their two matches was due to a higher chess talent, to superior com bative qualities, to the dual burdens the Doctor of Nirenberg had taken upon his shoulders, is neither material to our eulogy nor impor tant to those of us who view chess as some thing more than a contest. Dr. Tarrasch continued his indefatigable labors in the realm of chess. His dynamic personality found expression in the joust of the Tournament, in the annotation of impor tant games, in research and analysis, in books and magazine articles. His notes cover more than the moves of the chess pieces: they treat the universal, the human and psychological aspects of the game. “‘It is not only necessary to be a strong player,” he wrote at one point, “but one must also play strongly.” A lesson which he learned early and which every ex- pert has learned in due time. Siegbert Tarrasch was born in Breslau, the native city of Anderssen, his famed predeces- sor, on March 5, 1862. At 18 he graduatedAPRIL, 1934 from the Gymnasium there and took up the study of medicine at Breslau_and Halle, and in 18853 was awarded his Doctor's degree. Later he became a practicing physician in Geroldsgriin, and thereafter settled at Nix- emberg where he remained for many years. In 1914 he went to Munich where he prac- ticed to the end of his life. ~ He learned to play chess at the age of 16; among his schoolmates he soon won the repu- tataion of invincibility, Without neglecting his studies he made further progress in the game at Berlin and Halle, particularly by the participation in the tourneys of the German chess association. As a member of the chess club of Halle he won the First Prize in_the “Haupt Turnier” at the Nirenberg Con- gress of the Chess Association in 1883, and thereby the right to take part in the master Tournaments thereafter. Two years later came the International tourney at Hamburg. Here his play was s0 exemplary that he failed to take the first place only by a crude oversight in the last and de- cisive game—with Blackburne,—and he had to be content to share the 2nd-6th prizes with Blackburne, Englisch, Mason and Weiss. At Frankfort in 1887 he shared 5th and 6th prizes with J. Berger. In the following year he took the first prize at Nirenberg with sparkling victories over Mieses and von Gotschall. A great elegance was noted in his game, an unshakable sureness and restraint without any diminution of strength or attack- ing power. His opening play was careful and logical, and he ever sought the strongest move, But the mid-game found him in his element, and this became the special domain of Tarrasch. At the Masters’ Tourney at Breslau in 1889 the promise of Hamburg was again ful- filled. He captured the first prize without losing a game. With this triumph the suc- cession of tournament victories began. In 1890, at Manchester in England he achieved the goal not reached by a German master since Anderssen, of winning first prize in a foreign field—15)4 points—three full points ahead of Blackburne, his nearest rival. His most signal victories span the 19 years from 1889 to 1907. In this period he took part in 13 of the 30 tourneys that can be classed as truly international, and garnered seven firsts. In the same time Lasker gathered but 5 firsts, and such great experts as Maroczy and Tschigorin but 242 and Pillsbury but 1. Thereafter with advancing years and 355 other interests he never attained his full pow- ers. But to the end he remained a feared opponent—witness his sharing 6th and ‘7th prizes with Rubinstein at Semmezling in 1926 —where at the age of 64, he finished only 3 points behind Rudolph Spielmann, the first prize winner to whom he gave the odds of 21 years. In 1968 came the long awaited match with Lasker. As to the causes of his defeat much has been written. Many German experts ex- pressed the view that Tarrasch suffered from improper training and preparation. Lasker seems to have spent the months preceding the match at the seashore, storing up nervous en- ergy; and at the critical moments it was nerves that bested Tarrasch. The present generation of chess players, whether they know it or not, stands on the shoulders of Tarrasch. That later on the young masters have turned from him does not alter the underlying foundation of his work even in the. most “hypermodern” games. Barnie F. Winkelman rae’ Played at St. Petersburg, 1914 QUEEN’S PAWN OPENING A, Nimzowitch Dr. S. Tarrasch White Black P.Q4 P.QB4 P.KZ KeKB3 B.Q3 Ke-QB3 P.OK3, BK Q-K2 KPxP PKG QR-Q1 PxP KK BxB 1 P-Q4 2 Ke-KB3 Kokt P.Q5! BxP ch QRS ch BxKeP KR-K1 23 KtKa 24 K.B2 25 P.QS 26 Q-B3 27 KK3 28 PxR 7 KxP 30 KKS 31 K-K6 Resigns. QR8 ch BxR P-B4 QKY ch RxKt ch PBS ch RBI ch QR? ch RKI chGAME STUDIES First Game of Match QUEEN’S INDIAN DEFENSE (Notes by 1. A. Hovowite} G. Stahiberg, A, Nimzowitch White Black 1 P.Q4 P-K3 2 P.QB4 Kt-KB3 3 Kt-QB3 BRS 4 O-Kt3 Or 4 Q-B2, P-Q4; 5 P-QR3, BxKtch; 6 QxB, KtK5; 7 Q-B2, Kt-B3; 8 Kt-B3, P-K4; 9 P-K3, B-B4; (9... PxQP, 10 BPxPI) 10 B-Q3! an interesting line of play where White obtains a slight advantage. 4eeee KeB3 Or again Black had 4... P-B4 as an altemative, which he tried in the third game of the match without success. The game there went 5 PxP, Kt-B3; 6 Kt-B3, Kt-K5; 7 B-Q2, KtxQBP; 8 Q-B2, Castles: 9 P-QR3, BxKt; 10 BxB, P-QR4 11 P-KRt3! 3 PKS 0.0 6 BQ P.QR4 The idea is to advance the Pawn to R6 and weaken White on the Black squares. 6 ... P-QKt3 followed by .., B-Kt2 is the more usual line of play but does not seem to offer Black any defaite possibilities. 7 KvK2 ‘White underestimates the strength of Black's sortie with the QRP. Instead 7 P-QR3 would avoid the continuation that follows. P-RS 8 Q-Q1 P-R6 9 P.QK3 P.Q4t 10 0-0 P-QKt3 11 B.Q2 BKt2 12 RBL QK2 13 QKt-Kts BxB 14 QxB QKeKes! The poiat of Black's earlier play. The Kt is well entrenched. 15 PxP see KtxP; 16 KtxB! oe KKtxP 16 BKa . tee Not 16 P-K4, KtxB; followed by 17 Kt-Kt5! 1G... P.QB3 17 BxKe see But this was totally unnecessary! There was no reason for exchanging such a commanding Bishop for a harmless Knight, without material _ gain. Wseee KPxB 18 KeB3s B-R3 19 KeR4 BeKt Even this was unnecessary. The QKtP might have been temporarily protected. Then Black would aim to place his Bishop on the diagonal KR2-QKt8, and together with a Queen's side assault would storm the position. 20 QxB QR2 21 KR-QL OR-KL 22 Q-Q2 QR4 23 Kt Bs sane White's last few moves have shown no definite conception or plan of play. A more logical line would seem to be R-KI instead of QI followed by P-B3 and the eventual advance-K4. The text move is also not to be recommended, since the Kt at Ré prevents the advance of the QBP and ties the Black Queen to R4. Besse P-KB4 24 KeK2 R-B3 25 K-RI . With the idea of getting his Kt to K5 via Ktl and B3, P-KR3 P-BS Kt-B3 at once was indicated, plan. WPeeee RES 28 P-Ks QKta 29 R-B3 P-B4 ‘Well timed! Black now forces a menacing passed Queen's Pawn, 30 PxP PxP 31 KR-QB1 RBS 32 RK3 R(QB3)-K3 33 RaR BR 34 P-BS R-KL 35 R-KL RR 36 QuR QQat Preventing the entrance of the White Queen into Black's territory and at the same time prepar- ing for the advance of the QP to the eighth. The balance of the game is played by Black with precision,APRIL, 1934 37 37 Q-KBI P.Q5 ‘Threatening 23 RxQP, ReR; 24 RxR, QxR; 25 38 Kt-K2 QK4 QxRch! 39 Q-K1 206 22... QR-Kt1 40 KtBi QP ch 23Q P.B3 41 KKtl KB2 24 B-B3 KRI 42 Q-B2 OKs 25 Q.R4 43 QBL P.Q6 ‘Threatening 26 BxP, PxD; 27 QxPch, K-Ktl: 44 QQI QKE ch 28 R-Q4, KteR; 29 ReKt! 43 KKi2 P.Q7 Besse P-K4 Resigns A. Nimzowitch Fifth Game of March QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE (Notes by I. A. Forowitz) G. Stahiberg A, Nimzowitch White Black 1 P.Q4 PKB 2 P-QB4 Kt-KB3 3 Kt-QB3 B-Kts 4 QR P-B4 5 PxP Ke-B3 6 KtB3 KeK5 7 BQ2 KtxQBP 8 QB2 0-0 9 P-QR3 BxKt 10 BxB P-QR4 More usual is ... P-Bt. Although the text restrains White's advance on the Queen's side, it in turn leaves a definite weakness on Black's QKt3, and at the same time loses valuable time. 11 P-KKB P-RS 12 B-Ki2 P-OKt3 13 0.0 B.Kt2 Not 13... BR3; 14 Ke-K5, R-Bi; 15 KexKt, PxKt; 16 B-Ke4! 14 QR-QL KeR¢ Premature, Black's first consideration should be for the protection of his backwards QP. ... Q-K2, followed by P-Q3 and KR-QI was indicated. 15 BeKta tae The text threatens to win a Pawn and is not without merit, but B-Q4 would serve the same purpose and at the same time maintain the Bishop on the long diagonal and indirectly exert pressure on the weak QKtP. 1S ..ee B-KS 16 Q-B3 omy Ke (R4)-Ke6 17 KeQa BxB 18 KxB RKt Forced, as the threat of KtxKt followed by BxKt winning a Pawn, could not adequately be met in any other manner. 19 KtxKe KexKe -20 R-Q6 QBz 21 KR.QL KR-QI 22 Q-B3 G. Stahiberg 26 RxBP! PaR 27 QxBP ch K-Ktl 28 R-Q6I! R-KB1 As good as any, there is nothing to be done. 29 QxP R«BP ch” A last and desperate stand. 30 K-Kel! sae If KxR, Q-Béch prolongs the game. 30... KB2 31 R-KB6 ch Resigns Metropolitan Chess League March, 1934 KING’S INDIAN DEFENSE (Notes by M. D. Hassialis) M.D. Hassialis A. C. Simonson White Black 1 P.Q4 Kc-KB3 2 P-KB4 P-KK3 3 Ke-QB3 Pat 4 P-KB3 Kmoch recommends at this point: 4 B-Kt5!, Kt-K5; 5. KtxKt, PxKt; 6 Q-Q2 followed by Castles QR. deans B-Kt2 3 PKA PxKP 6 PxP P.K4 7 B.Qs 0-0 More accurate was 7... QKt-Q2, followed by QK2 and .., KeTHE CuHess REVIEW 8 KrB3 BKts 9 BK2 KeR4 Black's idea is to play P-KB¢ but he overlooks White's defenses; however, even if Black could force P-KB4, the ensuing position would be in ‘White's favor because of White's better develop- ment, Again, better was 9... QKt-Q2, 10 0.0 P.KR3 Not 10... P-KB4 because 11 Kt-KKt5 with the threat of Kt-Ké6. 31 KeK1 BeB 12 QxB QK1 Not_11_... P-KB4 because of 12 PxP, RxP; 13 RxR, PxR: 14 QxKt! 13 P-KKt4 Kt-KB3 14 Kt-Q3 Not 14 BxP, BxB; 15 RxKt, B-B5! The text move however threatens 15 BxP. QKt-Q2 QK2 16 P-Kt5 would lead to interesting complications, not entirely to Black's disadvantage. 16 .., PxP: 17 BxP, Q-KI, followed by 18... KeR4. KeK1 Kegs Not 18 P-Kt3, P-KB4; 19 KtPxP, PxP; 20 PxP, P-Kt Also not 18 P-B5, Kt-B5! (threatening P-KB5 6; 21 B-Q2, B-Q35] W.... P-Kt3 19 P-Kt4 P-QR4 20 P-QR3 KeKi2 21 Kt-Q3 P-KB4 22 KiPsP PxP 23 RxP RxR 24 BxR PKS 25 B-Q2 PxP 26 PxP RKI Not 26 ... BxKt; 27 BxB, Q-Kttch; 28 K-R1, PxKt; 29 Q-K6ch! 27 KeB4a Keka 28 KtxP KtxP 29 Kt-K6 . Here White overlooks a quick win. 29 P-B6, QxKt; 30 P-B7ch, KxP; 31 Kt-K6ch winning. Wares B.QS ch 30 K-R1 QRS 31 P-B6 31 R-B4 followed by QzxKt or KtxB is good enough, but the text threatens’ mate which is dif- ficult to stop. BL... Ke(Ke2).Q3 32 QKi2 ch Resigns (We give the following game in honor of Grand- master Spielmann's 50th birthday—May 5, 1934.) Played at Carlsbad, 1911 RUY LOPEZ (Notes by F. Reinfeld) R. Spielmann F, S. Dus-Chotimirski White Black 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 KeKB3 Kt.QB3 3 B-Kts P-QR3 4 BR4 KeB3 50-0 B-K2 6 R-KI P-QKt4 7 BK P.Q3 8 PBS KtQre 9 BB2 P.B4 10 P.Q3 see P-Q4 is more usual, ‘The text was fashionable at the time this game was played, 1... 0-0 11 QKt-Q2 QB2 12 Ke-B1 R-Kt1 This portentous move foreshadows some in- tended demonstration on the Queen-side which remains in the realm of good intentions, The usual maneuver adopted by Black in this variation is - Kt-B3 with a view to forcing ... P-Q4 later on. 13 P-KR3 BK3 14 Q-K2 PKS 15 Ke(B3)-R2 Kt-Q2z 16 Ke-Kt3 KRB1 16... P-B4 would not be good because of 17 PxP, BxBP; 18 KtxB, RxKt; 19 P-Q4. Or if 16 Put 17 PxP, BxQP; 18 P-Q4, BPxP; 19 PxP, BBS; 20 K-Krat 17 KeKid RK 18 Kt-K3 B.Kta 19 Ke-Q5 BxKt 20 PxB BxB 21 QRxB K-KB3 ‘The correct move in this seemingly harmless position was ... Kt-Bl. After the text Spielmann builds up a winning attack with surprising sud~ denness. 22 P.Q4! eae In order to open the Bishop's diagonal and the K file, 22 apes KPxP .. KixP; 23 PxKP, PxKP; 24 Q-Q3, Keb, 5 KtR5! 23 KeRS! Kt-Qz Of course he cannot play KtxKt because of mate in two. 24 QKtt PKs 25 RK? eae Threatening RxKt! and Kt-B6ch.APRIL, 1934 59 25... KB 14 BK2 KRQ1 26 ORK: QQ1 15 KeK4 P.B3! Not 26 ... PxKe; 27 RxPch!! KxR; 28 Q-K6ch, K-B1 (28... K-Kt2; 29 Q-K7ch, K-R3; 30 R-K6ch); 29 Q-R6ch, K-B2; 30 QxPch, K-BI (30 K-B3; 31 Q-Kt6 mate); 31 R-K7 and mate next move. 27 Q—Kts KeK4 The only defence against the threat of Q-Réch. ete, 28 Q-Bé! see Very pretty. If now 28 ... Q or RxR, 29 Q-R8 mate, and if 28... PxKt: 29 R(K)xKt wins. 28.... Kr(R4)-BS 29 P.Bat PxKt 30 PxKe KexKP 31 R(K)xKe! Resigns The mate cannot be staved off any longer. Played in a Match in Rotterdam, 1933 ALEKHINE DEFENCE (Notes by F. Reinfeld) R. Spielmann. S. Landau White Black 1 P-K4 K-KB3 2 PKS Kt-Q4 3 P-QB4 Rees 4 P-OK:3 sees An innovation attributed to Lajos Steiner which need not to be greatly feared by Black. 4..-. P.Q3 5 BKe2 seas Not good: it allows the second player to develop at White's expense. PxP was preferable. Saaae PxP 6 BxP Kt-B3 7 B-Kt2 P-K4 It requires no profound analysis to see that Spielmann has misplayed the opening. His develop- ment is backward, he has no promising plan avail- able, and his QP is weak. 8 Kt-QB3 BKB4 9 P-Q3 see Just in time; Black threatened to occupy White's B by... ReKts. Deven Q.a2 s+ Kt-KtS could now be answered by KtK4. 10 Q.Q2 0.0.0 Black's game plays itself. 11 0.0.0 B-K2 If instead 11... KeKS: 12 KeB3! PBB: 13 VN Ke-B3 Q-K3! 13 Q-K3 tee +++ P-K5 was threatened. Bee. R-Q2 Move by move Landau strengthens and solid- ifies his position, 16 P-KR3 wees A necessary preparatory move, 16 Kt-R4 being advantageously answered by ... B-KKt6. 16... P-Kegt Cutting down the mobility of the Knights. 17 P-RKet B-K:3 18 P-KR4 P-KR3 Not 18 ... QxP? 19 KtxKP winning a piece. 19 PxP RPxP 20 R-R6 The fank attack begun with White's seventeenth move is undertaken with the idea of dedecting Black's attention from the real scene of operations: the Q side and the center. Weeee Qk © 21 P-R3? eee Spielmann wishes to play QR-RI, which how- ever would not do just now because of... Kt-Kt5 There was nothing better than 21 KR-Ri; the text is neatly refuted by Landau, QM.... BxKe 22 QxB nee After 22 PxB, Q-Bl White loses a Pawn with- out compensation. 22... QBi! 23 Q.K6 BxP 24 QxBP OKs! ‘This ieads to an unexpectedly powerful attack: White's pieces are badly placed for defensive purposes. 25 R-Q2 . Tt is clear that 25 BxB, QxBch; 26 K-B2, Q-R7ch is equally hopeless. 2... P-KS! 26 KeK1 Kt-Qs! White is now helpless against the double threats of ... Q-B6ch, and... KtxPch. 27 BxB KtxP ch 28 K-Kt2 KeRS ch Dr.Buwe points out a quicker win here by 28 ++. QauRch; 29 KxKt, QxB. 29 K-R2 Kt-B8 ch 30 BxKt KeB6 ch Forcing the win of the Queen, the final moves being 31 QxKt, QxQ: 32 K-Kt, R-Q3; 33 R-RI, R-QR3, 34 RKi2, PxP: 35 KtxP, ReKt; 36 BxP (or 36 BxR, QxBch: 37 R-B2, R-Kt3ch: 38 B-Kt2, R-Kt5; 39 K-B, RxP; 40 R-R8ch, K-Q2; 41 RxR, QxReh. winning easily), R-KR6; 37 R-Q1, R-Q3: 38 R-QBI, Q-K4; 39 B-K3, Q-K3ch; 40 R(B)-B2, R-R8ch; 41 K-R2, R-R3ch; 42 K-Kt3, R(R8)-R8; 43 B-BS, P-K:3; 44 B-B8, P-B4; White resigns. A very well played game by Landau.60 THe Cuess Review Fifth Game of Match ENGLISH OPENING (Notes by 1. A. Horowitz) M. Botwinnik S. Flohr White Black 1 P-QB4 P-K4 Rather refreshing! ‘The cut and dried defenses leading to the regulation Queen's Pawn are becoming more or less monotonous. The text is enterprising. 2 Kt-QB3 KtKB3 3 KtB3 KeB3 4 P.Q4 see ‘The best, for it forces an immediate decision in the center. . 4eeee PKS Or 4... PxP: 5 KtxP, B-Kt5; (5 ... B-Bd: 6 Ktxkt, KtPxKt; 7 P-KK¢3, P-Q4; 8 B-Kt2, B-K3; 9 Castles, Castles; 10 Q-Rt B-Q2 1! BK, B-K2; 12 KR-Ql) 6 B-Kt5, Castles: 7 R-B1, R-K1; 8 P-K3, P-Q3; 9 B-K2, Kt-K4; 10 Castles, BxKt; 11 RxB, Ke-K0G; 12 KeKis! 5 Ke-Qz see ‘White prudently avoids the following continua- tion: 5 Kt-KKt5, P-KR3; 6 KKteKP, KteKt, 7 Kexkt, Q-R5; 8 Q-Q3, P-Q4; 9 PxP, Kt-Kt5; 10 Q-Ktl, BKB: 11 Kt-Q6ch, PxKt! 12 QxB, P-KKt3; 13 Q-KKtl, R-BI! Sees KoP 6 KKteP KeK3 Apparently with the idea of developing the QB at Kt2, but White forestalls this. 7 P-KK3 KeaKe 8 KtxKe B-Kts ch 9 B-Q2 BxB ch 10 QxB 0-0 Black has attempted to simplify the game by exchanges, but has not yet’ succeeded in neutral- izing White's control of the center. 1 BKa2 P.Q3 12 0.0 B.Q2 13 KeB3 B-B3 14 Kt-Qs P.QR4 15 P.K4 KeB4 16 KR-K1 R-K1 17 QR-QU P-RS 18 R-K3 18 Q-B3 with the idea of advancing the KP to K5 looks promising at this point. 1B... B-Q2 19 Ke-B3 wee But this seems to be aimless wandering. Black intended ... B-K3 to be followed by ... P-QB3 and ... Q-Kt3, but this might have easily been parried with Q-B3. Wess B-K3 20 Q.04 P-KB3 21 BBi O-K2 22 KrQs . Q-B2 23 QR-KL P.B3 Virtually forced to free the cramped position, but it is still difficult for White to capitalize the backwards QP 24 Kt-Ba see Not 24 Kt-K:6, R-R3; 25 QxQP, Q-BI; 26 Q-BT, R-K2; 27 Q-Q6, R-KB2! winning the Kt. 24... QB2 25 KeQ3 + 25 KtxB was indicated, but White apparently feared that he would eventually lose control of the black squares. White could then mass his forces against the backwards QP, and deploy his B to good advantage on one of the long diagonals, 2... P.QKes This further weakens the Pawn formation. ++. KtxKt, with the idea of playing for a draw, was more logical. 26 KeKe4 B-B2 27 QBS QR-O1 28 ReB2 RK2 29 Kt.Q4 BK 30 P-B3 sane But here White misses a stronger continuation, 30 B-Kt2 with the threat of P-K5 offers better Prospects. 30... QRKL 31 P-OKe4 PxPep 32 PxP KeK3 33 KeBs 33 Kt-B2 seems more logical. White having more freedom of action should avoid exchanges without definite gain, BB... BxKe 34 PxB KeKe¢ 35 BK RR 36 RxR RR 37 QaR K-BL 38 P.B4 KeB2 39 P-QKt4 P-Q4t A surprise move. Sacrificing a P to free his position and force a workable passed P of his own. 40 PxP P-Bat 41 PxP PxP 42 QR3 Kt.Q3 43 BBL K-B2 Black fails to capture the unguarded KBP for fear of opening the diagonal KR3-QB8 of the ‘White Bishop. 44 B-Q3 PBS 45 B.B2 P.B6 - 46 QKet KeBst 47 QxP QBs ch 48 IGRI QxP ch 49 K-Kel Q-B4 ch Draw.MINIATURE GAMES By Agnotp S. DENKER Readers are tnvited to submit bnikent games of not more than 20 moves to Arnold S. Denker, 1730 Topping Avenue, Bronz, N.Y. Played in Russia, 1932 QUEEN’S INDIAN DEFENSE Lukomski Popedin White Black 1 P-Q4 ‘Kt-KB3 2 P-QB+ PAKS 3 Kt-QB3 P-QKt3 4 P-K4 B-KS 5 P-KS KeKs 6 OK! KtxKe 7 PxKe BxP ch 8 K-Q1 KBL BxR; 9 QxKtP, R-BL; 10 B-Kt5, P-B3; uw BAP, “RxB; 12 PxR, and wins. 9 R-Kth KeBs White threatened Q-B3 winning a piece. How- ever -Kt2 was better as can be seen from the game. 10 B.R3 ch K-Kel 10 ... P-Q3 or 10 ... Kt-K2 cannot be played because of 11 Q-B3 winning a piece. 11 R-KG BxP 12 QxP cht! Resigns White mates in five by 12... KxQ; 13 R-Kt3ch K-R3; 14 B-Bich, K-R4; 15 B-K2ch, K-R5; 16 R-R3 mate. Played in a Simultaneous, Holland, 1933 RUY LOPEZ Dr. A, Alekhine M. Hulser White Black 1 PKA P-K4 2 Ke-KB3 Kt-QB3 3 B-Kts P.Q3 4 P.Q4 B.Q2 5 BuKt BxB 5... PxB loses a Pawn. 6 KeBs PxP 7 QP : Better than 7KtxP because the Queen cannot he driven from its central position. It also prepares Castles Q. 7 KBs 8 B-Kts BK2 9 0.0.0 0.0 10 P-KR4 P-KR3 11 Ke-Q5 PxB 12 KtxB ch Quke 13 PxP KtxP 13 ... QxP giving back the piece and forcing the exchange of Queens would offer better pos- sibilities. 14 RRS O-K3 If 14... KtxKtP; 15 R-R8ch, KxR, 16 Q-R4ch, KKH; 17 KtxKe wins, 15 QR-RI P-KB4 16 Ke-K5 sees Removing the obstructing QP so that P-Q4 is not playable in answer to Q-Bdch. 16... PxKt 17 P-Kt6 Resigns For if 17 ... QxP; 18 Q-B4ch and mates next move, Played in Holland RUY LOPEZ Dr. E, Lasker M. Fehmers White Black 1 P-Ka P-K4a 2 Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3 3 BK Ke-B3 40-0 B.Ba Better is here ,., B-K2. The text gives up the center and permits White a too rapid development. 5 KexP KtKe 6 P-Q4 BxP 7 QxB K2 7 8 Kt-B3 Qu Kt-B3; 8 BxKt, KtPxB; 9 P-K5! 0-0 8 ... P-QR3 (with the idea of driving the Bishop off the diagonal QR4-K8 in order to play Rebs ith, tempo) would be met by 9 Hee after Kt-B3; 9 Q-Q3, P-KR3; (9 . Bes 10 Res 10 Kt-Q3! 9 BKS P.Q3 10 Kt-Qs Q.Q1 11 P-KB4 P.B4 12 PxKe! PxQ 13 PxKt PxP This loses outright! 13 ... Q-R4 was indicated as it was the only square on the board where the Queen could go without being gaptured. Then would have followed 14 PxP, KxP; (14 QxB; B PaR(Q)ch, KxQ; 16 B-R6ch, K-Ktl; (forced) 2 Kt-K7ch, K-R1; 8 RxP and mate follows) i B-Béch, K-Kt3; 16 B-Q3! and Black has no adequate defense ‘gaint White's numerous threats, 14 BxP B-Q2 15 BxQ BxB 16 B-B6 Resigns- GAME DEPARTMENT The scene of the coming world’s’ championship 42 R-Kr4 K-Q5 match, Baden-Baden, was recently the meeting 43 P-R4 P-B4 ground for both contestants, Dr. A. Alekhine and 44 P-QRS K-K6 E. D. Bogolubow, challenger. There the following 45 PBS K-B6 interesting exhibition game was played. 46 R-Kts KxP 47 R-QS RxP RUY* LOPEZ 48 RxQP P-Kt4 E. D. Bogolubow Dr: A. Alekhine 49 RxP RRL White Black 50 R-KKté K.B4 IP-K4 P-K4 51 R-QB6 P-Kes 2 Ke-KB3 Kt-QB3 32 RxP ch K-BS 3 BKS P-QR3 53 R-B7 R-KKel. 4 BR4 P.Q3 34 R-Q7 P.Kte 5 BxKt ch PxB 355 R-QU PK 6 P-Q4 P-B3 356 R-KKtL K-K6 7 B-K3 Kt-K2 57 PRG K-B7 8 KeB3 KK 58 R-QB1 R-QRI 9 Q.Q2 B-K2 59 P-Kt4 RxP 10 P-KR4 P-KR4 60 PKs R-K3 11 0.0.0 BK 61 K-Ke3 Drawn, 12 Q.Q3 PxP 13 BxP KBs 14 Q.B4 -Q2 et Sexe oe Played in an Off-Hand Encounter, 16 Q-BL 00 Denver, Feb. 1934 17 B-K3 KK EVAN’S GAMBIT 18 Kt-Q4 Kea Scott Dake 19 QK2 P-K3 White Black 20 P-B3 B-BS 1 P-K4 PKA 21 Q-B2 QR-Kt 2 KeKB3 Kt-QB3 22 P-KKt4 PxP 3 BBE B.B4 23 PxP P.QB4 4 P.QKt4 BxKiP 24 KKtK2 B-K3 5 P.QB3 BR4 25 BxP BxKtP 6 P.Q4 PxP 26QK3 R-B2 70-0 PxP 27 B.Q4 K-R2 8 QKS Q.B3 28 Kt-Qs B-B1 9 PKS QKs 29 K-Ku B-R3 10 KtxQBP KKtK2 30 QKKs BxKt 11 KeKKes KtxKP 31 BxKt QKs 12 R-KL KexB 32 Q.QB3 Q-B6 13 QaKt BrKt 33 KxP ch RxKe 14 QuB P-KR3 34 BxR QxQ 13 RaKt ch KR 35 BxQ BxR 16 QxQBP 2-03 36 RxB BK2 17 BR3 QB 37 BxB KxB 18 R-KI ch KB3 38 P-Kt3 R-KRI 19 Q-KB4 ch K-Ke3 39 R-R1 K-B3 20 QxBP ch KxKe 40 K-Ki2 K-K4 21 RKS ch Resigns 41 KK R-R3 White mates in two moves.APRIL, 1934 68 California Major Tourney Played in the Southern California “Best Payed Game” Prize Winner Chess League __ INDIAN DEFENSE QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED C. Howland D. Vedensky H. Steiner A. V. Taylor White Black White Black 1 POs KtKB3 1 P.Q4 KeKB3 2 KeKB3 PKK 2 Kt-KB3 P-K3 3 P-B4 Ps 3 B-Kes BK2 4 KtB3 -Kt2 4 PBS P-Q4 5 PKK 0.0 5 PKS QKt-Q2 6 B-Kt2 QKt-Q2 6 QKr-Q2 P.QB4 7 0.0 P-QR4 7 B-Q3 BPxP 8 BB4 KeKe3 8 KPxP PP 9 PKs BQ2 9 KtxP 0.0 10 QO-Q2 RK1 10 0.0 Kt-Q4 11 P-KR3 B-B3 11 B.Q2 Kt(Q2)-B3 12 BR6 BRL 12 P.QR3 B.Q2 13 PQS B.Q2 13 Ke(B4)-KS R-BL 14 Ke-KKts QB 14 QK2 P-QR3 15 QR-K1 PRS 15 QR-K1 KeB2 16 P-K4 PxP. 16 KtxB QxKe 37 PxP KeR4 17 BKB4 Ke(B2)-Q4 18 P-KKtt KeKe2 18 BKS KR-O1 19 P-B4 P-KB3 19 KeKes P-R3 20 Ke-B3 P-K3 20 P-B4 K-B1 21 P-KB3 KtPxP 21 KeR3 PKK 22 P-Ki5s KLR4 22 P-KKt4 P-KR4 23 KeR4 Kt-Kt6 23 PxP KtxRP 24 RBS KoxKP 24 P-BS KPxP 25 KtxKe PxKt 25 BxBP Ke(R4)-B5 26 RxBP BeR 26 KtxKt QB 27 PxB K.B2 27 KtxKt QKt4 ch (28 Q-Kts R-KKtl 28 B-Ki3 RxKt 29 BKY PxP 29 Q-K6 30 QRS ch K-K3 31 BaP ch Kes? Black resigned shortly. 32 RxP Mate. MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB HOTEL ALAMAG Broad) ind 71st St., New York reeey owned 7 | THE FREEMAN PRESS —_— Printers & Publishers A Club for Gentlemen who Enjoy Chess | of A rendezvous for Chess Masters Chess Literature and Amateurs—Frequent Activities Club Always Open _ | 203 East 127H St., New York, N. Y. Visitors Welcome Thursday Nights GRamerey 7-9517- CHESS MADE EASY By Donato MacMurray This the second of a series of articles designed fo expla to the beginner, step by step, the basic ideas which must be grasped before the game can be played intelligently. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the rules of the game, the movements of the pieces, and the system of notation of the moves, which is explained very clearly in Mitchell's Guide to the Game of Chess. 2. MATERIAL. The largest single factor in the qame ‘of Chess is the “material; i.e.. the pieces col- lectively. In the beginning, the two sides are even in material, and the most insistent necessity that we face is that of at least maintaining this equality. This is a fact which cannot be too strongly impressed upon the beginner, who is ail too often moved to give up pieces to get rid of enemy pawns which are harassing him, and who considers the loss of a ‘mere’ pawn of no importance whateve ‘The chief reason for the importance of material is to be found in the end-game. With the adverse king left alone upon the board checkmate can be forced by king and queen, king and rook, king and two bishops, or king, bishop and knight, (not, however, by king and two knights). These last two end-games are very rare, for the xeason that which ever side is ahead in material can usually succeed in saving one of its pawns, with which it can make a new queen. We shall illustrate_the technique of some of these mates. They are all simple enough when the principle involved is un- derstood; namely, that the scope of the adverse king must be restricted until he is finally forced over to the edge of the board, where alone it is possible to mate him with any of these minimal forces. First let us take queen and king against lone king. Set up this position: Black White 1 QBs Black tries to keep his king as near to the middle of the board as possible. Black K-KS 2 KK2 K-BS 3 QK3 ch K-B4 4 K-B3 KKa 5 QBs K-K2 6 KK KK3 7 QBS ch KK2 8 KS K-Kel 9 KK6 K-RI 10 Q-B8 Mate. N. B. When you actually have cornered the king. for heaven's sake beware of stalemating him! (for example, 10 Q-B7. This is a stalemate, andthe game is drawn.) Now let us try King and Rook against King. Set up this position. Black Black K.Qs White's first move cuts the king off from half the board. 2KK2. KBs 3 K-R3 K-B6 4 RBS ch K.Q5 5 KK KK 6 K-B3 K-K6 7 RKS ch KBs 8 K.Q4 KB 9 RK4 K-B7APRIL, 1934 65 10 R-K3 KK 11 KK4 _ KB? 32 K.B4 K-Kt7 13 R-K2 K-R6 14 R-QR2 K-RS 15 R-R2 Mate, Of course the mate can be effected much more quickly from many positions. Because the mates with two bishops and with bishop and knight are both more dif- ficult to learn and less important, we shall leave them until later on, and meanwhile turn our attention to the simplest of pawn end-qames. King and pawn against King. (See Diagram on next column). > Black White Either side to move, White wins. This Diagram illustrates the “opposition.” Here the King’s task is to support his pawn all the way down to the queen- fag square, This can be ‘done whenever the king can be put on the same file with his pawn, two squares in front of it; or whenever the king can get to the sixth rank ahead of his pawn, (A rook’s pawn will not win at all unless the adverse king can be shut off from R8 and Kt8, because when the pawn reaches the seventh rank, either there is a stalemate or the pawn is left unprotected.) In the diagram, the relation of the King's positions have to each other is call- ed the “opposition.” ‘When the kings are on the same file (or, as the case may be, rank}, and are separated by one square, whichever side has just moved is said to “have the op- position.”” Having the opposition is an ad- vantage, because the adverse king, whose turn it is to move, cannot advance; he must qo either to one side or backwards, ‘and in either case your own king is free to ad- vance if he needs to. If it is Black's move in the position shown, he can do no better than White Black Te... KBs whereupon follows 2 KRS K-Kr2 3 KKS K-R2 4 K-B6 K-R3 5 PKs K-R2 6 PKS KKel 7 KK K-R1 8 K-B7 K-R2 9 P-Kt6 ch KRI 10 PK ch K-R2 11 P queens ch KR3 12 QKté Mate, If, in the diagram it had been White's move, he could have gained the opposi- tion by playing 1. P-Kt4, after which he could proceed as above. Don’t Forget to Renew Your Subscription 4 to THE CHESS REVIEWEND GAME STUDIES By Barnie F. WInKELMAN To chess players and problemists the end- ings of the great composers are equally fas- cinating. To the first, because they reveal pos- sibilities in actual play beyond the imagination of even the “grand masters.” To the second, because they indicate that the tactical powers of the pieces cannot be shown fully within the two, three or even four move requirements of the problemist’s technique. Let us spend a half hour with Alexis Troit- ski, whose five hundzed creations attest the inexhaustibility of his genius. We have heard much of the “absolute seventh”—-; our master tacticians have learned how to handle the rooks. Such at least was our belief until a few endings of this com- poser showed us that we have not ewen scratched the surface of rook strategy. In the following setting the black king seems to nullify the power of his own rook. Black White White to play and win 1 PR R-KR? 2 RBI ch K.Q7 3 RB2 ch RaR 4 P.R8 Queen. or 1 P-R7 R-QL 2 RBA ch K.Q7 3 R RaR ‘Q4 ch 4 PRB Queen. The same idea in another simple study White—K at QB1, R at KB4, P at QKts Black—K at KR2, R at KKt7, P at K5 White to play and win. So far neat but not gaudy—‘Nothing to rave about,” remarks the talented amateur. But these little examples are only the com- poser’s introduction to this theme—a few Practice swings at the ball, In the next end- ing, he gives us a real effort, and we begin to understand what the “absolute seventh® can mean, White P-Kté RR? KB2 3 P-R7 and wins. The ultimate in control difficulty: Black White White to play and draw IRRI KK! 2 R-KBL R-K8 3 BxP RxR 4K Kee K-B7 S K-B4 K-08 £5o ES 7 z 8 Bl 2B ok and draws,PROBLEMS “The Poesy of Chess” By MAXWELL BUKOFZER Problems, Problem solutions, criticisms, comments and all matters pertaining to the Problem Department, should be seat directly to the Problem Editor at 106-22 213th Street, Bellaire, L. L., N. Y. For personal rephes and the return of unsuitable contributions, inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope; otherwise replies will be made in the correspondence column. Thanks—and, mainly, requests. Accept, my dear friends, old and new, my most deeply felt and sincere gratitude for your magnificent response to my call. A veritable flood of letters inundated my house, to the utter amazement of the letter carrier. What a splendid, heart-warming cargo of good wishes, felicitations and greetings! What a wonderful symposium of glad hands .pledges of support, lauda- tions and—chess problems! I am quite ov- erwhelmed. I repeat to my inner self con- stantly: “Boy, if you don’t make good with this crowd of quality gents you are not a battle-cry but a mere whisper.” Well, I shall try to live up to your expectations, so help me! Kindly give your attention to the follow- inf: Articles such as “Appraising Problems,” “Who's Who in Problemdom,” “Fairy Chess,” “Sherlock Holmes Chess Detec- tive Tales,” etc., are requested from many sides for every month. How I wish ] could satisfy that demand. But space is limited. The long ladder and the comments, twelve problems and the correspondence cannot be curtailed. More subscribers mean more problem pages, of course. Please send solutions more promptly. Again I have to postpone half of the solu- tions, because too many solvers failed to “come in.” Remember, solutions up to 138 included must be received not later than May 4. Please write on one side of the paper only when sending solutions, Place your name on every problem, even if there are six on a page. They will be cut apart. Use ink and write legibly. ‘Watch correspondence column and clos- ing_date for solutions. Diagram all problems. mistakes! Vote for the “Best Monthly Original.” The Editor's problems do not compete for the prize. And keep on telling me what you would like in the department. While I may not be able to gratify all wishes, I will at least make every effort to please as many as I can. Notations mean Correspondence Orto Wurzaurc—Correction to 121 not made because of second cook. May I have another original for biographical sketch? Dr. Macu—Letter will explain my silence, Thanks for book. Cuartes Leecri—Your publication much en- Joyed. Will help with problems, soon. Cuarzes RoTHENBERG— Your five mover in my possession. Thanks. F. A, Hitt—Why this silence? Jems, old friend. GoELLER~ Erhielt ihre 3 aufgaben von A. C. W. Gute arbeiten. Bitte, mehr! A. C .SiMoNson—I am very sorry that your problem was misprinted, but such is the fate of many notation problems, where small letters often look like capital letters. However, there was time for correction as you see. Please send future problems on diagrams, G. Morr Smiri—Welcome in our circle, Can use every type of problem. ‘Will you not grace our ladder, also? About Fairies: Wait a little while; they will appear when I secure extra space; but send yours now, with fully written out solu- tions. M. CHarosH—Thanks for contributions. Why not join our ladder? Please, put your name sep- arately on every single problem and diagram them. You may think your letters are plain, but —a diagram is. D. McCrettann—Your cheery and meaty let ters are a holiday fare to overworked chess ed- itors. Wish I had five hundred of your kind. I'd buy Europe. Please send corrected diagram for four mover Sui; your description of your “alter- ation” is nebulous; maybe I am dumber than you thought. Hocuserc Bros.—Welcome to the family. Please send comments with solutions, and tell which one problem you rate best; for the prize. Dr. Dosss—Thank you for clippings. Will send you a few three movers when I get stralght- ened out with this department. Which problem do you like best 7 G. R. Exray—Your “self-effacing” business is amusing. You seem to be a good solver. Are you, by any chance, trying to “kid” me? Sure, TI have time for you. Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Can use prob-68 Tue Cuess Revirw Autuors—Thanks for problems: To D. Mc- Clelland, G, Mott-Smith, A. C. White, A. C. Si- monson, F. W. Watson, Theodore C. Wenzl, Charles Rothenberg, S. J. Benjamin, G. W. Har- greaves, H. Burke, Wilbur Van Winkle. E. N. McCarthy, W. F. Scott, Bill Beers, and others, Please send problems on diagram, and test them BEFORE you send them to me. All. Solvers—Kindly note: Problem 133 (Si- monson) Pawn c7 is BLACK! No cooks will be allowed. Problem 138 (Erdos) is a four move selfmate. Solutions 97S. T. Benjamin (2M) R-QR3. Cooks: Q-K5 ch; Q-B6 ch; B-Kt7 ch. 98 E, Boswell (2M) K-Q6. Beautiful! Excellent kepy and fine play. if I say this composer is a master, I reiterate it with an exclamation point.—McClelland. The mate after PxP is funny.—Van Winkle. Clever key. —Dr. Dobbs. Very neat and original.—MeCar- thy. Pretty play produced by manoeuvers of black pawn.—Malzberg. Fine theme,—Piasetzky. 99 Conrad Erlin (2M) Kt-R6, I'm still looking for the “wherefor” of this problem. ‘The variations are scanty and the key is distinctly provisional.—McClelland. Pretty fair lightweight—Dr. Dobbs. A splendid composi- ton. —Nash. 100 F. A. Hill (2M) Q-Q2. Interesting at least, and there are some very close tries——McClelland. QxQ is defeated by P-B5. ~Van Winkle. Nice little Meredith.—Dr. Dobbs. Very pretty.—Halpern. Bxcellent.~Malz- berg. Not difficult, but a beautiful symmetrical position.—Hargreaves, Easy, but very nice.~ Piasetziey. 101 A. N, Lebedeff (2M) Kt-K5.(?) Cooks: Kt-K3, Kt-R2, Kt-Q2, R-Q5. 102 Chas. C. Wenzl (2M) P-B6. Somehow I never cared for keys that merely hold the mating sé; however this is somewhat compensated for by the number of mates.~Mc Clelland. The free black Queen is under good control.—Dr Dobbs. Only feature is number of black queen checks.~Malzberg. 103 H. Burke (3M) 1, Kt-Kt4, QxR; 2. Kt-Kt5 ch, etc. +. + + QxB; 2, R(Kt8)-B8 ch. : . RxKt(K3); 2. QxP ch. «+ RxKe(Kt5); 2. R(Q8)-KB8 ch. « R-Q2; 2. RxR ch, T was seeing things when [ got through with this. So many pieces around makes you dizzy. Found this most difficult one of the lot.—McClel- land. The mate QxR at Kt7 is neat—Van Win- kle, (But not forced, Ed.). A well hidden key. McCarthy. A complex problem.—Nash. An extra heavy problem,—Szabo. Very ordinary.— Kleiman. 104, R, Cheney (3M) 1, R-Kt8, Ke-Q2; 2 2, PxB-(Q) ch., etc. . i KexR: 2, Kt-Q2 ete. ‘Cook: R-Q7. 105 Dr, Gilbert Dobbs (3M) 1. Q-R8, K-Kt?; 2, Kt-K1 ch., etc. K-K6; 2. Q-Kt2! + «4 P-Kt7; 2, B-Kt6, Dr, Dobbs is not only prolific but always good. His works all carry the stamp of fine workman- ship and a complete comprehension of the con- struction of a chess problem.—McClelland, An excellent key and difficult variation. McCarthy, Fine play.—Malzberg. Dr. Dobbs’ compositions are always interesting.—Hargreaves. A difficult problem —~Szabo. Another one of Dr. Dobbs’ jewels.—Piasetzky. This problem won the Leg- ler prize of $5.00 106. Vincent L, Eaton (3M) 1. Castles Q, P-R7; 2. B-K1, B any, 3 B-B2 checkmate V. L. E. has few superiors in America in ori- ginality, To my knowledge this is the first time this odd idea ,an Indian or Loveday interference with a castled rook, has ever been portrayed. A fine piece of work,—McClelland. I suppose this ‘was anticipated by old Phunlutya.—Van Winkle. Quiet play pleases.—Malzberg. 107, Edward Haendiges (3M) 1. B-B6, K-Any; 2. Kt-B4, etc. A difficult yet pretty miniature.—McClelland. Very tricky.—Halpern, A very neat “minnie” with “petting” model mates.—McCarthy, Ingen- ious and difficult.—Nash. Quite neat.—Malzberg. Nice mates, otherwise not much of a problem. Szabo. 108, W. Jacobs (3M} 1. R-KB8, KtxR; 2. Q-QI ch., etc. - KxP; 2. Q-K3 ch, ete, , R-R3; 2 KtxR. «QRZ; 2. Q-QI ch. ‘Threat Kt-Kt3 ch. Cook: Q-B3. 109, Hugo Legler (2M) KtxP. Superfine, I think Mr. Legler should give him- self his prize. He deserves it. 1 agree with him heartily that there has been too much laxity re- garding duals recently, and he shows in this prob- Jem that a Ane position can be constructed flaw- lessly.~McClelland. Cross checks and the pin- ned black pawn redeem the key.—Van Winkle. Interesting adaptation.—Dr. Dobbs. A beauty for a two mover.—Halpem.APRIL, 1934 69 110. H.C. Mowry (3M) 1. R-KB3, Q-B7; 2. R-Q3 ch., etc. - «+ » Q-B2(or B4), 2. B-Q6 ch. «+. + Q-QI; 2, Q-K5 ch. : - QxQ; 2. Kt-B6 ch. Brother Mowry has certainly done some fast improving. I remember his first opus in the Bul- letin about a year ago. Here is a composition worthy of a veteran of the problem art.~McClel- land. I found this rather difficult and good in spite of duals.—Van Winkle. Quite tricky.—Klei- man. A rather charming debut.—Rothenberg. Well appointed block, the best I have seen from this author.~Dr. Dobbs. A clever queen sacrifice.— McCarthy. A tantalizing masterpiece! The fin- est problem in this issue. As such it goes into my chess note book.—Nash. Very fine.—Malaberg. Many duals spoil this.Hampton. Plenty of va- riety.—Szabo. Excellent key.—Piasetzky. 111. A.C. Simonson (3M) 1. Q-R4, K-Q3; or (P-Q3); 2; Q-4, etc, . . P-Q4; 2. Q-B4, etc. Glad to see Bro, Simonson has not forsaken us altogether of late. The forces get smaller and smaller.—McCleliand. Mr. Simonson's problems are good.—Van Winkle. Nice miniature.—Klei- man. Cute little tempo study.—Dr. Dobbs. Tricky, Q-K4 is an interesting try.—Halpern. Strategic key.—Nash. An affair of tempo.—Malz- berg. Excellent miniature.—Szabo. 112. ]. Fisch] (4M) 1. B-BS, R-Kt2; 2. B-B8, R-Q2; 3. BxR, ete, . +, R-KB7; 2, R-B5 ch, K-K3; 3. RxP ch,, etc. T am still wondering if [ found the solution of this problem or a cook. If it is a solution the problem hardly merits the setting up of the pieces. There is no strategy involved, etc., etc, McClelland. (Look again Mr. McClelland—Editor.) Ordinary—Kleiman. Not so hot.—Dr. Dobbs. I found this problem hard to solve, especially after R-Kt2. Fine skill.—Piasetzky, 113, R. Svoboda (Sui 2M) 1. R-Bé6. ‘Very pretty. What H. W. B. said about this class of self-mate is quite true. It might easily become more, popular, and this choice bit is a good reason why.—McClelland. An excellent sui.—Dr. Dobbs. A gem.~Patrick, Very pretty.—Har- qreaves. Catchy. A queen key would suffice for some variations.—Szabo, Amusing and clev- er.—Piasetzky. 114. Dr. G, Erdos (Sui 4M) 1. B-Kt3, P-R5; 2. Q-Q7, PxB; 3. Kt- Qz2, P promotes; 4, Q-B7 ch., KxQ mate. A fine self mate: let's have more. My appetite is getting whetter. There is more originality here than in the ordinary direct mate.—McClelland. Good for a one line opus.—Dr. Dobbs. Simple and to the point.—Malzberg. A beautiful suii— Hargreaves. Wonderful suicide.—Piasetzky. Some got caught by the clever try; 1, B-Kts, P-RS; 2. Kt any, P-Kt8(Q); 3. KixQ, B-Kt7!!: 4. Q-B5 ch. KxQ ch. 5. Kt-B3!! THE MODERN CHESS PROBLEM By PHILIP H. WILLIAMS The general principles of problems, with methods of composing and solving. Selected group of two movers and three movers. 252 pages. 203 East 12TH SrREET Cloth $1.50 THE CHESS INSTITUTE New York, N. Y.70 - Tue Cuess Review No. 139 No. 140 (Original) (Original) A.N, LEBEDEFF W. JACOBS Leninerap, Russia New Yorx City Mate in 2 moves. Mate in 2 soves. No. 141 No. 142 (Original) (Original) 8. J. BENJAMIN THEO. C. WENZL New Yorx Ciry Irvincron, N. J. Mate in 2 moves. Mate in 2 moves. No. 143 No. 144 (Original) (Original) DR. GILBERT DOBBS DR. GILBERT DOBBS CARROLLTON, Ga. CaRRoLL ton, Ga, Mate in 2 moves, Mate in 2 moves,~ APRIL, 1934 7 No. 145 No. 146 (Orginal) (Original) E.M. McCARTHY R aegis Rocnesrer, N.Y. Mate in 3 Moves. Mate in 3 Moves. No. 147 No. 148 (Original) . (Original) W. T. SCOTT EB, PALATZ Denver, Coro. Hanpure, Germany Mate in 3 Moves. No. 149 No, 150 (Original) (Original) GOTTEFRIED GOELLER HAROLD THAYER Rorrwzit, Germany PortLanp, Orzcon (Inscribed to Alain C. White) (16 Yeass Old—First Attempt) Selfmate in 6 Moves ‘Mate in 2 moves. Solutions to These Problems Must Be Received by Saturday, May 26, 1934McCarthy, E. Vail Bo onan Berliner, Dr. Braverman, S. Greenwald, I. . ‘McClelland, D Ludlow, O. H. Malzberg, N. Nash, EB. H. Szabo, A. VanWinkle, W. Benjamin, 8. J Tanassy, L. Piasetzky, I Jacobs, M. Thorne, E. H. Riggin, ©. W. Halpern, L: . Chess, A. Rothenberg, P. L. Hasenoehrl, J. Daum, J Paster, Dr. Foote, B. A. . Hargreaves, Hixon, R. H. Partos, G. Burke, H. Seidel, A. Fortin, A.C. . Bowell, E. Bastine, A. J. Hampton, L. D. Dobbs, Dr. . Morris, D. Thrall, R. .. Tudor, W. B. Nelson, N. Kleiman, M. Patrick, M. W. Berry, G. F Gardener, F. G. Davis, Lynn . Glyan, J. Emery, G. R. Evans, B. . Allured, K. B. Young, E. F. Hannan, J. . Thayer, H. A. Thelin, S. H. Simonson, A. C. 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Business Office, 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Wood- side, N. Y. Yearly subscription in the United States $2.50. Elsewhere $3.00. Single copy 25 cts. Copyright 1934 by Tue Cuess Review. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: LAJOS STEINER Dr. $.G, TARTAKOWER = DONALD MacMURRAY HANS KMOCH JAMES R. NEWMAN ~ IRVING CHERNEV "LESTER W. BRAND REUBEN FINE BARNIE ¥. WINKELMANNEWS EVENTS National Chess Masters Tournament This year Chicago will be the scene of the annual tournament_of the Western Chess Association. The Professional Men's Chess Club of Chicago will act as host for this distinguished event, which will be played at the Lawson “Y" Build- ing the week of July 21st. Each year since 1900 this tournament has been one of the bright spots on the Chess Calendar. Expert Chess Masters from all parts of the United States and Canada usually compete for the title. Last year the Champion was Reuben Fine of New York. Illinois State Championship Arrangements for the Illinois State Chess Tournament are in the hands of a committee composed of N. J. L. Ponten- stein of Springfield, Chairman; Samuel Factor and Dr. L. E. Pearson of Chicago. and Glenn H. Reiner of Waukegan. It is scheduled to be held in Chicago the last week in June. In addition to the Masters’ Section, a Junior Section, a Lad- ies’ Section, and several minor sections will be held. Arrangements have been made to invite the winner of the Masters’ Section to participate in the National Chess Masters’ Tournament of the West- ern Chess Association. City of Philadelphia Championship The City of Philadelphia Individual Championship Tournament is under way with the following participants: S. Dra- sin, A. Fischer, . Gordon, J. Levin, H. Mortis, A. Regen, W. Ruth, 8. 'T. Sharp, and G. Weimar. All of the foregoing, with the exception of S. T. Sharp, had to fight their way into the championship divi- sion through a series of eliminations. The surprise of the qualifying rounds was the failure of Basnie F. Winkelman to gual- ify. The Championship is being held under the auspices of the Philadelphia Chess League, and the winner will secure the custody of the Childs Cup which has been placed in competition again after a lapse of ten years. Another Dake in the Making? The Interscholastic Chess League of Portland, Oregon, has just been organ- ized. Its membership includes the Benson High School, Franklin High School, Grant High School, and Jefferson High School. Jesse Day of Jefferson High School, is President, and Alice Hungerlord is Secre- tary of the League. city-wide tourna- ment is planned to take place shortly. A Flash From Washington Arthur W. Dake gave an exhibition in Longview, Washington, playing simulta- neously against 25 players—two without sight of the board and men. His score was 2314-114 and includes the win of both games conducted sans voir. Youth Will Be Served W.N, Kendall of San Antonio, Texas, who was runner-up in last year's State Championship, played seven blindfold games simultaneously at the Beaumont, ‘Texas, “Y”. As Kendall is only 23 the feat is a fine performance. His score was. three wins, two draws, and two losses. Chess in California The Southern California Chess League reports that the annual struggle between the Northern and Southern Divisions will take place in San Luis Obispo on May 27th. Interscholastic Chess is strongly organ- ized. The High School League is divided into two sections, North and South, sepa~ rated by a distance of 450 miles. Hayward H. S. of Hayward, defeated Balboa H. S. of San Francisco, 5-2, to become Northern California Champions for the third suc- cessive year, They will play Los Angeles High. Southern Champions, at the Los Angeles Chess and Checker Club ,for the State Title. Last year’s final was played via telegraph.May, 1934 75 . Empire State Activities The Manhattan Chess Club has just completed the enlargement of its quarters to provide greater convenience for its steadily increasing membership. At the annual meeting the following officers were elected: Harold M. Phillips, President; Charles B. Saxon, Vice-President; Hector Rosenfeld, Secretary; Alfred Link, Treas- urer; Henry Atlas, Sigmund Cohn, Charles A. Coleman, E. S. Jackson, S. F. Kenton, L. B, Meyer, and H. B. Weil, directors. . ee The National City Bank has quite an active chess group among its employees. Through the co-operation of Mr. Her- bert L. Conover an exhibition was ar- sanged for Mr. I. A. Horowitz at their club rooms, 44 Wall Street. Seventeen opponents faced him and the final result was fifteen wins and two draws. Credit should be extended to Mr, E. W. Drexler and Mr. Jackson for achieving draws. The Binghamton Chess Club defeated the Ithaca Chess Club in a match by the score of 7-6, according to advices received from L. C. Anderson, President of the Binghamton Chess Club. New Jersey Briefs The Newark College of Engineering has organized a Chess Club. George L. Lakoff is President and is interested in ar- ranging matches with other colleges. The Polish Chess Club of Irvington, N. J. was host to Mr. 1. A. Horowitz when he gave a simultaneous exhibition at their quarters. Arrangements for the perform- ance were made by Mr. Theo. C. Wensl, Out of a total of 18 games played, Mr. Horowitz won 17 and drew 1. Mr. M. J. Buczkowski was the lucky man, Charleston, W. Va., Chess Chatter The Championship of the Charleston Chess League was won by the Paul Mor- phy Club. John F. Hurts, Jr, is the new City of Charleston individual Champion. He won the title with a perfect score, defeating Ar- thur Maloy, runner-up and last year's champion in the final round. Plans are under way for a match between the new titleholder and Landis Marks of Hunting- ton. Metropolitan League Finals After three years of striving, the Man- hattan Chess Club has regained its old time place in the sun. With a clean cut victory over the Marshall Chess Club in the final round, the Manhattanites wound up the Metropolitan Chess League sched~ ule with a clear slate of eleven consecu- tive wins, and annexed the 1934 cham- pionship.. The final round victory was relished all the more because of the fact that the Marshall Chess Club has been their nemesis during the past three years. The pairings and final score were: Manhattan CC. Marshall C. C. Kupehik 1 A, Kevitz 0 . A. Horowits |) 14 F. Reinfeld ..11.) 44 R. Willman 1° BJ. Marshall! 2.) 0 1, Kashdan YR Fine A. S. Denker 0 A.C. Simonson .. 1 D. MacMurray || 1D. Bolland... E.S. Jackson .... 0 E, Tholfeson ||. 1 A. Marder Y% ELA. Santasieri 4 Total . 4A Total veces. 34 The wind up of the league schedule finds the Marshall C. C. in second place, the Stuyvesant C. C., third; Empire City C. C. fourth, and West Side “Y”, fifth. Metropolitan Chess League Annual Dinner The annual dinner celebrating the close of the Metropolitan Chess League season was held at the West Side Y. M. C. A. A gala crowd of close to 100 were in at- tendance. Mr. Leonard B. Meyer. President of the | League, presided. Addresses were made by Mr, Harold M. Phillips, President of the Manhattan Chess Club and the Inter- collegiate Chess League, and Mr. Frank J. Marshall the American champion. The success of the dinner was due to the outstanding efforts of Mr. Harry A. Herisse, President of the West Side Chess Club, who was instrumental in arranging the many details and presided over the Rapid Transit Tournament which marked the close of the dinner.76 Tue Cuess REVIEW Connecticut a Beehive of Chess Activity The Connecticut Chess League, which has just ended its fifth year of competi- tion, has developed surprisingly fast. It is composed of ten clubs divided into two divisions. The Northern Division includes Springfield, New Britain, Hartford, Deep River, and Bristol, The Southern Division includes Waterbury, Bridgeport (2clubs), Crown and Stamford. The wind-up of the 1934 League Tour- nament found Springfield the winner of the Northern Division and Waterbury at the top of the Southern Loop. A play- off was held which resulted in a 214-214 tie. The officers of The Connecticut Chess League are Arthur G. Powers, President; A.R. Spicacci, VicePresident; Frederic C. Beach, Secretary-Treasurer, and Lawrence J. Leaser, Tournament Director. Arrangements have been made for a si- multaneous exhibition to be given by Mr. L. A. Horowitz at the Stratfield Hotel in Bridgeport on May 27th. Chess a Box Office Attraction Russian chess enthusiasm must be un- usually strong. We quote from the “Daily Record’’: “Salo Flohr, the Czecho- slovakian winner of the Hastings Tourna- ment, has been describing how a tourna- ment is staged in Russia. When he went to Moscow to meet Botwinnik, the Russian champion, one of the biggest halls was hired, huge posters announced the event, and three thousand spectators turned up. So great was the enthusiasm throughout the city that when the rival players after- ward attended the opera, the performance was stopped while the audience rose and cheered. . “Flohr and Botwinnik met again in Lenningrad, where a theatre was engaged for the match, the play which was running being suspended for the occasion. The contestants sat on the stage and the huge audience followed the game by means of big demonstration boards fixed upon either side of the proscenium.” Is this a forecast of future chess condi- tions in this country? Who knows? From Way Down Under G. Koshnitzky, the Australian Cham- pion, set a new’ Australian record for si- multaneous play, when he met 143 oppon- ents at Anthony Hodern’s Chess Rooms. He recorded a score of 104 wins, 33 draws, and only 6 losses. Jottings From Dear “Ol’ Lunnon” Dr. Emanuel Lasker has made his home in London and plays regularly at the City of London Chess Club, Apparently he has forsaken bridge for chess again. The annual Oxford-Cambridge seven board match was drawn 314-314. This was the seventh drawn match in the 58 years of competition and permitted Cam- bridge to retain its lead of one match for the entire series. Five games were decid- ed outright and two were adjudicated. Sic George A. Thomas has won the City of London Chess Club Championship for the twelfth time. This is a very fine record. MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB HOTEL ALAMAC Broadway and 71st St, New York Organized 1877 A Club for Gentlemen who Enjoy Chess A rendezvous for Chess Masters and Amateurs—Frequent Activities Club Always Open Visitors Welcome Thursday NightsMINIATURE GAMES By Arnoip S. Denker ‘Keaders are invited to submit brilliant games of not more than 20 moves to Arnold S. Denker, 1730 Topping Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. C. Played in a Recent Berlin Chess Club Championship Tournament INDIAN DEFENSE Richter If7. Duhessen Black KtKB3 P-K3 P-KR3 P-B4 P-OKi3 Bl ea P.O: BaP 3 R-Ktl, B-QKt2; 9 B-I RS! P-Kt3; 10 KtxBP; KxKt; 11 RxP! and wins, Also in an- swer to7... P-KKt4; 8 B-Kt3, BxP; 9 R-Ktl, B- QKt2; 10 B-RS, KtxB: 11 QzxKt, Q-B3; 12 Kt-Ke4, Q-Kt3; 13 QxQ, PxQ; 14 B-K5! and White wins an exchange. 8 B-Kt5 ch Forced, if 8... 9 O-RS! 10 PxP Not 10. K-K2 QKt-Q2; 9 BxKt ch wins, PxKt 0.04 . P-KKté4 because of 11 BxP, PxB; 12 PxKt ch, followed by QxR winning easily. 11 KeB3 12 PxKtch 13 O-KS!t Not 13. OxKtP ere + QxR ch because of 7) “Kan and Black has no answer to White's threats. 14 Q.B7 If now 14... mediately. 14. K-Q2, and if then, 15. Resigns + R-QI; 15 O-O-O! and wins im- QxR ch would be met by 15 R-QI, with the inten- tion of giving up the Queen for_a few pieces, White would play 16 RxQ, BxR; 17 BxP ch, KxB; 18 cl DANISH GAMBIT Charourek ‘White If 11 R-K2, QxKt. Ww. Black P.K4 PxP PxP Kt-KB3 B-B4 P.O3 0.0 P-KR3? RxKe KeKKes. O-RS In reply to any other Rook move, 12 P-K7 dis. ch. wins the Queen. 12 PxRch 13 BBA 14 O.K2 KB KexBP KtKt5 ch 15 K-R1 B.O2 16 OR-K1 Ke-OB3 Whereupon White announced mate in three moves: 17 OK8ch ORO 18 PxR(Q) ch BxO 19 BxOP mate St. Petersburg Chess Society SICILIAN DEFENSE Potemkin Alekhine White Black 1 P-K4 P-OB4 2 P-KKt3 P-KKt3 3 B-Ke2 B-Kt2 4 KeK2 K-OB3 3 P.OB3 Ke-B3 6 KeR3 P.04 7 PxP KexP 8 Kt-B2 0.0 9 P.O4 sees It would have been safer to Castle immediately. Deve PxP 10 PxP Recapture with the Knight was preferable. This move needlessly gives Black an isolated Pawn and incites an attack, wW.... BKS 11 PBS B-B4 12 Kt-K3 12 O-O was still better. Giving up the weak QP would have prolonged the struggle. 12 wae O-R4 cht a K.B2 dene ‘or Q)-Q2,-KtxKt wins a piece. If 13 If 13 Kt-B3, hes Red t(B3); 14 PxKt, and BxQP! Bese Kr(Q4)-Kes 14 KeB OxKt 15 P-Ket ‘Thinking to give his King an outlet against the imminent check on Q6, He had reckoned, how- ever, without an ingenious Queen sacrifice. IS wae Ktoo ch 16 K-Kt3 16 K-BI would have been somewhat the game was hopeless nevertheless. 16.... KexQPIt 17 PxQ KP ch Black mates in three. 18 K-Kt#, Kt-B7 ch; 19 K-B¢, P-K4 ch: 20 K-Kt5, RP or BP mates. etter, butCanadian Section by FE. W. Watson Articles pertaining to this department will be accorded special attention if addressed to the Editor at 419% Jones Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Chess and Pro Hockey An enthusiastic follower of Toronto's professional hockey confesses—that, while he ig also quite a chess fan, his interest for the Royal Game is becoming greater—as a result of the Canadian section in THE Cuzss REVIEW. Saskatchewan Chess Association An organization meeting was held in Regina on Saturday, March 31, when a constitution was drawn up and passed and the following officers elected for the en- suing year: President, T.P, Lumb, Re- gina; First Vice-President, J. L. Fox, Moose Jaw; Second Vice-President, F. Tobias, Vibank; Secretary-Treasurer, H, W. Jordan, Moose Jaw; Assistant Secre- tary, H. Wilkerson, Regina. Miscellaneous News Montreal reports a victory for McGill University over Toronto University by a 4-2 score in a teletype match last month~ in which H. Schwartz of Montreal drew with R, Drummond playing top board, Standing in the Montreal Championship after nine incomplete rounds is reported as —Davis 7-2, Blumin 614-14, Gaudet and Harvey 6-2, Keller-Wolff 414-114, Lid sky and Brisebois V3. Wilson and Saunders 314-314, Griffin and Fayette, 3-5, Phaneuf and Schneider 3-6, Bedard 114-714, Rosenberg 14-714. Brantford reports a recent simultaneous exhibition by J. W. Moncur, Hamilton champion—against twenty-five players with the final score, 19 wins, “4 losses, and 2 draws. Mr. Moncur retained his Ham- ilton title in the last annual tourney, and received an illuminated scroll from the Hamilton Ascension Chess Club, also a life membership to the club. A general round-up of new talent in the districts of Moose Jaw is now com- plete, according to news from the West— it is claimed, there is in the province of Saskatchewan, over 500° known players! We suggest, the West ought to notify Ed- die Cantor—as we are sure Mr. Cantor would be delighted to tell it to Rubinoff! Malcolm Sim, please note—The Toron- to Telegram recently published the follow- ing, with heading—Alberta Fan Offers $1 for Old Chess Column: The value of the Telegram’s chess column is shown in two letters to Malcolm Sim, its editor, from a reader in Edmonton. In the second, H.C. Newlands, of the Alberta Education De- partment, says: “I find it was the issue of February 10 that I missed. Can you send me the chess column? I will pay $1 for it"—A splendid recommendation, al- though there is in Toronto a copy of the ticular wanted column which can be id for 98c if the Alberta fan is a believer in economics, And is this a better boast? —A letter from Louisiana sent to the edit- or of Canadian Section C. R., was deliver- ed in two days with address—191 Jones Ave., Ontario, Canada, Correspondence Chess ‘The Y. M. C, A. club at Baton Rouge, La., and the Toronto Jordan Club, are now in conflict with each other—playin: a match of four games. . Mr, Underhill, please note—Whatever talent the East can produce, will be batter- ed to submission by better Western talent —so says H, W, Jordan. Manitoba Championship A Mogle is the Manitoba Champion for 1934, after coming through the annual event with a 6-1 score, followed by J. Dre- man and D, Creemer with 414-114 each, with an adjourned game between them~- selves not accounted tor at this time. The tournament was held in Winnipeg.May,1934 "The Winnepeg Jewish Chess Club's handicap tourney was won by Dreman, and it is reported the club championship is scheduled for the month of May. A cup to be used as a trophy for provin- cial competition in Saskatoon, is one of the latest donations to Western chess. author- ities. It is a presentation from the Hudson Bay Co. . Toronto News In a home-and-home play off series for the Toronto Chess League 1933-34 cham- pionship, the Oakwood team defeated the team representing Jordan by a count of 314-214 in each match. Negotiations are being completed for a Toronto vs. Buffalo match in the near future. © A Toronto East vs. Toronto West match is scheduled as a feature for this month of May. The Toronto Chess Club championship was won by C. A. Crompton with the final standing of players as—Crompton T4-Y%, Berger 7-1, Le Riche 644-144, Runkowski and Hudson 4-4, Taylor and Blumberg 3-5, Hyndman 1-7, Reid 0-8. Crompton and Berger finished without the loss of a game, while Le Riche, in third place, lost only one game to Crompton. During the latter part of March and beginning of April, a weekly schedule of simultaneous exhibitions was the main at- traction in Toronto, and a general survey of results registered by the local experts involved, would favor R. E. Martin if percentage averages were to be reckoned. Pow. D OL Pet. Martin ..... 22, (19 1 2 89 eA 1S 08. 3 76 148 95 2 ESE ee Crompton... 16 10 2 4 69 Lovstrand .. 20 11 Qn ay J. H. Belson lost one game to a player of the feminine class—Mrs. A. Melzer of Toronto, and according to whispers, the one big mistake on Belson’s part which cost him this game—was, he allowed his heart to palpitate too much, only to be discouraged when he discovered afterward —the young lady was not single! 79 Dominion Championship, Winnipeg, 1933 FRENCH DEFENSE (Notes by F, W. Watson) G. Howard T. Fenning ‘White Black 1 PKA PR 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 3 PxP ae This suggests a prospective draw. Bis ce PxP 4 B-Q3 KeKB3 5 KeKB3 B-K2 Recommended as safer, because of White's B-KKts. 6 BK3 QBS 7 QKt-Q2 P-B3 8 P-B3 QKt-Q2 9 QB2 0.0 10 P-KR3 B-R4 11 BKB See 11 0-0-0, with a King’s side attack in view might be considered here. Tes RKI 12 0.0 BKB 13 KR-KI BxB 14 QxB Kt-B1 15 Ke KS KeKe3 16 BK: B-Q3 17 R-K2 Q-B2 18 QR-KI KeR4? 19 KixKt! RR 20 QuR KB? This seems to be a hasty move. 20... RPxKt was indicated. White, however, still maintains the advantage with 21 BxB, QxB; 22 Q-K7, Q-B5 (Black tries to retain Queens as long as possible. ‘The exchange on his seventh rank cramps his game, giving White the superiority). 23 Kt-B3, R-Ktl; 24 P-KR4 (threatening Q-K8 chil) Kt-B3; 25 KtKS, Kt-Kt5; 26 KtaKt, QxKt; 27 Q-B7, QUB8; 28 QxQ, RxQ; 29 R-K7 and Black cannot avoid the eventual loss of a pawn. \ 21 Q-K8 ch! BBI > 22 QxR RPxKt 23 R-K8 Q03 24 PxKt saree Black's collapse is sudden. Bae P-KKet 25 K-B3 P-B3 26 Q-Q8 ResignsGAME STUDIES The World Championship Match As we go to press reports of the twelfth game of the struggle between Dr. A. Ale- khine and E. D. ogolubow for the World Title show the score standing 4 to 1 in favor of Dr. Alekhine, 7 games resulting in draws. Details of the first six games are given in this issue. First Game of Match (Notes by 1. A. Horowitz) QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED B. D. Bogolubow Dr. A. Alekhine White Black 1 P.Q4 P-Q4 2 PS Bas 3 Kt. KcKB3 4 KeB3 P-B4 The popularity of this enterprising move has traveled in cycles. Introduced into master play many years ago by the late Dr. Tarrasch, it was at one time recommended by him as the only valid defense to the Queen's Gambit. Later, as the variation met with doubtful success in over the board play, its use as one of the major defenses, waned, t this should crop up again in the first game of the World's championship Match is surprising and may be taken as a forerunner of the adventurous chess which may be expected throughout the contest. 3 BK Or 5 BPxP, KtxP; 6 P-K+, Kuke, 7 PxKt, PxP; 8 PxP, B-KtSch with an even game. Sevee BPxP 6 KKtxP PxP Or 6... P-K4; 7 KKt-Ki5, P-Q5; 8 BxKt_(not 8 Kegs, KexKtl), PxB; 9 K-Q5, Ke-R3; 10 Q-R4, B-Q2; if P-K4, R-BI; 12 P-QK¢4, KexP; 13 KtxKt, P-QR3 (analysis by Bugolubow). 7 B-K3 QKs This permits the breaking up of his King side Pawns, but after 7. . . B-K2, White would grad- ually obtain the superior position by simple devel- oping moves. 8 BxKt PxB 9 BxP B-Q2 OF course, with the backward development, tak- ing the KtP is out of the question. 10 0-0 KBs 11 B-Kt3 see But this appears to lose time, 11 Q-R5 at once (threatening to win the KP) was indicated. Again Black could not very well continue with i QxP, nor would it be prudent to play Kexkt; 12 PxKt, QxQP; for after 13! Ba Ket5, Black's exposed position would be untenable against the threat of 14 R-QU, Also after 11 . Q-B4 an interesting line suggests itself in 12 Kt-K4, QxB; (not 12... QxQ; 13 KtxP ch!) 13 QR-BI, Q-K6; 14 KtxP ch, and it is doubtful whether Black can stave off the attack. _ ll...- B-K2 12 RBL R-QI 13 KexKe BxKt 14 QRS QBs 15 Kt-Qs 2-93 16 KtxB KixKe 17 QRS KRK¢L 18 PKs Qk 19 BR4 R-Ked 20 Q-B3 BxB 21 Q-Ket ch Q.Q3 22 QuB White has emerged from the 9 with a minute advantage consisting of Black's doubled Pawns. As this serves to expose the Black King. it should prove sufficiently decisive, The next 20 odd moves are manoeuvres mainly for the purpose of aggravating the weakness of Black's King posi- ton. Bowen OK 23 R-B3 RKtt 24 KR-BL R-Q2 23 Q-R3 ch 2.03 26 QxP RxP 27 RBS R-Q7 28 PKe R.Q8 ch 29 RxR QxReh 30 K-Kt2 2-06 31 Q-BS ch Q.03 32 Q.B3 P-Kt4 33 RBG Q-05 34 Q.B2 PKs 35 R-B4 QK3 36 Q-Ke2 RK2 37 PKS PxP 38 QuKP QQ3 39 Q-Kts ch K-Q2 40 R-Ba P-B4 41 KR3 K.B3 42 QKs K-Kt4 43 QKS ch Q.Q2 44 Q-KBS QK2 45 Q.ORS RR2 46 Q-Kts ch RKt2 47 QKS ch _ KR 48 R-B+ R-Kt4 49 R.B6 ch K-R4 50 QuKP sees Here White faulters, Although the text is a winning continuation, nothing Jess than the win of a rook should have satisfied the frst player. AfterMay, 1934 50 Q-R8 Black cannot defend his weak Pawns and his exposed King for any length of time. BO... QxQ 51 RxQ R.Q4 52 RK2 R-Q3 53 P-B4 RR3 ch 54 K-Ki2 KK 55 P-KR3 R-KKi3, 56 K-B3 P-R4 5? R-KS ch K-85 58 RxP R-QR3 59 RxP RuP 60 RRS PKs 61 R-B8 ch KQ5 62 R.Q8 ch K-B6 63 RBS ch K-Q6 64 R-QBch K-B6 65 R-B8 ch K.Q6 Drawn. A totally unexpected conclusion. Bogolubow under the impression that the position had repeated three times accepted a draw when it had been offered. It would seem that giving up the Rook for the QKtP and advancing the Queen side pawns would certainly draw and might win. Second Game of Match QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) Dr. A. Alekhine E. D. Bogolubow White Black 1 P.Q4 Kt-KB3 2 P-QB4 P.B3 3 Kt-KB3 P-Q+ 4 BK P-K3 5 B.Q3 QKt-Q2 6 KtB3 PxP 7 BxBP P-QKts 8 BQ3 P.QR3 90-0 see Or 9 P-K4, P-B4 (9... . P-Kt5 is stronger): 10 PKS, PxP: ‘11 QKixP, KixP; 12 KexKt: PxKts 13 BxP ch (13 0-0, Q-Q4! 14 ke, R-QKtl!),, B-Q2; 14 BxB ch, KtxB; 15 Kt-Q3. Dive P.Bt 10 P-QR4 P-Kt5 11 KeK4 B-Kt2 12 QKt-Q2 B-K2 Or 12... B-Q3; 13 Kt-B4, B-B2; 14 Q-K2, 0-0 (Vidmar-Dus-Chotimirsky, St. Petersburg, 1909). 13 B-RS 0.0 14 KeB4 Q-B2 15 Q-K2 KeKts Up to this point both sides have been mak- ing natural routine moves and the position appar- ently is turning in White's favor due to the better 81 deployment of his forces. The text move (threat- ening . BxKt, followed by QxKRP mate) ‘forces a realignment of White's pieces and secures for Black counterplay. A. less enterprising devel- opment would be RR-GI, but after KKeKS, ine teresting complications would ensue. 16 P-Kt PxP 17 P-R3 KKt-Ka 18 KKexKe eee Net 18 KtxP because of 18... KtxB, followed by 19... Kt B4 winning the KP, 1B... KexKe 19 B-B+ BQ3 If 19 P-B3; 20 QR-BI! 20 BxKe . Best! For 20 QR-B1 would be met by KtxB; 21 BXB, KUXR; 22 ReKt, CBS; 25 BaR, ReB. 20. BxB 21 KtKts RR2 Apparently laboring under the delusion that his earlier play forced the win of a Pawn, Bogo- lubow is, determined (2. maintain his advantage, even at the expense of temporarily putting a Rook out of play. This gives White just enough time to take advantage of Black's divided forces. In- stead, 21... QR-QU; 22 BxP, BxB; 23 QxB, P.Q6, was indicated, 22 QR-BL Q.Q3 23 RBS PBs ‘With the idea of forcing open the commanding diagonal QR1-KR8, but this in_turn opens the K file for White. Not 23... B-QB3; 24 P-B4! 24 PxP PxP 25 R-KI QWKes 26 P.B3 RKL A blunder as White convincingly demposteates But_after 26 . B-Q3; 27 Q-K6 ch, QxQ: 28 RxQ. R-Q1; 29° BxP, White's ending would be favorable. 27 P-BAl OKs 27... P-R4 would not do on account of Kt-Q7. 28 PxB RxB 29 R-B8 chit tees ‘The fly in the ointment. 2... K.B2 Obviously not 29 . . . BxR: 30 QxR! 30 QRS ch PKS Not 30... . K-K2, 31 RxR ch, QxR; 32 R-K8 ch, or again 30°... K-R3; 31 QxP ch, or 30 -B3; 31 R-B8 ch. 31 QxRP ch K-B3 32 R-BB ch KKtt 33 P-R4 ch K-BS 34 Q.R6 ch P-Ket 35 RaP ch RR 36 0-06 ch K-Kts 37 BxR ch Resigns82. Tue Cuess Review Sixth Game of Match E, D. Bogolubow QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) Dr. A. Alekhine E. D, Bogolubow White Black 2 bos reoes 2 P-QB4 3 5 kek KeB3 4 DKS PKB 5 B-Q3 . QKt-Q2 6 QRE-Q? BK2 Or6.. . B-Q3: 3 Kee, eek ¢ Bak QB4; PxP; 1¢ QzxP, B-BE; 8 oR ke 3, ‘6 Bar with the better game. (Grunfeld-Bogolubow, 1926, Berlin} . 70.0 0.0 8 P-QKt3 sees Jn the twenty-first game of the 1929 World's Championship match, between the same players, the game proceeded ‘as follows: 8 P-K4, PxKP; 9 KixP, POR, 10 QAK2, BAKE: 11 BBL PBL P, KtxKt; 13 BxKt, BxB; 14 QxB, KtxP; 15 & ue Q-Q6; 16 P-QK4, In this ending the ad- vantage of 2 Queen side Pawn majority is offset by the weakness of the QBP., 8... P-OK3 9 BK B-Ke2 Q-K2 P-OR4 11 P-OR+ B-KS 12 DRA ere With this move White initiates the middle game. His pieces bear down upon the King side and can be switched with facility to the Queen side. Gain- ing command of the center. White should now be ready to assume aggressive tactics. Black, on the other hand, should strive to build up an in- vulnerable position for his King and then break the center with P-QB4 at the proper moment. This would serve to equalize the game. z.... PxKP 13 KexP RexKe 14 BxKt fare Here 14 QxKt, Kt-B3; 15 Q-R4 (threatening P-Q5), followed by QR-QI would prevent any immediate counter-thrust by Black in the center, and gives White a decided positional advantage. 4... QK2 15 QR-OL KRQI 16 B-B2 QR-B1 17 R-Q3 KeB1 18 Ke-Ks P-QB4 19 PxP BxBP 20 R-Kt3 tee Superficially, ‘White's position looks extreme powerful, With proper’ play, however, Black RRoud have no. aificay Br waintaning “equal, 20...- P.BB This move shows Black's utter disregard for the inherent possibilities of the position. It permits white to inaugurate ‘a vicious assault. The proper move was 20... Ktl 21 KeKet KRL Dr. Position after 21 . . 22 KtxP! 23 QKet Forced after 23 . 24 BxRPI! is we Point of the combination, Otherwise White 24... 25 R-R3 26 RxQ ch 27 QR4ch QRS ch limits the action of the black King and would appear to be stronger, clean cut win suagests itself. ‘The therefor then proceed 27 . R-Q3, 29 R.Q3 30 Q-K03 ch 31 Q-B7 32 B.Q4 An interest QBtch, K-l KD y A. Alekhine . RR1, PxKt Ke-Q2_ . Q-KB2; 24 BxBP ch! QxB R-KRea KR 1 game » K-Kt2; 28 R-QU, Rats 29 KK QR.Qi R-KRI K-B2 B.QBI be WOR ee Pee ESE sad ‘White can do no more than draw. For if R-B3 ch, K-Ki; 36 Q-Kt6 ch, K-K2, the black ‘King will escape via the Q side. 32... 33 P.B4 34 B-K3 35 B-R3 36 RaR 37 QxP 38 P-KK¢4 Threatening 39. . -B4. 39 K-Kt2 40 B-Kts 41 QxP 42 BRA 43 QK6 BK2 KRKI P-B4 KeB4 RR Kt-KS: R.O6 « RxB followed by 40... BQ? R.Q3 BKi R-Q6 R-Q3 But, nO83 May, 1934 44 QB7 KBI Bo... P.QKe 45 QBS ROS 9 P-QKe4 KiPxP Although White has a Queen and Four Pawns 10 Kes? reeks for a Rook, Bishop and Knight, the position is 11 P-R3 RB still fraught with danger, for should ‘he. permit 12 PKS KeR¢ Black to free his pieces, he could easily step 13 QR4 KtBs into a mating net, 46 B-Ke6 RP 47 P.QRS R-Kt7 ch 48 K-B3 Kt-Q3 49 QRS KuP 350 P-Kts eee This wins a piece by force and is apparently what Alekhine has been striving for. However this is not sufficient to win the game. In fact had the piece not been won at this stage, Black would assume the offensive. 56... R-Ki6 ch 51 K-K2 R-Kt7 ch 52 K.Q3 KtxB 33 PxKt RP 54 P.Kt7 ch KxP «35 QxB BxP 36 Q-Q7 ch K-Ke3 57 K.Ba B.B3 38 K.B5 RKet 59 QxP R-QL 60 K-B6 R-KRL Drawn This game so far has been the most interesting game of the match. Alekhine < played with the aggressive spirit expected of a World's Champion, and obtained what would appear to be a winning position. Although we feel that Alekhine’s materi- al superiority should have proved sufficient to win, it is difficult to find the exact line of procedure which would do so, Played at Scheveningen, 1933 INDIAN DEFENSE (Notes by F, Reinfeld) S. Landau B. D. Bogolubow White Black 1 P.Q4 Kt-KB3 2 P.QB4 P-K3 3 Kt-QB3 BKts 4 PK3 eee In the recent match between Stahlberg and Nimaowitsch, the former played Q-Kt3 to. good effect. Aen 0-0 5 KeK2 P-Q4 6 P.QR3 BK2 7 PBS Ke-B3 8 P.B4a tee In order to stop . . . P-K4, but this is perhops too ambitious a project for White to undertake before completing his development. The Kt is too powerfully placed here and White therefore gets rid of it with his next move. 14 KeKKel Kt-B4t 13 BxKt KexKtP 16 R-KR2 PxB 17 B.Q2 Rt 18 QxBP B-Kt2 19 0.0.0 reas If instead 19 EB, BRIl: 20 Ke-R4, Q-Q3: 21 B-Ktt, QxQl 2 QxQ, BxQ; 23 BxB, KR-K1; 24 B-R4, Rts BA) a else 20 P-Q5, PxP; 21 QxP, Q-Q3 or 20 P-K4, Q-Q3; 21 P-Q5, PxP; 22 PxP, KR-KI with a formidable position for Black. 19.2... QBut 20 KKt-K2 KexKt ch 21 KexKt BQa A devastatin move to which there is no good reply, cg. 22 0-3 3 OKs 23-68, BRS Ht Kn 2 ROD Garde RK B-l "RS ‘ch; 27 K- Bl, ‘QxR ch and mate next move, or 22 Q-B3, Q-1 Kr2; 23 B-K1, Q-Kt8 ch; 24 K-Q2, R-Ki7 ch and wins. 22 QR4 B-Kt6 23 QRS BxR 24 KB R-Kt8 ch 25 K-B2 QKe2 26 B-Kea QKS ch 27 K-B3 QxKP ch 28 K-B4 O-Kt6 ch 29 K-KtS P.B3 chil 30 K-R6 Or 30 KxP, Q-Qt ch; 31 KK, RK ch; 32 Rt, Q-K6 mate. 30.46 BQu 31 Resigns A weird game throughout; the concluding posi- tion is one of the most remarkable in the history of master chess, Budapest 1933 RUY LOPES (Notes by F. Reinfeld) Steiner B. Bliskases White Blac 1 P.Ka P-K4 2 Ke KB3 Kt-QB3 3 BK KeB3 4 Q-K2 BBS It is characteristic of Eliskases’ fresh and enter- prising style that he avoids stereotyped variations in the opening. Nevertheless, this move is pre- mature. 5 P-B384 Why not 5 BxKt, QPxB; 6 KtxP—if then 6... Q.Q5; 7 Kt-Q3!, B-Kt3; 8 P-KB3, O-O; 9 Kt-B2I Saves » O-K2 6 P.QKts BK 7 KeR3 . P.QRA! 8 K-B4 see Relatively best; if § PxP, RxP; 9 BxKt, KtPxB; 10 B-R3! or 9 Kt-B2 and White is left with a weak RP and an inferior development. : PxP 9 KtxB! see Better than 9 BxKt, KtPxB; 10 Kt(B#)xP, P-Q3! or 10 Kt(B3)xP, B-R3 or... PxP—with advan- tage to Black. Qe. PxKt 10 0.0 00 11 P-QR4t sees aqltenious play, whereby White His himself of the ‘weak GRP. “Blacks extra Pawns do not count for much, and in order to complete his de- velopment he will have to return at least one Pawn. ll. PxP(E.P.) 12 RK QB4 13 Q-B4 PQ 14 BxP! A clever move which meets with an even more ingenious retort- Id4eaee B-K3!1 ‘One does not sce such positions every day! Eliskases remarks that White should now continue with 15 QxQ followed by P-Qt—White’s Pawn minus being partly compensated for by the excel- lent positions of his pieces. 15 BxQ? wees This is attractive but illogical, and the manner in which Eliskases refutes the move is as interest- ing as it is finely thought out. IS... 16 BxKt Or 16 BxP, BxB; 17 BxR, RxRI; 18 RxR, KxB; 19 R-Kt, B-R3; 20 RxP, KtxP, etc. BxQ 16... P(Ke3) xB i7 BxP Rx 18 RR B.Q6! The key to Black’s play: the KP is kept under constant attack, White's pieces are all tied up, and he cannot bring his King to the center. This state of affairs shows up the weakness of White's 15th move. 19 RK RK 20 B-Bé R-K31 Eliskasas points out that _he could have won a Pawn here by... R-Kt8. The winning method he has in mind is far more artistic. 21 B-R& R-R3 22 BK RR7! 23 P-R3 wee Tue Cuess Review There is little that White can do: his oppon- ent's pieces are too well placed! 23. PR3 24 P-Ke4 P-K3 25 K-Ki2 K-K2 26 K-K3 PBS! A new nail in White's coffin: the Kt is to be brought around to B4, where he performs. the same function, as now (attack on, White's KP) with the additional threat of . . . Kt-Kt6. 27 P-R4 Kt-Q2t 28 B.QS KBs 29 RKB RK A necessary preparatory move (29... Kt-Ki6; 30 RxB). 30 P-Kis PRA 31 K-Ki2 eee Black has maneuvered his opponent into a Zug- zwang position where only his K can move, ‘Yhus if 31 KEK, ReP or 31 R-Ki, KtKt6; 32 R-Ql, Bl... Ke-K3! ‘The plousible 31... KtKt6 is answered by 32 KeKI|, RxP?; 33 KtxB winning a piece or 32 . « KtxP; 33° KixB, ete Black's pieces have now attained a maximum of concentrated pressure and White has no choice but to exchange. 32 BxKt PxB 33 KKt3 . Now Eliskases is confronted with an interesting technical problem: he wishes to play... R-Kt2- KB2-B5 with a clearly winning game. But at pres- ent this move is not feasible for if 33... R-Kt2; 33 KeKl, etc. Hence he prepares the march of his K to QB? in order to,prevent White's Ke from leaving his present square. A delightfully simple plan! BB. ee K-B2t! 34 K-Ki2 K-K2 35 K.K3 KQ2 36 K-Kt2 KB3 37 K-Kt3 K-K¢ 38 KKi2 K-RS 39 K-K3 K-K6 40 K-Ki2 K-B7 41 KKB R-K2 See the previous note, 42 R-KL R-KB2 43 RQRI wee Or 43 R-K3, R-BS and White is helpless. ABeves BxP 44 KeR2 sees inal moves were 44. KxP; 45 R-R6, R-R3, P-Q4; 47 Kt-BI ch, hy RW 48 @ final R-Q2; 46 KtK3, R-KB2; 49 Q5; 51 resigns. R-R2 ch, K- Q6; 50 Ke Qu, P- R-R3, R-BO6ch; 52 K-R2, K-K7; WhiteMay,1934_ Played at Stockholm, Feb. 1934 QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED "(Notes by A, Nimzowitsch) (Translated from the Wiener Schachzeitung) A. Nimzowitoch G. Stoltz White Black 1 P-QB+ P-K3 2 Kt-QB3 P.Q4 3 P.Q4 P.QB4 4 PxQP KPxP 5 KBs Kt-QB3 6 PKK P.BS ‘This is the Swedish Defense, which I have often played. 7 BK2 BOK 80.0 KKeK2 9 PKs eae The best move. “O..ee PxP After 9... B-K3; 10 KeKKtS, O-O; 11 QRS, P-KR3; 12 PxP, PxKt; 13 PxB, White's position would be favorable. 10 KtxP B-KB4 It is difficult to decide at this point which is the best continuation. 10... B-KKt5, .. . B-K3, or . O-O should be taken into consideration. After 10... B-K3 would follow 11 P-QR3, B-Q: 12 KKt-KtS, B-Q4; 13 Q-R5, Q-B2: 14 Kt-QB3, P-KKt3; 15 KtxB, PxQ; 16 KtxQch, BxKt, and the ending is questionable for Black. After 10... B-KtS would follow 11 P-QR3, B-QR4; 12 Kt-BS! Perhaps 10... . Castles is wiser, for then Black can decide later which is the proper square for the QB. But the vulnerable point of the opening would remain in any event; that is after P-QR3, Black must choose to retreat his Bishop to Rt ‘or Q6, where it does not properly belong. 11 Ke-Ks! oe Dr. Kraus’ innovation against which it is diffi- cult for Black to equalize. ws... oP Stoltz later recommended 11. . , KtxKe; 12 PxKt, Kt-B3, but even then, after 13 B-Kt5, QxQ; 14 KRxQ, P-KR3; 15 B-B4, White would main- tain the upper hand, 12 QxQ KxQ 13 P-QR3 ByKt Forced, otherwise follows Kt-Q6 ch! 14 BxB B-B4 15 BxKtP R-OKu 16 B-QR6 see 85 Now after 16... KEK7 ch; 17 K-Kt2, KtxBs 18 QRxKt, RxP; 19 BxP, White will have the double threat of BxP ch and also Kt-Q3. Kt-K7 ch B.Q5 A. Nimzowitsch Position after Black's 17th move 18 KtxKBP! sees This lends an original touch to the game. Ieee KeB OF course after 18... . KxKt; follows 19 BxP cht 19 KtsR ReKee 20 QR.Q1 PK 21 KtB7! KxKt 22 BxP ch KB1 . 23 BxKt BxKiP 24. RQ3 ByP 25 R-KB3 ch KK Forced for after 25... K-K1; 26 B-R4 ch wins a piece, 26 R-QR1 BBA 27 RB? ch K-R3 28 R-RS tee A finesse! White wishes to prevent Black from playing R-K¢7 in the following variation and does not play R-R4 at once, After 28 R-R4, Kt-Bt (to stop the threat of mate in two); 29 B-K6, RK! 28.64. BKB 29 R-R4 Kt-B4 30 B-K6 Kt Qs 31 B.Q7 Resigns A pity! I had prepared a beautiful Rook sacti- fice. 31... R-Kt2; 32 P-Ktt, KEK (not 32 «+ P-Ktd; 33 R-B6ch, K-Kt2; 34 RxB!); 33 P-Kt5 ch, KxP; 3¢ R-KKt4 ch, K-R3; 35 R-R4 ch, K-Kt4; 36 P-B4 ch, etc.By Barnig F. Winkerman END GAME STUDIES In the first game of the match between Alekhine and Bogolubow the following ending was arrived at: Dr. A, Alekhine Black White E, D. Bogolubow After 65... K-Q6. Here, we are informed, White under time pres- sure agreed to a draw. All commentaters state that the challenger overlooked an obvious win. The game they say might have continued: 66 R-QKS PKy 67 PBS KB? ‘Threatening R-R6 ch and R-Kt6. 68 KK4 R-R6 69 RxP ch ~KxR 70 D-Ke4 ReP 71 P-B6 RR or RS 72 P-K15 and wins. It may well be asked—how is it possible for an aspirant to the title of World's Champion to blun- der in such a position? Before passing judgment, let us examine the position more carelully. The simplest of endings requires the most exact cal- culation in actual play. ‘We are indebted to F. L. Congress of Washing- ton, D.C., for the following analysis, On move 68 for Black, he suggests R-R5 ch!. He continues with 69 K-K5, R-Ré4 ch; 70 K-B6, R-R6; 7! P ch, KxR; 72 P-Ket, RxP; 73 P-R, K-B6; 74 PRS, K.Q5; 75 P-Ki?, 76 K-B7, K-K4; 7; P-B6, K-B4; 78 K-K7, RRS ‘and draws. ‘Thee are other possibilities too lengthy to dwell on in the short space allotted but apparently every line Jeads to a draw. Rook and Pawn endings are a fertile fleld for exhaustive research, Let us examine one of the studies of Kling and Horwitz dating back to 1851. White White to play and win 1 R-R3 ch 2 KB 3 R-R2ch 4 K-B3 5 R-KKi2 6 R-Ki4 7 RxP ch 8 ROK K.B7 (best) P-Ki6 K-B8 (best) K-Krs K-R8& P.Kt7 (best) KKs K:R1 (best) 9 K-B2 and wins, Another study by the same authors. White White to play and draw. 1 R-R7 ch 2 RRL KK P-Kte Any other move loses.May, 1934. ar 3 KKG KBL Metropolitan Chess League 4 K.B6 K.Qu April 1934 5 KQ6 KKI FRENCH DEFENSE 6 KK6 KBL J. Newman M. Garza 7 KB6. K.Rt1 ‘White Black 8 RK¢l ch KBL : 1 pKa PKR 9 R-KRI and draws. 2 P.Q4 P.O4 In his work on the Fad-Game, Berger has an- 3 KeQB3, KeKB3 alyzed this battle of the rook against the pawns in 4 B-KKtsS BS his usual exhaustive manner, He states the gen- 5 PKS P-KR3 eral rule thus: ‘When the rook is not properly supported by 5 B-Q2 Bukt his king, it frequently cannot stop a single pawn, 7 PxB KeKs and, in some cases, where the opposing king has 8 B-Q3 KoB _ not!passed the middle of the board. (White: K 9 Oxkt P.QB4 at ORI, R at QKtl. Black: K at KK:5, P at KRZ. 0B: Black to play and draw). In this example it is -RB4 KeBs noteworthy that the Black pawn stands on its 11 ReB3 QR original square. 12 PxP QP But when King and Rook co-operate fully, they 13 KeQ4 B.Q2z cag win against three pawns that -have not passed to Pap the middle of the board, and cen draw against : QP 13 Ke.Q4 B.Q2 “To give only a single illustration of these prin- 14 B-K2 R-QB1 _ ciples: 15 KeKr3 QK2 16 0.0 PKKt 17 BRS KeQi 18 QR-KL R-KKt 19 Kt.Q4 Q-B4 20 Q-B2 R-Ki2 21 PxP PxP 22 Q.B6 QBI 23 KeBS ‘ PxKt 24 PK Kor 25 RxKt ch BaR 26 QxBch K.Qi 27 QP ch KB2 28 Q-KS ch 2.93 29 QR Resigns White De. H. Keidanz . Woite to play and draw. CHESS LESSONS ‘The variations are numerous—we give only a by single line. 1 RBS BK Recognized Experts 2 RQBch KKS 3 KB4 K-K6 3 Re xs AVAILABLE TO 5 ROBch K.B7 METROPOLITAN RESIDENTS 6 R-KS P-B6 7 RK3 and draws A complete analysis of this ending will be given in our next issue. In view of these exgnnles, which hardly ind cate the great diversity of ‘problems that arise > in seemingly simple cadings, we ean understand THE CHESS REVIEW the perplexity o! sogolubow as his clo tickec }- 2 on, "No doubt he knew too mcs, rather thaa too || 62"! Roosevelt Ave., Woodside, N. Y. little about the end game, Graded to Individual Requirements Rates on RequestGAME DEPARTMENT Third Game of Match QUEEN’S GAMBIT ACCEPTED E. D. Bogolubow ‘White 1 P.Q4 2 P-QB4 3 K-KB3 4 P-K3 Drawn Dr, A. Alekhine Black PQs PxP P-QR3 BAS PKS B-R4 Ke KB3 Ke-B3 B.Q3 0-0 BxB P-K4 BxKP R-KI QK2 QaKt 2-06 Fourth Game of Match QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED E. D. Bogolubow Dr. A. Alekhine White 1 PQS 2 P.QB4 3 Kt-QB3 4 PK 5 B.Q3 6 P-B4 7 BxBP 8 B.Q3 9 KeB3 10 P-QR+ iL KeK2 12 0.0 13 PRS 14 Kte-Kt3 15 QK2 16 PxP 17 Kes 18 KexKt Black P.Q4 P.QB3 Kt-KB3 P-K3 QKt-Q2z PxP P.QKe4 BeKtz P.QR3 P-Kes P.B4 BK2 0-0 P-Ke3, PsP KeKetl Kt-B3 BxKt 19 B-B4 20 B-K3 21 QR-QU 22 2B PKB R.Q3 24 QR2 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 B-Q2 BKI RQ2 QKiz R.QB2 Ke-K2 OBL BKe3 33 R-R2 34 35 36 a7 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 SL 52 59 60 61 1 2 3 4 5 6 QQz BQ3 B-B4 203 BKL QQ2 B-Q3 B-KB2 RxQ B-B+ P-K3 RBI B.Q3 R(Q2)-B2 P-Ke¢ KtxKt PxP RK1 RxB ch BRE BxR R-B7 ch P-B6 ch B-Kt6 ch P.B7 P-B8(Q) QxKP B-Q3 Q-B3 BK2 KRQ1 Q-B4 OKs Q-K6 ch QQ R-QB1 Kz R(B1)-Q1 PR3 P-B4 PK KoP PxKt P-K4 PxP RxR KB2 KxB R.Q2. KKI K.Q1 KxR P.B6 RO3 Resigns Fifth Game of the Match QUEEN’S GAMBIT ACCEPTED E. D. Bogolubow White P-Q4 P.QB4 KeKB3 P-K3 BxP 0.0 7 Kt-B3 Dr. A. Alekhine Black P-Q4 PxP Kt-KB3 P.B4 P-K3 Kr-B3 B-K2May. 1934 8 PxP 9 RxQ 10 P.QR3 11 P-QKet 12 B-Ki2 13 RxR 14PKA - 13 B-Q3 16 PKS 17 R-QU 18 KrK4¢ 19 BB 20 Kt-Q6 21 BK 22 BAKA 23 Kt-Qt 24 R-QBI 25 KtxB 26 KeB4 27 PKs 28 PxP ch 29 PKB 30 R-QU 31 B.Q3 32 P-B4 33 KrQ6 34 BRL 35 R-KB1 36 PxB ch 37 PBS 38 BxP 39 B-Q3 40 KKe2 41 P-Kea 42 BxP 43 B.Q3 44 RBI 45 KRI 46 Rx 47 KK 48 K.B1 49 B-R6 50 K-Kt2 31 BBG QQ BxP K-K2 B-Kt3 R-QI B.Q2 P-KR3 Kt-K1 BKB P.R3 Kt-B2 KQ4 Kt-Q1 B-B3 B-B2 K-Q2 PxKt P.QR4 RKa KtxP RK R-B4 K-K2 KeKee KeRs Kt-B6 BxKt KxP PxP Kt-Q5 P-B4 P-Kte3 PxP Ke-B6 P-R4 KeKRS ch KeKs Kt-B7 ch KeR6 ch KxR Kt-B6 P-KRS Drawn Metropolitan Chess League New York—April 1934 D. Polland Marshall C. C. White 1 KeKB3 2 P-B4 3 KeR3 4 KuP 5 P-KK3 6 BKi2 D. MacMurray Manhattan C, C, Black PQs PxP P-QB4 KeQB3 P-KB3 PK4 70.0 8 P-Kt3 9 BKi2 10 R-B1 1 PQs 12 Q.Q2 13 KR.QL 14 P-QR3 15 KtxKt 16 P-Ka 17 BxKe 18 QP 19 KeK3 20 R-Ri 21 Q.Q2 22 Kr-Qs 23 QRBL 24 RaR 25 R-QBL 26 QKS 27 KR 28 PxB 29 RBS 30 PxP 31 R-K6 32 QKed 33 B-K4 34 QBS Resigns KKeK2 B-K2 B.K3 0-0 QQ QRQL Ke-Q5 BPxke Ke-Bo PxB P-QKi4 BxRP RBI KB.B4 B.QS P.B¢ RBL BxP ch Brkt B-Q5 PKS PxP PKG RBL Q-KB2 PK? RUBBER STAMPS FOR CHESSMEN Line tasgzug Complete Set of 12 Pieces with 100 Blank Diagrams PRICE $1.00 THE CHESS REVIEW 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue Woodside, N. Y. 89CHESS MADE EASY By Donato MacMurray This is the third of a series of articles designed to explain to the beginner, step by step, the basic ideas which must be grasped before the game can be played intelligently. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the rules of the game, the movements of the pieces, and the system of notation of the moves, which is explained very clearly in Mitchell's Guide to the Game of Chess. No, 3, THE OPENINGS The next step for the student who has mastered the simplest end games is to learn some safe open- ings, There are players who boast that they have never looked inside 2 chess book, They often claim that memorizing the opening makes for a stereotyped game, Nothing could be further from the truth, Learning what is best to be done in the opening is the way for any player to obtain the greatest number of opportunities to exercise whatever talent he may have. Looking at a great compilation such as the German Handbook, the student must feel the great difficulty of selecting from all the thousands of variations not merely the good ones, but those good ones which yield him the type of game he likes to play. Let us look at some of the common forms which the opening may take, considering them first from the view point of White. A, Tue Kone ‘s Pawn Game ‘When a player having White elects to play 1 P-K4, he must know at least one good variation against each of the eight good answers at Black's command. We shall take these up one by one, To begin with: 1 P-K4 PKA 2 KeKB3 K4-QB3 (best) 3 B.B4 B-B+ 4 P.Q3 wee The simplest way of continuing with his devel- opment. The attacks beginning with 4 P-B3 are not for the beginner, whose single aim in the open- ing should be to make only moves the purpose of which he can clearly see, and which he knows to be safe. fesse P.Q3 30-0 BKKS 6 B-K3 B-Kt3 After 6... BxB; 7 PxB, the slight disadvantage of the doubled KP is more than compensated for by the open KB file. 7 Ke-Q2 KeB3 8 PBB 2-Q2 9 BxB RPsB 10 Q-K2 0.0 Here each side has a perfectly good game with nothing to fear. 1 P-Kt P-K4 2 KeKB3 Kt-QB3 3 BBA Kt-KB3 Now, if 4 P-Q3 Black gets a slightly more mo- bile game by 4... P-Qat If 4 Kt-Kt5, White has to struggle through the most violent counter-attack such as 4... B-B4, which has not yet been exhaustively analyzed, and may prove to be quite sound, If 4 P-Q4, Black can obtain at least an even game, and keeps the better of it in most variations. But 4 Q-K2L ‘This move, an innovation of my ‘own, is the only one which is completely safe, and which permits White to go oa building up his own game on lines identical to the preceding example. 1 B-K4 PK 2 KeKB3 P.Q3 (Philidor’s Defense) 3 P-Q4 (best) KeKB3 4 Kt-Qp3 Kt-Q2 3 BB4 P.B3 6 P-QR4! éeve Here White makes 4 move, the object of which is not to help him in the development of his own pieces, but rather somewhat to cramp the position of his oP oneat by preventing the advance P- QKtt, Kt5, etc, which would give Black more counter-chances, Gere BK2 70-0 Q.B2 8 PKR3! oie This move is made so that after B-K3 Black will not be able to swap his knight for the bishop by Kt-Kt5, which would relieve the congestion of the Black forces to some extent, Bo... 00 9 BK3 P-KR3 This last move of Black prepares for R-KI yi would not be Good immediately because of 10 Q-Q2 RK 11 PxPl PsP 12 R-QL tae And White has a greatly superior position, thanks mainly to his two “preventive moves.” BlackPROBLEMS “The Poesy of Chess” By Maxwett Buxorzer Problems, Problem solutions, criticisms, comments and all matters pertaining to the Problem Department, should be sent directly to the Problem Editor at 106-22 215th Steeet, Bellaire, L. 1, N. Y. For personal replies and the return of unsuitable contributions, inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope; otherwise replies will be made in the correspondence column. The delay of an entire month in the ap- pearance of the Cuess Review is due, in part, to the utter lack of cooperation from a rather large number of solvers. If this department is to be conducted right it must be understood, definitely, that here~ after solutions mailed AFTER the closing date will be ignored, no matter what ex- cuses are offered. The mess in which my excessive kindness has landed us is proof that the experiment, to win by in- dulgence, is N. G. We are making a new start and we do it OUR way. The solutions for the problems in this number must be in the hands of the Ed- itor on July 25th. Those who overstep this date will NOT receive credit under any circumstances. With regret I must report that the problem (133) by Mr. Simonson, voted to win the monthly prize, has been cooked as follows: 1, Qg2-++, KxB, 2. Sc2, any. 3. Qg44. 1. ...4KxP. 2, Q£3, 3, Sb3z. 1... KES, 2, Qd5+, KxB. 3. QeS4. Mr. W. Vanwinkle, the only solver to submit this cook in detail, will receive 3 points extra for his diligent application of care. He deserves the credit all the more because of his thoroughness in the face of opposition. I am delighted indeed to have at least one Problem Sleuth in the family. I had to change another problem in this issue AFTER the printer had completed my copy. This meant more delay. Here- after no such changes will be made once the copy has left my hands. Test your problems before you send them and do not expect your problem editor to do that work. Finally I repeat that problems are not accepted any more unless they are stamp- ed, on an individual diagram each, and give full solution, name and address of the author, and are free from other matter, not pertaining to the problems. May I hope that, from now on, I shall enjoy the cooperation in the above mat- ters which, but a few months ago, I was promised so liberally and overflowingly? Dr. Berliner wins the Ladder ‘Puize, Congratulations, Doctor! As Mr. Simonson, who was slated for the Monthly Honor Prize, is not receiving that prize, two prizes will be given next month, Vote for the TWO best prob- lems, yore Wolfgang Pauly Pauly is dead! Sadness fills my soul and grief is in my heart; for chess has lost one of its proudest exponents, and I-a friend. For thirty years I have, at intervals, corresponded with the great Roumanian problem master. I just planned to present this outstanding son of Caissa to THE Cuess Review problem family and now— he is gone. ‘Wolfgang Pauly was born on August 15, 1876 in Dohna, a small place near the city of Dresden in Germany. At the age of 6 he emigrated with his folks to Bu- charest, the capital of Roumania, where he lived the balance of his all too short life. Pauly was a keen student of Mathematics, and Astronomy, and, though connected with the’ insurance business for his liveli- hood, was professionally known all over the world as the discoverer of the Pauly Comet. Retiring from his astronomical hob-_ by on account of bad eyesight, brought on by an excess of night work before the lens, he devoted himself exclusively to problem chess. In a few years Pauly rose in the realm of Problemdom to undreamed of heights, until he, in conjunction with Shinkman and Wurzburg, dominated problemdom, In Europe he was called the uropean Shinkman. Of this “triple star” now only Wurzburg, the “Junior Wiz- ard,” is left. Just as Shinkman, born in Bohemia and brought in tender childhood to the U.S. A., must be considered an American composer, so Pauly is, despite his birth in Germany and despite his jealous preser- vation of the German language, a Rou-92 Tre Cuess Revi us manian problemist, Like Shinkman, Pauly was a universal problem genius. a great master in every field of problem endeavor, including Fairy Chess. Like Shinkman again, his most superb work was accom- plished in the Selfmate arena, Many com- posers rated his Selfmates even above those of the “Wizard of Grand Rapids.” Pauly's demise has touched me deeply, for ] admired this man's acumen as much as I prized his friendship. It will be an- other century, I feel, ere another Pauly will arise to give to Caissa-land what this genius gave with a lavish hand, Pauly, the astronomer, is gone. Pauly, the problemist, will live forever, Anima sua in pace requiescat! WOLFGANG PAULY Wiener Schachzeitung 1930 + Mate in 6 moves 1, Qe5, Kb3. 2. Qed+, Ka3. 3 QcS-+, Rb3. O54; Rot. 5 Qaet). Ke3, 6, Qa3+. A miniature masterpiece! Fairy Chess Fairy Chess, called in Italian “Fantasia” and in German '‘Maerchenschach” is the vast domain of “freedom from convention- al shackles” in the realm of problems. The study of Fairy Chess problems is in its in- fancy, but even now the vista of the un- told treasures it holds in store for the problem lover is overpowering and amaz- ing. Fairy problems are of three types: I. New Pieces Problems. Il, Conditionals. IIL. Combinations of both. In order to please the numerous solvers now clamoring for Fairy problems a test is being made by Tue Cuess Review, I will print, separately from our regular problems, three consecutive fairy problems, with step by step explanations and solu- tions. After that I shall again ask our family to state whether or not the fairies are desired. In either case the fairy prob- Jems will not curtail the “regulars.” I hope this reminder will spur the solv. ers to notify me promptly of their reac- tions. America is practically the only one of the world’s great nations that has not yet accepted Fairy Chess, In England and Germany there are already chess publica- tions that publish only Fairy Chess. Here we meet stubborn resistance from some folks that do not even know what they repudiate. However, the test I am going to make will soon show, if the U. S. A. is at last waking up to the glory of an innovation that offers as many new thrills as there are stars in the heavens. The first problem in our test will appear in our July issue. Solutions No. 115. Leo Valve (2M) Sh4. Play of Black S is clegant—Dr, Dobbs, Boautiful variations.—ileiman. Stolid (or is this “Solld'"?—104.) with a numbor of good trios. —MoClalland, Interesting sel-blocks—Melaberg. | Well cuosex tine opening Witt the Key, echood subjectively. —Boswe No. 116. Hochberger (2M) KxPd3. The changed mato 1s goed, otherwise just tetr— Dr Dolbs, Quite. spectacular and. erlginal—Mecior land. ‘Phe ingenious line opening Koy hetlas the hal? pin setting -Doswell No. 117 D. McClelland (2M) Qe, ‘The quadruple unpluning of the pawn Is fine—Dr. Done S lesa met [never dreamed! this would he published, with Ita dreadful waste of pieces that is inexcusable -MecCieniand, Interesting. —Malzberg. x= gollont flight giving Key takes advantege of plu. swell. No. 118 S. Zilahy (2M) Sel. Tantalizig Best ZL In this Iasue—Nash, Key ty welllappeintea “Dr, Bonbe."Prateyt tad te cant ue Shown without a capture. anwinxle, “very many’ close tries, ‘but etual_ solution Slenprsineing = McClelland. "A ‘delightful Key, followed by highy original’ play— Boswell, No. 119. Paul Keres (2M). Author's intention: Sxe3, falls after 1... PeR, coked by: Ratxk. No. 120. Paul Keres (2M). Qxe6, falls after RES, Cooked sfuthor's Intention: Sal and 8xD3May, 1934 No. 121, ©. Wurzburg (3M). 1. Q€6, threat: 2 Qxas, ete, : Qaz: 2. Oeich, Qt; 2. Reteh, *Qf3, 2. Resch, : RERP and’ Ret. No. 122. V. Eaton (3M). 1, Kot, 8: 2. Raton, oto. sy Kats 2 Obs, LLLT ba; "2 ne, Fine “Key und pretty variations —Nash, Looks Mike a cool but T sae nothing else—Dr, Dobbs. Neat and sound,—Vanwinkle, Ordinary,—Islelman, I reit= —Mevleliand. Very ‘Neat Key, fol- erate: A nice, quiet “play formula. nico long Aisiance mate. —Hararcaver, lowed by double Mae ef play.—Boswell, No. 123. W. Anders (3M). » EES! 2. QF, ote. tw Sets 2. Cteh, Clin Ket: 2 gxtdcn, Ras; 2 Bhich Cooked by: Set, “(Very few solvers found the auch- or's solution. —Editor). No. 124. K. Erlin (3M). 1. Qb2, B%; 2. Qa4, ete. teem etd; 2, Bevch, fo 16: 2 been, fil T eees 2. Q-a?, Cooked’ By: Qhs. No. 125. R. Cheney (4M). 1, Sd4, Kes; 2 Ke6, KxS; 3 Sddch, ete. oe at Benny KER Sebel tie Luh hd: saren, ices "2 Reven, Kt; 3. Seren. Very difficull—Rothenberg, A ‘masterpiece. ‘The sacrifice and the 8. play make this problem an ex- cellent miniature, Would like to see mero such min- jature 4 movers.—Nash. Alluring tries and an. In- triguing continuation, 2. K-cé.—Dr. Dobba, My ohoice for dest of tho lot. “A beaulicul King movo in varia~ tion one.—Kleiman. "Very difficult.” I wagor there was many a split head over this one, Congratulations to the author whose miniatures, though numerous, are nover prosale—-MeClelland, Unexpected snerifice, —Burke. excellent masterpiece,—Plasetzic. A Little gem.—Malzberg. An excellent miniature, Hate off to Mr. Cheney.—Ludlow, Quite difficult for lis weight, A spleniid piece of work —Roswell No. 126. M. Bukofzer (4M Sui), LRT, dd; Rad, AB; Qelen, ete, we. xc; 2. BIS, 3; 3. Bas, Extremely pleasing.—Rothenberg. What 9 quiet Key! At first I thought thero was no solution, The Bishop play Is amazing—Nash. "Accurate and pleas Ing play.—Dr, Dobbs. A magnificent, two line 4M Sul.“ Best problem in’ Jan-Feb. Issue —Vanwiakle, A painless way to commit suicldé. 1 like this selfmate immensely—Klotman, ‘The play is not brilliant but Food and steady. Neither too easy nor too hard.—Mo- Clolland. “ory interesting.—-Davia. Neat—Maizbere. Take a bow, Mr. B. This is a beautiful sui—Har- greaves. “A ‘very fine selfmato problem. Congratula- tions, Me. B.—Ludiow. Very interestIng. —Partos, A. beautiful ‘piece of work with a remarkably fine stra~ togie Key.—Boswell. No. 127. Theo. C. Wenzl (2M) Qal. Key not #9 good.—Dr. Dobks, Koy a regtotiable necesslty.-teCleliand, Guite difficult though the Key Iva trifle off colen—Varvinkle, No. 128. P. L, Rothenberg (2M) PxP e.p. Dr. Proof of legality here is easy. Dovbs. May suggest a Pah as preferable to Sa6,--MeClelland. Fino, and Black's last move was C1-C5(P-D4)—Van- winkle, Finely calculated. —Nash. Fine example of this themo,—Malzberg. - The position proves that Black last played c?-c5.—Emery. No. 129. D, McClelland (2M) Bd3, Cooked by Bxas. No. 130. E. Nash (2M) KbS A cute tritle—Dr. Dobbs A darvly.—Plasotaky. Pioasing Ite added-mate block.—MeClelland. 93 No. 131. Dr. G. Dobbs (2M) Sd3. Why the pawn e7 and the white rook! Seems to me the problem would do as well without there two pleces, A fine piece of work especlally the white In- terference variation.—MeClelland. Very fine—Van- winkle. “A rare casy one by Dr. Dobbs.—Emery, This wets my Vote as the best problem. Eeonomlently con structed with several variations revolving around the bishop play—Hargreaves. Very -nlce,—Hochners Bras. No. 132. Dr. G. Dobbs (2M) Qg8. Very neat.—Kleiman. | Excellent Key—Plastzky. vory tine!” Shows there ie still room im the 2M field for fine originality.—areCletiana, Best of the month, Shectaculae’ and pretty.-Malaberg. Dotervedly & prize whmer—Vanwinkle One of the finest 291 have ever solved. ‘The variation 1 + QxQ; 2 Bb3ch Glone should give it the prize—Denjainin Bowutital! Most certainly deserving’ of the. prize.--Rothenbere. Without question the finest problem. of thls. Tesue, Emery. No. 133. A. C. Simonson (3M) With a black Pawn on ¢7. 1. Kes, KxP; 2 Qh}, oto. voy NUS; 2 Qs, * Kee; 2 B28. Cooked by 1. Qgich, KxB, 2 So2. any, 3 O64 es Keb. 3 Qe, 3" gba, iit KI5, 2 Qdb, xB, 3 ms. No. 134. M. Vanwinkle (3M). 1. Shs, Ke5: 2 Qeéeh, ete. see Heb; 2 Qgéeh, Lili Kes: 2 sa4. ‘The pawn model ig tho prottiost_mate.—Dr. Dobbs. Quite picturesque. ‘The mirror mate Is an attractive Teature,—McClelland. Very elover--and sound,—Davie Pleasing varlations, My vote (for best problem). }Wenal, “Has a pretty variation with the Kalght.—Sza- No. 135, H.C. Mowry (3M). 1 QeS, RaQ; 2 Rateh, etc, » KxR: 2 Qetch, UN sR; 2 Stich. fila ices, asazen, Doll “pebae a Rdzen, Tit et: 2 Bxeseh. Cooked by Qi4 and QE! Several solve: by Qhi, but do not show the play. not allowed, claim cook ‘Such claims are No. 136. K. Erlin (3M) 1. RxP, threat 2 Qfieh, ote. vee BG: 2 Gal. Dili ter2 sdech., ete. I Pas: 2 QuT or gbch, Fuzzies. on account. of many alluring tries—Dr. Dobbs. “Soma more Bohomian oxperimentation with single P_variations.—McClelland, Quite difficult. 1 vote it te hest March problem’ haenuse af ite difft- culty, which to mo is heauty.—Vanwinkle, A splendid composition.—Nash, No. 137. M. Bukofzer (4M). 1. Rb2, Kf5: 2 Sesch, K6; 3 Sgéch, ote. Sa, Kez; 8 SeBch, Bany: 3 Batch, Lill) Ba! , Kany, 3 8d4ch(orBenseh), Extraordinary freedom or the ‘black king. Ama ing complexity secured. with only the minor plec: and pawns.—Burke. ‘This Is ‘tho most complicated problem | havo yet tried. Pine work of tho Knights, Very pretty continuation after Ki6.—Emery, A very good problem, — ‘Tanassy. "A ‘typleal Rukotzer “Kulghta and Bishops,” whtoh means: Good work. Dr. Dobos. “By far the finest problem in thia fest in ‘tact, ono of tho bost IMI have aver solved. The economy and the abundance of variations aro remark: able—McCleliend,” Beautiful, strategieal finesse. te roveated in the Key move. In my opinton the best problem, but as 1t does not compete my vote goes to 128.—Vanwinkle, Av xood one. Davis, T regard 137 very highly and unquailfledly name it the beat. and finest of the month.—Ludlow. Boautiful and difficult. I certainly got a feeling of exhaltation on having solv. ed Unls problem, Artistically superior to the one T voted for.—Nash. Maxwell Bukefaor's favorite fights are staged by means of bishops and kiights—Roth- enberg. Fine minor plecos play.—Szaaho, A vory prolly 4M the play of which, by the two white Knights, is very interesting —Hoy.’ Worthy of a prize.—Malsborg,4 : Tur Cuzss Review a No. 152 (Original) MANNIS CHAROSH Brookly, Mate in 2 moves. No. 154 (Original) G, W. HARGREAVES ‘Aubuen, Ala. Mate in 2 moves Mate in 2 moves No, 155 No. 156 (Original) (Original) DR. GILBERT DOBBS. EB, McCARTHY Carrollton, Ga. x Mate in 2 movesMay, 1934 ; 95 No. 157 * (Original) A. C. SIMONSON ‘New York Ci Mate in 3 moves No. 159 (Original) D. C. MCCLELLAND Jacksonville, Ul. Mate in 5 moves No, 161 (Original) DR. J. ERDOS and F. MEISL (Orginal) jenna " PL ROTHENBERG . In Memory of W. Shinkman New York Ci Selfmate in 3 moves _ Selfmate in 5 moves96 No. 138. Dr. C. Erdos (4M Selfmate) ‘Wrongly stipulated ap a 4M Direct Mate, 1, Rus, PL; 2. Setch, Kl; 3, RhSch, KxS; 4 Resch, RxR mate, Neat and easy single Uner; could be doubler with out much effort.—Dr. Dobbs. Very fine sul.—Van- winklo. Tho Key is @ rather indolont waiting move. —Rothenderz. Correspondence Bill Beers. All of your problems are O.K.; only do not print more than One on a card, do not print any fon tho outside of letter envelopes ‘and do not write ‘Your Interesting topics under the diagrams. Also Riv full solutions on or attached to problems. I cannot copy scores of problems that come to hand. How old a man ere you, BI? B, A. Eoote. All points allowed—this time, but, Rrother Pharmacist, we have now a legal closing date for each set of problems. Kindly wateh It with real pharmaceutical accuracy.» L, Tanassy, Read answer lo B. A. Foote, A, J. Bastine. "All points allowed—this timo. W. Hazy. It ts not fair to tho rest of the famlly to grant points after the closing date. ¥. Young. 1 accopt tho economical resotting, of your problem. ‘The extra check docs not mean a thing, Will write to you when T get my breath. HL. Thayer. Please have patience. Letter will come oon. I. Piasetsky. Mot your frie go you have to act as “proxy’ ing” gontloman? Hermann. So you think my Dept. Is “Not so Hot? Well, perhans you are right. However, my friend, were I to do as you suggest, T would ‘need 20 paes for my Dept, I will Ket ‘20 pages when Kleiman lately, Why for that capable 100K- wo ‘have 500 moro subseribers, “Go and get them. for, me, R. Cheney. 1 am sorry the printer's devil hung a wrong ornament over your name. Of all things a B, when’ your works belongs In Class A. May Task ° Tue = point * Zou, to please attach full solutions to all problem contributions. 3. 0, Hoy. ‘Thanks for your generous letter that braced’ me for new efforts. “I will try to bring overy- thing gradually, but I have very lice space left after the “problems, "solutions, comments, correspondonec, and votes are published. New subsctibers mean extra space. Credit was given for corrected solution. You surely aro wolcome In our family, A. Suubo. Regret tho printer layed tag with your initial, ‘Thanks for tho Loysen problome, W. Hazy. R. J. Katke, Welcome to tho farmily. are the herocs of next year. Do of “long probiems. You will soon get the ““hang.”” D. McClelland, “Four oxtra points granted; but hereafter not even your lovely letters will tempt ma to break the Closing Date rule, Vorbum saplenti cat ent, 1%, Boswell. 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Business Office, 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Wood- side, N. Y. Yearly subscription in the United States $2.50. Elsewhere $3.00. Single copy 25 cts. Copyright 1934 by THe Cuess Review. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: LAJOS STEINER Dr. S. G. TARTAKOWER DONALD MacMURRAY HANS KMOCH JAMES R. NEWMAN IRVING CHERNEV LESTER W. BRAND REUBEN FINE BARNIE F. WINKELMANNews Events New York International Chess Masters Tournament The New York State Chess Association is the oldest organized chess body in the United States and will celebrate its Gold- en Jubilee this year by staging an Inter- national Masters Tournament at the On- ondaga Hotel, Syracuse, N. Y., from August 13 to 25th. Players who have al- ready agreed to participate are: Frank J. Marshall, Isaac Kashdan, Reuben Fine, I. A. Horowitz, Samuel Reshevsky, Arthur W. Dake, Fred Reinfeld, I, S, Turover, Newell W. Banks, Capt. J. J. Araiza of Mexico, R. E. Martin of Canada, and Mario Monticelli of Italy. If at all pos- sible, Dr. A. Alekhine or J. R. Capablanca will be invited. In addition to the Masters Tournament there will be held the regular annual State Championship, with twelve entries from all parts of the state; a Women's Tournament, and a Problem Solving Tournament. Chess in California Hayward Union High School won the Interscholastic Championship of Califor- nia by defeating Los Angeles Sr. High 5-2. The full report follows: STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Hayward Union High, Los Angeles Sr. High Northern Calif. Champ. Southern Calif. Champ. 1932-34 1934 G. Hornall, Capt. S. Dought 1. Nieda . F, Godfre’ |. Girdner ul aeronno . Lockerby . M. Hoffman YY, Shibata ... M. Littlestone .- Total .......005 Total ........-- The match was played at the Los Angeles C.C. The Annual Chess Tournament be- tween Northern and Southern Divisions of the Southern California Chess League was held at San Luis Obispo on May 27 and resulted in a 1214-1214 draw. Hail! South Jersey Our hats are off to the South Jersey Chess Association. For real enthusiasm and active interest in the royal game, this aggressive organization, headed by Wil- liam A, Ruth, is in a class by itself. During the past season they have staged no less than seven simultaneous exhibitions, have participated in more than twenty matches, and sponsored a tourna- ment for the championship of South Jer- sey, an event with thirty-eight entiants. Their team finished second to the strong Mercantile Library in the Philadelphia Chess League, and in their match. with Philadelphia, they set an all time record for the number of players participating. fifty on each team—and the Quaker City cohorts were very fortunate to vanquish their friendly rivals from over the iver by the score of 28-22. : The tournament for the championship of South Jersey was won by W. A. Ruth. Among the entries in this event were Stasch Mlotkowski, well known analyst; Harold Burdge, Champion of Atlantic City, and Jos. DuBois, one of Philadel- phia’s ranking players. The South Jersey Chess Association has issued a challenge to the pawn pushers from the upper end of the state for a match of six games to be played between W. A. Ruth and their champion for the championship of the State. Officers of the South Jersey Chess As- sociation are: W. A. Ruth, President; L. B. Cook, (President of the Camden City Club) and Wm. Van Breeman (President of the Mercer Club), Vice-Presidents; E. R. Meves, Secretary, and E, R. Glover, Treasurer,Jury 1934 Michigan State Championship Marvin Palmer and Leon Stolcenberg tied for first place in the Michigan State Championship Tournament held at the Fort Shelby Hotel, in Detroit. They will play a short match in July to decide the State Title and custody of the champion- ship trophy which must be won three years in succession to become a permanent pos- session. British Chess Congress The British Chess Federation Congress will be held at the Town Hall, Chester, England, from July 30 to August 11, 1934. The events scheduled are the British Championship, the British Women's Championship, the Major Open Tourna- ment, and three Minor Open Tourna- ments. The Championships are restricted to British subjects, but the Open Tourna- ments can be entered by players of any nationality. The closing date for entries is July 6. Application blanks may be se- cured from Mr. L. P. Rees, St. Aubyns, Redhill, Surrey, England. Maréczy Jubilee Tournament The recent International Chess Mas- ters Tournament at Budapest, Hungary, was won by Andor Lilienthal of Paris, who finished with a score of 11-4. Of fifteen games played Lilienthal won 7 and drew 8. The final standings: L. Player w Player We ie Lilienthal .. 11 4 Rethy . 64 8 Pire wee 104 414 L. Steiner... 644 814 Flohr . 9 6 ‘Treybal 6% 8% Frydman... 9 6 A.Steiner...6 9 Bliskases ... 834 614 Havasi .....6 9 Grunfeld ... 84 634 Tartakower .6 9 Stablberg .. 814 614 Sterk .. Vidmar .... 7 8 Thomas Ohio State Activities The Ohio State Championship was won for the secend consecutive year by Dr. Palmer Gunkel Keeney, the Chess Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Dr, Keeney is DR. PALMER GUNKEL KEENEY well known in the problem world, having composed upward of 200 problems. The Ohio State Title is always decided by a match between the winner of the Northern and Southern divisions. In 1933 Dr. Keeney defeated Erwin Krisch of Cleveland by a score of 314-21, and this year retained his title by defeating John ©. Hoy of Cleveland 314-14, Problem solvers of Cleveland challenged problem solvers of Cincinnati to an inter- city problem solving contest. Cincinnati solvers have accepted the challenge and arrangements are being made for the event, to be staged either the first or sec~ ond week of September. West Virginia Chess Chatter Landis Marks of Huntington played a ten game match with John F. Hurts, Jr., (who recently won the City of Charleston Championship) and won by a score of 9-1. There appears to be no question about Marks being the best chess player in West Virginia. His ranking in national com- petition will be decided at Chicago when he takes part in the Western Chess As- sociation Championships. Empire State Activities The 16 Board Match between the Man- hattan Chess Club, Champions of the100 Tue Cuess REVIEW Metropolitan Chess League, and the Mer- cantile Library Chess Club, Champions of the Philadelphia Chess League, resulted in a win for Manhattan by a score of 10-6. The match between these two clubs is an annual feature played alternately in New York and Philadelphia. Although Phila- delphia lost, they scored a moral victory by holding the Manhattanites even on the first ten boards. A summary of the play follows: Bds. Manhattan Pts, Mercantile Library Pts. 1, 1. Kashden .. 0 J Levin od 2. A. Kupchik -. 4 4% 3. 1A. Horowitz 14 LY 4, A. Simonson. 1 J. Vanderslice .... 0 5. DiMacMurray 0 W. A. Ruth ...2. 1 6 1% B. BR, Winkelman. V 7. 1 i 0 8. ¥% 4 9. é 71 10, i 0 i. L 0 12, 1 . 0 ie 1 . £ 4 HM. . 4 15. J. Richman .. 4 16. J. Newman ‘1 16 Total oo... 10 Total 6 Mercantile Library played White on the “odd numbered boards. The Annual Bronx County Champion- ship is scheduled to begin about August 1, 1934, under the auspices and at the rooms of the Empire City Chess Club, 52 East Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, N. Y. The tournament will be limited to fifteen com- petitors by elimination, and registrations will close on or about July 1, Any chess player living in the Bronx or a member of a Bronx Chess Club is eligible to compete. Last year's prize winners need not partici- pate in the eliminations. The Champion- ship last year was won by Arnold S, Den- ker. Boris Garfinkle won the City of Buffalo Championship by the decisive score of 16-2. His nearest competitor was Edward M. Haendiges with a score of 11-7, Gar- finkle’s opposition included such strong players as Roy T. Black, former N. Y. State and Brooklyn C, C. Champion; Joseph D. Lear and Dr. Henry L. Freitag, both former City Champions, A silver cup, suitably engraved, was awarded to him, The annual match between Toronto and Buffalo will take place shortly, City of Philadelphia Championship Wn. A. Ruth has added another scalp to his belt, Not content with winning the Championship of South Jersey, he has just come through a strong tournament to annex the City of Philadelphia title. The final standing: Wm. A. Ruth, 6-2; J. Lev- in, 5144-244; A. Regen, 514-214. Other contestants were S. Drasin, H. Morris, S. T. Sharp, J. Gordon, A. Fischer, G. Wei- mar, A Champion at 16 The Lehigh Valley Chess Association championship was won by Wilmer Jones, who is only 16 years of age. The new titleholder swept through a strong field in- cluding H. V. Hesse, Pennsylvania State Champion, and W, H. Steckel, Central Pennsylvania Champion, both of whom he defeated. His victory stamps him as a good prospect for future national honors. MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB HOTEL ALAMAG Broadway and 7ist St, New York Organized 1877 A Club for Gentlemen who Enjoy Chess A rendezvous for Chess Masters and Amateurs—Frequent Activities Club Always Open Visitors Welcome Thursday NightsMiniature Games By Arnotp S, DEnKER Readers are invited fo submit brilliant games of not more than 20 words to Arnold S. Denker, care of The Chess Review, 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside. N. Y. The following gems I consider especially ine structive because they how a small advan- tage i moblity cad often be lized to bring about a decisive victory, R. Reti Amateur White Black 1 PKA P-K4 2 KeKB3 Kt-QB3 3 KeB3 B-B4? This is weak, because White on his next move gains command of the center, True, Black in re- turn cbtains the White QP, but loses time and space. 4 KoP Keke If instead 4 BxP ch; 5 KxB, KtxKt; 6 P-Qd! 5 P.Q4 BxP 6 QB Q-B3? This loses immediately, but the position, though apparently intact, is without much resource, The text threatens . . . Kt-B6 ch, which is easily parried, but in any event Black had few moves at his com- mand, After 6... P-Q3, 7 P-B4, P-QBt order to save the KKEP); 8 B-Kt5 ch, K moves order to save the QP). xee has the upper hand,—or after, 6 ; 7 P-B4, Kt-B2 (7 Ke-B3; 8'Q.Bi, “RS: 9 BBE Kt-B2; 10 O-0l) 8 B-B4, KKt-R3; 9 0.0, O-O; 10 P-BS, K-RI and again Black is at a loss for moves 7 KeKes K.Q1 (forced) 8 QBS! Resigns Played in Duisburg, Germany, 1929 CARO KANN DEFENSE - Roedel Kramer White Black 1 PKA P.QB3 2 Ke-QB3 P.Q4 3 Ke Bs BKts 4 P-Q4 PxP 3S KtxP BxKt The attempt to win the QP by this method of play is not good because the pawn plus would not compensate Black for his lack of development. Dr. Emanuel Lasker's dictum is that a gain of two. moves in the opening amply compensates for the loss of a pawn. 6 QB Que 7 BK3 O-K4 - QxP only leads the Queen further astray. 8 0.0.0 Ke-B3 9 KeKes QKt-Q2 Not 9... P-KR3 because of 10 R-Q8 ch! win- ning the Queen. . 10 KB-B+ P.K3 11 RxKt os KxR; 12 KtxBP Simple and direct, If 11 . KtxR; 12 QxP ch and wins; and after 11 followed by mate or the the Queen. Wewee B-R6 12 RxKeP Resigns FRENCH DEFENSE C.J. Smith Barbee ‘White Black 1 PKA P-K3 2 P.Q4 P.Q4¢ 3 KQB3 B.K¢S 4 QKe4 P-KK3? 4... Kt-B3 was indicated. The text weakens the black squares. 3 BKKts Ke-K2 + P-B3 followed by the aggressive P-K4 was more favorable, 6 KeK2 P-K4 Needlessly opening the game for his opponent -O was more prudent. 7 Q-B3 QKrB3 8 0.0.01 KtxP 9 KtexP KexQ 9... KtxKe was better but not quite good enough. “Then would follow 10 BxQ, ee oh, Rak, okt Q5; 12 KtxKt, PxKt; 13 B-B6, 10 Kt-B6 ch KB 11 B-R6 mate CHESS LESSONS by Recognized Experts AVAILABLE TO METROPOLITAN RESIDENTS Graded to Individual Requirements Rates on Request THE CHESS REVIEW 60-10 Roosevelt Ave., Woodside, N. Y.Canadian Section by F. W. Watson Articles pertaining to this department will be accorded special attention if addressed fo the Editor af 191 Jones Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Centennial Celebration Canada’s premier tournament is sched- uled to commence on, or about, August 27; and is expected to be concluded by Sep- tember 6, All preparatory arrangements leading to this annual Dominion Cham- pionship are in the hands of the Canadian Chess Federation. ‘With Toronto selected as the centre of attraction, the event will be represented as a “Centennial Tournament’’—in acknowl edgement of the one hundredth birthday which Toronto is now celebrating. The debate concerning a logical and elaborate venue is at this time unsettled. Since Can- ada’s National Exhibition will be in full sway at the same time, there is a possi- bility of its being listed as part of the Dominion Congress programme. A Toronto Chess Committee was ap- pointed to assist with campaign work and is now very active. Miscellaneous News Ottawa credits Mr. C, Quevillon, editor of a chess column in the French paper “LeDroit,” for his untiring efforts in or- ganizing a new chess club in the city’s Sandy Hill district. In its initial club tour- nament with fourteen entries, Mr. Quevil- lon is reported the winner, with S, Mous- seau, M, Quevillon and M, Jolicoeur fol- lowing. Another feature involved inter- club competition with the Y. M. C. A., whereby each club met in a home-and- home match series which concluded in fav- or of the “Y" by a 6-4 count with J. E. Narraway, ex-Canadian Champion, mak- ing his score the deciding factor. The ag- gregate result of both matches is reported as: Sanpy Hii Y. M. C, A, M, Quevillon 0 J. E. Narraway 2 C. Quevillon 1 Smith ....... .i Mousseau . 1) Dr. Turnbull 1 Jolicoeur 1 Eagleson .. 1 Herbert 1 Faucett . 1 Total . .4 Total. 6 Latest news from Montreal informs us that B. Blumin retained his city: title in the 1934 tournament recently against fourteen competitors. At the time of this report a complete final standing of players was delayed by unfinished adjournments which in no wey.interfered with the win- ners score, ‘The Montreal Telephone Chess Club championship for this year was won by G. Gaudet with the neat score of 16-0! The “E, Marks Trophy,” emblematic of the Oshawa City Championship, was won by A. L. Boukley in the recent an- nual competition. Canada's western contingent assigned to participate in the Dominion Congress will include A. Grenze, a strong entry from Secretan, Saskatchewan—so it is re- ported. Correspondence Chess Scheduled to commence June 1, 1934, the Canadian Correspondence Chess As- sociation announces the launching of a minor skirmish—and, August 20th, (same year), will mark the opening of a special tournament dedicated to the memory of Samuel Bray, in which former fellow-as- sociates will enter competition with respectJury 1934 to his recent illness and sudden departure. Mr. Bray was quite an enthusiastic com- petitor of the older school. In the Handicap Tournament, the standing of Section D-6 with one unfin- ished game between T, Gowans and S. R. . Wright is reported as E. A. Cox 714-14; -B, D. Drake and §. Hall 514-214; T. Gowans 414-214; C. B. Narraway 4-4; E. O. Wood 314-414; H. 8. Narraway 3-5; S. R. Wright 1-6; S. Bray 14-714. Mr, Underhill, C. C. C. A. Secretary- Treasurer, proudly boasts of there being moré thari two hundred games now. in operation for West vs. East struggle, with results already in by last month favour- able to the West by 3-1. It looks as though the East cannot afford to lose any more(?). Ina C. C, C. A, 1933-4 fracas, W. Hodges of Toronto scored a decisive win against C. D. Corbould of Winnipeg— and, thereby created a stunning surprise and upset in the general opinion of those still persistent in the belief that Corbould is a reliable and capable opponent regard- less of his being inveigled into such a haphazard game. The detailed score of this one-sided onslaught is included in our -game column. Toronto News At the Jordan Chess Club on the 12th of May Toronto East defeated Toronto West by a close 10-9 score. The occa- sion was marked by preliminary presenta- tions made to prize winners in the City Championship, the Major and Minor Tournaments, the Boy's event and the “Toronto Chess League—with Mr. C. Len- “nox of the Beaches Chess Club as master of ceremonies, The reported election of a committee to aid in promoting the Dominion Congress in Toronto this year, included—B, Freed- man, of ‘the Jordan C. C. as President; D. R. Swales, Gambit C. C. Secretary; C. 103 A. Crompton, Toronto C, C. Treasurer; S. Kirk, Boy's Rotary C. C., M. Sim; T. Schofield, C. Lennox, W. N. Wilson and H. Storey, Committeemen, It was recom- mended that a tournament for players of intermediate strength and a Boys’ contest be included. A special centennial medal will be donated by Toronto's City Hall Centennial Committee, to “The Winnah!” C.C. C. A, 1933-4 GIUCCO PIANO (Notes by F. W. Watson) W. Hodges C.D. Corbould (Toronto) (Winnipeg) White Black 1 Kt PKs 2 KeKB3 Ke-QBs 3 BBA B.B4 4 DBS KeB3 3 P-Q4 PxP 6 PxP B-Kt5 ch 7 KeB3 KKtxP 80-0 KexKt To capture with Bishop is preferable, The ext is greatly responsible for Black's early trou- les. 9 PxKt B-K2 , BxP(?); 10 Q-Kt3, and if 10. BxR(?): 1 BxP ch, K-BL: 12 B-KtS, Kt: | KEKS threatening B-Kt6 and there is no defense. 10 P-QS KeKtt ‘White's 10th move turns the game into a vari- ation of the Moeller Attack. If 10... KeR4(2); 11 P-Q6!, PxP; (11... BxP; 12 R-Ki ch, fol lowed by BxP, etc.) 12 BxP ch, KxB; 13 Q-Q5 ch, with continued pressure. 11 P.Q6 PxP 12 BxP ch KaB 13 QQ5ch KBI 14 KeKes Qk ‘There is not much hope for Black, 14... BxKt is just another short route to disaster. 15 R-KL Ke-B3 16 RK4 KrK4 17 R-B4 ch B-B3 18 BR3! KtB2 19 RK4 BK2 20 QR-K1 bees Being merciful? Now if Black dared to play 20... » Kt-K4 or KtxKt; the win for White is automatic alter 21 R-B4 ch! 2... P-KKi3? 21 BxB ResignsGame Studies Eighth Game of Match Nimzowitsch Defense (Notes by I. A. Horowitz} Alekhine Bogolubow White Black 1 PQs Kt-KB3 2 P.QB4 P-K3 3 KtQB3 B-Ke3 4 P-QR3 sees Although this move forces a decision regarding the swap of a B for a Kt, it still is without much point. It falls right in line with Black's plan of doubliag White's QBP and even loses time in assisting the second player. Instead any develop- ing move should prove more satisfactory—and 4 Q-B2 or 4 Q-Kt3 should grant the first player the upper hand. In the 1929 World's Championship Match be- tween the same players, Bogolubow, with the White men, essayed 4 Q-B2. The game then continued 4... P-B4; 5 PxP, Kt-l BxKt ch; 7 QxB, KtxP; 8 P-B3, P-OR 0-0; 10 B-B4, Q-Kt3; 11 R-QU, Ke KI; 12 Kel i 4eeee BxKt ch 5 PxB P.Bt 6 Kt-B3 tee Unless White works up suitable counter-play, the disadvantage of the doubled Pawas must sooner or later tell against him. 6 P-K3 with the idea of following up with B-Q3,—P-K4, and P-B4 seems to be the proper plan. Geeae 0-0 7 BKts P.Q3 8 QB2 RKL 9 P-Kt P-KR3 10 B-K3 QR 11 B.Q2 bane Although the B moves appear to be a loss of time, this is not the case, as the Black Q serves little purpose on its square and will soon retire. Wseee PK4 12 B.Q3 Ke-B3 13 0.0 QB2 14 P.QS KeK2 15 KtR4 seve Apparently preparing for P-B4, but the idea is quickly repulsed. At this point it is well to bear in mind the difference P-B¢ in the earlier stages would make in the present position. Then White could attack on the open KB file or by the advance of his K side Pawns. Now, however, ‘White should be content with marking time for awhile—at least until he is ready for specific ac- tion, 15 Kt-K1,—P-KKt3,—Kt-Kt2,—P-B3,-R- FF B2, and QR-KBI is a good order of moves to follow. US ...e P-KKt4 16 Kt-BS wee €arrying out the fallacious plan. Retiring the _ Kt was still better. 162... Keke 17 PxKt P-KS 18 B-K2 BxP 19 P-KR4 KeR2 20 P-Ktt P.K6 Black could easily retain the Pawn by 20... B-Q2 but he chooses instead to sacrifice it by this ingenious move which completely paralyzes the White forces, 21 QB R-K4 22 Q.Q3 PxB 23 QxP QR-K1 24 B.Q3 QK2 25 B-BS RK? 26 Q.Q3 Kt-B1 27 BRS QK4 28 QR-Ktt PKe 29 Q-B3 Q-B3 30 B-R4 KK2 31 Q-Q3 QR-K2 32 R-RI QK4 33 P-RS KeQ2 34 QBS Q-B3 35 PxP eee Tf now Q-Q3, .. . R-Kt? followed by... Kt-K+ is a powerful rejoinder. BB eee KtxP 36 RxP KtxBP 37 RxR RxR 38 RQU RR2 39 R-QBI OKs 40 B.Q3 KtQ7 41 OBS QxQ 42 BxQ Kt-B6 ch 43 K-Ke2 sees Under the circumstances this move will do, al- though K-BI avoids the exchange of the minor pieces. White evidently hopes to draw the Rook ending. AB vee Ke-RS ch 44 K-Kt3 KexB ch 45 PxKt K.B3 Entering the final phase of the game, which should now be a matter of technique.= 105 Jury 1934 46 R-KI RRS 47 R-K8 R-QBS 48 R-KR8 RxP ch 49 KKi2 KxP 50 RxP P-B3 51 RR K-K4 52 PRG RQRG6 RBS would be met by 53 R-K7 ch, KxP; 54 R-K3, R-QR5; 55 P-R7, R-RI; 56 R-K7, the position being akin to.the one which actually oc- curred in the game. 53 R-K7 ch KxP 54 P-R7 RRL 55 KK P-B4 56 P-B4 PxP ch? At the critical moment Bogolubow seems to lack the punch. “Again here he falls down. P-Kt5 was the proper move, against which there seems to be no adequate reply. After 57 K-R4, R-R8: 58 KCK, R-R8; 59 KxP, P-Kt6: 60 R-KKt7, P-B5, Black must eventually, give up the Rook for one of White's Q side Pawns,—or after 57 R-R7, R-R1; 58 K-R4, P-B5; 59 K-Kt5, P-Kt6; 60 KxP, P-Kt7; 61 R-KKt7, R-KB1 ch! also after 57 R- KKt?, R-R1 a similar variation ‘to the one above occurs. - 57 KxP PBS 58 KxP P-BS 59 R.Q7! R.QB1 60 R-QB7 RBI ch 61 K-Kt6 K.Q5 62 K-Kt7 RKe1 63 P-R8(Q) RxQ 64 KxR P.Q4 65 KK K.96 66 K-B6 Drawn. Ninth Game of Match BENONI COUNTER GAMBIT (Notes by I. A, Horowitz) Bogolubow Alekbine White Black 1 P.Q4 P-QB4 In regard to this defense “Modern Chess Open- ings” remarks, “Though it may appeal to enter- prising players, it has practically been abandoned in serious chess. With 2 P-Q5 White cbtains the superior game, and he need not therefore seck alternatives which can give him no more.” of which sounds interesting—but in spite of it all, here it is—in a World's Championship Match. Has Alekhine discovered something new, or is he tired of the routine? 2 PQS PKA Generally 2. . . P-Q3 precedes this move, but Black wishes to tempt PxPe.p. in order to re- capture with the KBP and build up a powerful center. 3 P-K4 P-Q3 4 P-KB4 tees In the identical Be ition Alekhine continued against Tartakower, Dresden, 1926, with 4 Kt-QB3, B-K2; 5 B-Q3, B-Kt4; 6 Kt-B3, BxB; 7 QxB, . K-KR3; 8 P-KR3, P-B4; 9 Q-Kt5! The text move aims at a rapid attack which seems to have a logical basis in White's greater mobility. But first the preparatory move of Kt-QB3 should have been made, This would have avoided the unfavorable position which [ater occurred, It is well to bear in mind that unless the attack carries through, White will be left with a weak , Also should Black occupy his square Kt ‘with a minor piece, it will be difficult to dislodge it. These technical differences must be weighed carefully before pursuing such a plan. 4evee PxP 5 BP QRS ch It seems that all the hard and fast rules are going by the wayside, and not without reason. First Alekhine revives an obsolete defense, and now he moves his Q early in the game, Queen movements in the early play are made very rarely, and only when there is a definite object in view which cannot be gained by any other method. Here Black purposes to weaken White on the white squares, and in this he succeeds. 6 P.Kt3 sees 6 B-Kt3 appears to fall just short of ments. Black could continue with 6... Qxl Ber 7 KtK2 (best), B-B4; 8 Kt-R3, KeKB3; 9 Pa fe 9 KeKt5, K-Q2 and the threat of . R Ra . Q-B7 exchanging Q's is difficult to oy S Qk2 ; KeQns sere ? KeKBS would avoid Black's following thrust of. -KKt4. The second player could not afford to ‘capture the loose KP because of his backward development. a PKK 8 BK3 Kt-Q2 9 Kt-B3 P-KR3 10 Q.Q2 KKe-B3 11 0.0.0 Ke Kes 12 B-K2 It would have been better to retreat the B to Ktl even at the expense of time. In this position the B is worth more than a Kt for aggressive and defensive purposes. I... B-Kt2 13 KRB1 KexB 14 QxKe PRB 15 Ke KKel sees ‘An unusual move, but it is difficult for White to formulate a suitable plan without realigning his pieces. 13.. PKt4 16 QR-K1 BK2 17 KeQu 00.0Tue Cuess Revizw 18 Bra KK 19 BxKt see? Necessary, as it would otherwise be difficult to balance the Kt at K4, 19.... RxB 20 Q-Q2 PKS 21 KeK3! sees After all it is still a game. Of course Black cannot afford QxP because of the reply Kt-B5. Bisse OKs 22 PBS P-KR4 23 KtBs BKB3 24 Q-Ba? sone White should have considered carefully before embarking on an endgame, With the definite dis- advantage of two Kts against two B's and a back- ward KP the ending should prove unfavorable. In- stead 24 Q-B2 to be followed by either P-KR+ or Kt-K2-B4 would be more Promina 2... 25 PxQ 26 P-Ba? A miscalculation based on a superficial examina- tion of the position. Bogolubow undoubtedly be- lieved that the P could be recovered at will—but this is not the case. Although White must experi- ence difficulty in finding strategic squares for his pieces, the position could be held by the. following line. t-K2, B-Bl; 27 Kt-K3, Kt-Kt3, P-R5; 29 Kt (Kt3)-B5, RxP; 30 KtxKtP, RxR ch; 31 RxR, BxP; 32 PxB, BxKt; 33 Kt-R6!— and R-K7. There are other possibilities, but in all Angeerices ‘White appears to have an adequate iefense. okos Boies PxP 27 KvK3 P-B6 28 P-K3 B.Q5 29 Kt-B4 P-B4! 30 P-K5 PxP 31 PxP BxQP 32 RxP QR-KBL 33 RxR ch Rx 34 BK sane ‘There is little else to be done. B4 eee RKI 35 B-K7 QBxKe 36 PxB BxKt 37 RxB RP . 38 P-KR3 PxP 39 KB2 PR? 40 R-Kel ch RKz 41 R-KRI R-Kty ch 42 KxP RaP 43 K-Q3 K-B2 44 KK K-B3 43 KBS P-R4 46 KKts P-QRS Resigns. Played at Riga, February, 1934 QUEEN'S GAMBIT Translated from the Wiener Schachzeitung (Notes by R. Spielmann) M. Feigin R, Spielmann White Black 1 PQt Kt-KB3 2 P.QB4 P-K3 3 Kt-QB3 P.Q4 4 BKss QKi-Q2 3 PKS PBS 6 Q-B2 To avoid the Cambridge Springs variation be- ginning with 6 Kt-B3, Q-R4, 6... Qa 7? PxP KexP & P-K¢ KexKe 9 B.Q2 P-K4 10 PxKt vee Or 10 BxKt, B-Kt5, etc, 1O.... PxP 11 PxP B-Kes 12 Kt B3 eee More forceful appears 12 R.- tl, when after Babes IF QeB Sed ene tt Rag, Wine hes litde to fear in the endgame. Now Black may en- deavor to weaken White's center, 2... Kt-B3 13 R-QKeL sees The correct order of moves might be gained from a game Becker-Glass, Vienna, 1928. 13 B-Q3! (prevents Black from Castling) B-Kt5; i4 R-QKtl! BxB ch, (forced) 15 KtxB, 0-0-0 (15 «.- - Q-B2; 16 Kt-B4); 16 O-O and White's attack should prove stronger Bowe. BxB ch 14 KeB bees 14 QxB should also be considered here, but Blade need not exchange Queens, he may well play W4..ae 00 15 B-Q3 sees A perfectly natural looking move—even threat- ening to win a Pawn by P-K5, yet it leaves him in difficulties. Better would be’ {5 B'K2 and after -.R-QI simply 0-0, OF course the loose QP could not be captured then. eee QKKet! Now the weakness of the previous move be- comes apparent. White cannot castle because of -R6 and he is in a quandary regarding the method of protecting the KKtP. 16 P-Kt3 bees A definite Beskening of the King's wing, but 16 _P-K5, QxP; 17 R-KBI, R-K1; 18 K-Q: KtS was no better. Perhaps alien all 16 was best.Jury 1934 107 16 . te QO.R4 12 B-KK:3! KexKe 17 B-K2 see 13 PxKt! P-QK3 ‘White fears to castle at once because of Black's 14 0.0 BKe reply of ... KeKtS, He therefore seeks to bring 15 PKs K-B3 his Bishop’ to the défense first and then continue 16 KR-Ki QBL with his plans. But Black has something hidden 17 QRQI in store. aa va ORs Also 17 P-QR4, B-R3: 18 B-R2 was noteworthy. Th Be wh on Wesee BR3 is is it. Cause ite is now forced to 18 Q-K2 B: protect his QP he cannot follow his ortainal ken 19 oo om (BRO on, ). He now meets with difficul- 20 OKs ono 19 Q.Q3 tee 21 P-B4 ve Slightly better was 19 Q-B3, for now the center Pawas are very weak. 19 Kt-Xt3? would be met by KtxP, and 19 Kt-B3 would be met by R-K1! We... RQU 20 P-K5 KeKs Threatening not only KtxKP, but also QxQP. 21 Kt-B3 2.04 22 RQL . This loses outright, but it appears that there is no satisfactory defense. After 22 Q-Kt3 (22Q- B32, Q-KS ch!) follows Q-R4 ch; 23 QKi4, QxP, ete, Weve, KexKPt 23 KtsKe tia Or 23 PxKt, Q-R4 chi 24 KeB3 BKS 25 KteKtS QxP 26 P-B3 QxP ch 27 KQ2 QBS ch 28 K-B3 QKt 29 PxB RKI Resigns. - QUEEN’S GAMBIT ‘Translated from the Magyar Sakkvilag (Notes by E. Eliskases) Eliskases Havasi White Black 1 B-Q4 Kt-KB3 2 P-QB4 P-K3 3 Kt-QB3 PQs 4 BRS B-K2 5 P.K3 0.0 6 KtB3 QKe-Q2 7 R-B1 P-B3 8 Q.B2 P-KR3 9 BR+ RRL 10 B-Q3 PxP 1 BxP Kegs If Black had planned to free himself with this manoeuvre, he should have withheld P-KR3. Now the move is pointless. Black is not satisfied with the position after... P-B4; P-Q5. He wishes to double Rooks on the Q file, but cannot do so at once because of Kt-K5. Bearing this in mind, will explain moves. a. 22 B-K5! Black's following KeR¢ To force a weakness before the B is exchanged. Re ‘With White's center firmly established, a wing atiack is indicate: 24 PRs 25 KuxP Or 25. KtR4; 26 Q-B3, Ke-B3 PxP Kes BxKt; 27 Pat. which is similar to the actual game, or 25. Bt 26 Q-B3, KI 8 Followed by R-KR3 and wins. 26 Q-KR3 The alternative of 26... 27 Kt-R7, KxKt QsB, R-KRI; 30 R-Q3, K- KtR3; 27 Kt-B3 fol- Jowed by B-B¢ is not any better. 27 QxKe 28 BK 29 PKS 30 Q-Kt6 31 B.QS P-BS B.R3 P-KB4 R-KB2 QQ2 . BPxP; 32 PxP, PxP; 33 P-K6 followed 31. by B-Q6 wins the exchange. 32 B-R4 33 P-O6 34 K-RI 35 R-KKt1 The only defense against the P.BS R-B4 P-B4 KBL double threat of 36 QxB and also QxR ch followed by P-Q7. 36 B-B6I RB Otherwise 37 Q-R7 could not be met. 37 PxR and wins.An Interesting Idea eae . By F. REInFELD To the day of his death Dr. Tarrasch ‘maintained his enthusiastic advocacy of the defense to the Queen’s Gambit De- clined named after him {1 P-Q4, P-Q4; _ 2 P-QB¢, P-K3; 3 Kt-QB3, P-QB4). The Doctor supported his thesis, however, with the ardor of a fanatic rather than with the logic of an impartial analyst; and the Defense practically died of neglect be- cause of the system invented against it by Schlechter and elaborated by Rubinstein: 4 BPxP, KPxP; 5 Kt-B3, Kt-QB3; 6 P- KKt3! Ke-B3; 7 B-Kt2, B-K2; 8 O-O, 0-0; 9 PxP, BxP; 10 Kt-QR4! (Reéti’s im- provement). Now White manifestly has the better game, for (1) he can attack the isolated QP along the diagonal and » along the Queen file, and (2) he can man- oeuvre on the black squares with moves dike B-K3, Kt-B5, Kt-Q4, etc. Black has no real compensation for these disadvan- tages other than his free position and ex- cellent development which admit of some drawing chances. _ Under the circumstances it is not to be wondered at that intensive study of the variation has suggested some refine- ments in Black's play. One of these is 6...0r7.., P-BSI? We see at once that this move completely changes the as- pect of the game, for the frontal attack on the QP is gone; furthermore Black has Black White Position after White's 6th move. gained in terrain and has established a majority of Q-side Pawns.’ But there is a corresponding drawback for Black: the advance of the BP has lifted the pressure on White's QP, so that the latter can now, continue favorably with P-K4 or Kt-K5. A few examples: lL 6... P-BS; 7 B-Kt2, B-K2; 8-0-0, Kt B3; 9 Kt-KS, 0.0; 10 B-Kt5, B-K3; 11 P-B4 (strong- er than 11 KtxQBP, PxKt; 12 BeKKt, BxB; 13 P-Q5, B-Q2; 14 PxK:, BxP with about equal chances: Flohr-Maroczy, London, 1932), KtxKt; 12 QPxKt, P-Q5; 13 PxKt, PxP; 14 B-R6, PxKe; 15 PxP (on 15 BxR Lasker gives ... PxP; I BxB, QxB; 17 R-Kt, P-B6; 18 Q-B2, Q-B4 ch; 19 EK-R, R-Q; 20 QR-Q, RxR; 21 RxR, BxP), Q-K3 3 16 KR, KR-Q; 17 Q-B2 and Black should now continue... P-B4 (Rubinstein-Perlis, St Petrie 1909) » B-K3; 7 B-Kt2, Kt-B3; 8 O-O, P-B5; 9 Exe, BK2; 10 Ke KS," Q-KBH (better... P-KR3); 11 BxKt, PxB; 12 KtxQBP! Pxkt; 13 P-Q5, OO (13... RQ; 14 QR4); 14 PxB, QxP; 15 PxP ch, K-R; 16 Kt-Q5, OR-KE 17 R-Kt, QK4 18 QR4, P-B6 {Robinstein-Dus-Chotimir ski, St. Petersburg, 1909). Later on this defensive resource was still further refined by the idea of developing the KKt to K2 instead of B3 (see dia- gram). Black now plays 6... P-BS; 7 B-Kt2, B-QKt5 (the indicated square for the Bishop in preparation for Black’s next move); 8 O-O, KKt-K2. This move has certain advantages as against .. . Kt-B3: (1) the Kt can no longer be pinned by B-Kt5, and (2) Black can prevent Kt-K5 Black White Position after Black's 8th move.Jury 1934 . 109 by playing . . . P-B3; on the other hand Goza Maroczy Jubilee Master Tournament tat, t ‘P} the pressure on White's Kati zelaxed by GRUN SEED DEFENSE lack’s last move, so that P-K4 now be- Korody Grunfield comes a possibility. ‘White Black ; 1 P.Q4 KeKB3 The position now arrived at was seen 2 P-QB4 P-KK3 fairly often during the Folkestone Con- 3 Kt-KB3 P.B4 gress, where-it proved popular with the 4 PQS P-Q3 members of the Swedish team. ‘his line 2 eee BK of play is therefore known as the Swedish SBRe Ob Defense although it had previously arisen & P-KR3 —by transposition—in a game between 9 KeR4 : B.Q2 Réti and Tarrasch (Teplitz-Schonau, 10 B-Q2 P-QR3 1922). 11 P.QR4 P-QR4 12 QBL PJ I. 9 BBE (a colorless move), O-O; 10 R-B, B oF pe Q-R4 (stronger seems 10. . . P-QR3 in order to 14 PK play... P-QKtd or else 10... BrKt; 11 RxB, 4 PKA KeR3 P.QKt4 and White cannot post his QB so fav- 15 RRS Ke-QKts orably as in the text continuation); 11 P-QR3, 16 0.0! BxP BxKt; 12 RxB, P-QKtd; 13 B-Q6!, R-Q: 14 B-BS, 17 Ke-BS BxKt Q-B2: 15 R-K, P-QR4 and Black has the better 18 PxB ‘OxP game (Sultan-Khan-Stahlberg, Folkestone, 1933). 19 Ke-By ch K.Q2 II, 9 Ke-K5, B-K3; 10 KtxKe, KtxKt (10... 20 KtxR Kees PxKet transposes into Variation III); 1] P-K4, 21 BR3 PRA PxP; 12 P-Q5, BxKt; 13 PxKt, B-B3; 14 PxP, 22 B.B3 BxB QR-Kt: 15 BxP with advantage (analysis by 23 QxB RiKt Tarrasch). 24 P-B3 and wins. IIL. 9 Kt-K5, O-O; 10 KexKt, PxKt; 11 P-K4, All... B-K3; 12 B-Kt5, P-B3; 13 B-Q2 (threatening to win a Pawn by KtxPl), R-Kt; Geza Maroczy Jubilee Master Tournament 14 R-K, B-B2 (. . . Q-Q2, as suggested by April 1934 Tartekower, is better); 15 P-QR3! B-QR4; QUEEN’S GAMBIT 16 PxP, PxP; 17 BaKel, QxRi 18 KexP, Q-Q2 L. Steiner Havasi (18 .. , Q-Q; 19 BxB, QxB; 20 K-K7 ch, White Black KR; 21 Kt-B6); So ReP ch, PxKt; 20 BxB, 1 P.Q4 Kt-KB3 RxB; 21 P-Q5 and White won with his passed 2 P-QB4 PKS Pawn (Grunield-Stehlberg, Foléestone, 1933). 3 KeQB3 P04 B11... Rt; 12 B-K3, B-K3; 13 Q-B2, P- 4 BAKts QKt-Q2 KB4; 14 PxQP, KtxP; 15 KtxKt, BxKt (too 5 B-K3 B-K2 PxKt was correct); 16 B-B4 (Fine 6 KeB3 0.0 ted out the correct continuation: 16. 7 QB2 P-Bt KRBI B-Q3: 17 PBS, ORE 18 BB, OK: ; " 19 QR-Kt, etc.), B-Q3; 17 BxBch, PxB; 18 8 R-QI BPxP 9 KR-K and now Black can win a 9 KPxP P-QKt3 yy... QQKS (Fine-Lundin, Folke- 10 B-Q3 PxP stone, 1933). 11 BxBP B-Ke2 IV, 9 P-K4, PxP; 10 KtxP, B-KB4 and now in 12 Kes Kt-Q4¢ a game Winter-Lundin (Folkestone, 1933) 13 P-KR4 KtuKe the continuation was 11 Kt-B3, B-Q6l° and 14 PaKt QB2 Black has a good game, Recently, however, 15 B-Q3 OxP ch Nimzowitsch strengthened this variation with 16 K-B1 KtB3 11 Kt-K5! which leaves White with the su- 17 BxP ch KexB perior position. 18 BxB KRKI It will be interesting to see whether 19 B-Q6 QKBS Black's play. can be improved upon; if 20 Q-K2 Ke-B3 not, the variation will probably disappear 21 PRS P-Ke as suddenly as it came into favor! (Continued on Page 111)End Game Studies By Barnig F, WINKELMAN Leonid (K.A.L.) Kubbel Kubbel has attained distinction both as a problemist and as an end-game com- poser. It is not surprising that the end- ings of this gifted Russian take on a dual character. If in the studies of Rinck we seem to have before us actual endings from master play, in Kubbel’s compositions the high- est art of the problemist has been trans- planted to the realm made famous by such names as Kling and Horwitz, Amelung and Berger. A fine study by Rinck rouses our admiration by the originality of its conception. Kubbel most frequently charms by the flawless rendition of. his theme. With the latter every piece seems to attain its maximum power. If elegance and richness are the ear- marks of Rinck’s studies, if delicacy char- acterizes the Platoff Brothers, and depth distinguishes the work of Troitski, purity and economy are outstanding in Kubbel's 150 Endings. Who would suspect a stalemate in the following setting where the King appears to enjoy every freedom? Black White White to play and draw. 1 P.B7 KKe2 2 K-Q8 B-B4 3 B-Kté P-RB (Q) 4 P-B8(Q) ch BxQ 5 BaP ch QxB Te... BBS 2 BK PRS (Q) 3 BxB ORS ch 4 K.Q7 and draws A study that seems to contain a merry quip. Black White White to play and draw, 1 KGKS ch BuKe 2 RO4 KuP 3 KxKe B-B3 4 KK BuR (Stalemate) or Zeaee Ke-B4 3 RxP BxR (Stalemate) . Another illustration of this theme. 2 Black White White to play and draw. 1 P-Kes BxP 2 BRS B-BS ch 3 KRI KB4 4 BQI P-Kts (Q) 5 BB2ch QB 6 KtK3 ch BsK¢ (StalematJury 1934 WL In the next example a minimum of force is used. ‘ Black White White to play and win. 1 P.KR3 K-Kté 2 KeKes KBS 3 KeK4 KES 4 K.Q4 BS 5 K.Q5 . KBE 6 KtB3 | K-BS 7 Kt-K2 ch K-B6 8 KtKel ch KK 9 KK4 KxKe 10 K-B3 and wins Kubbel has been called the most “hypermod- em” of 20th century composers. His technique is the ultimate in those qualities that we look for in present day problem construction. With this in mind we may judge the following. . Black White White to play and win. 1 KtR6 KQ6 2 P-B3 KK6 3 KeB3 ch K-06 4 KeK7 KKs 5 KtQ5 ch KO6 6 KtB7 RQI 7 Keke RxP 8 Kt-BS ch and wins. (The Knight covers the entire board). (Continued from Page 109} 22 PRG 23 KKel 24 RRS 25 BR3 26 R-KI 27 KeKes 28 KuR 29 KtxKt 30 R-KKS 31 R-KB3 Resigns. PKB QR-QI KR2 R.Q5 KeR¢ Kt-BS KtxQ ch QKS R-QBL P-B4 May 1934 QUEEN’S GAMBIT ACCEPTED Sir G. A. Thomas S. Flohr ‘White 1 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 3 KeKBS 4 PKS 3 BxP 60.0 7 QK2 8 B-K:3 9 P-R4 10 P.Q5 11 PxP 12 BB2 13 KeKes 14 Kt Ke 13 KuP ch 16 KtBs 17 Kr-Q2z 18 KtxP 19 KeR3 20 P-KKt3 21 BKtS 22 KR-K1 23 QR-BI 24 BKeL 23 BaKt 26 P.QK+4 27 Q.Q2 28 RB 29 KRI 30 P.B3 31 R-KKt 32 Q-KB2 33 RaR 34 RxP Resigns. Black P-Q4 PxP Ke KB3 P-K3 P-QR3 P-B4 P-OK 4 QKt-Q2 BK2 P.BS PxP B-B4 P-K4 OK3 K-B2 Kt-B1 eK Q.B2 KR-Qi Ket QBs R.Q2 KRI R-KB2 RxB KtBS RxKt RUB4)-Ket RxP RxR RxPWho's Who in Chess By S. S. CoHEn With the steadiness that marks the seasoned veteran of master play, young Reuben Fine of New York has rapidly climbed the heights, until today, at the age of nineteen, he is recognized as one of America’s outstanding players. First achieving prominence by winning the championship of the Marshall Chess Club, several years ago, he thereafter con- tinued in his successful stride by winning the Western Championship in 1932 and 1933, and by making a splendid record for himself as a member of the American team _which retained the Hamilton-Russell tro- phy in international competition at Folke- stone, England. In match play he also performed well, defeating his fellow team- mate, Arthur W. Dake of Portland, Ore- gon, and Herman Steiner, member of the 1931 victorious American team. The quality of his play entirely belies his years. Never impetuous, always imag- inative, he is capable of winning by virtue of a thorough knowledge of positional principles, and an ability to achieve and increase small and subtle advantages. This year he has again won the cham- pionship of the Marshall Chess Club and is at present engaged in a twelve-game match with I. A, Horowitz, member of the 1931 American team, which won premier REUBEN FINE honors in the international team tourna- ment held in Prague. The first two games of the match were played in Philadelphia at the rooms of the Mercantile Library and the Franklin Chess Club respectively and resulted in a double win for Fine~a splen- did start. The third game was contested at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York City and ended in a draw. Addi- tional games are scheduled to be played at the Marshall Chess Club, the Stuyvesant Chess Club, and’ the Queens Chess Club. The scores of the second and third games of this match are included in this issue, and, in a measure, illustrate Fine’s resourcefulness and his style of play. eee Second Game of Match QUEEN’S GAMBIT (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) R. Fine 1. A. Horowitz White Black 1 P.Q4 P.Q4 2 P.QB4 P.QB3 3 Kt-QB3 KtKB3 4 KeB3 PxP 5 P.QR4! ers Best! This move ‘serves the double function of preventing Black from protecting the gambit Pawn and at the same time stifles counter-play on the Queen's wing. Sesee B-B4 If 5... P-K3; 6 P-K4, B-Kt5; 7 P-K5, Kt-Q4; 8 B-Q3, BxKt; 9 PxB, P-QKté; 10 KeK6 with a powerful position. (Alekhine-Bogolubow, 1st match game, 1929). 6 P-K3 KeR3 Again Black has the alternative of 6... P-K3; 7 BxP, B-QKt5; 8 O-O, 0-0; 9 Kt-KR4, B-Kt3; 10 KtxB, RPxKt; 11 Q-K2, QKt-Q2; 12 R-QI, Kt-K3; 13 B-Kt3, and again White's posi- tion is to be preferred. It would seem therefore, that unless there is a way of definitely taking ad- vantage of the weakness of White's QKt4, the position must favor the first player, as he has full control of the center.Jury 1934 . . 113 7 BxP Kt-QKts 32 R-R4 none 80.0 P-K3 This innocent looking move ends the struggle 9 QK2 BK2 shortly. Black is without defense against the 10 R-QL 0-0 threat of RAP followed by Ruki, 11 P. . B-Kts LS 12 BRS! a 3 Re Ritch T BeKts 13 QB, K-B7 33 Ras oe ‘o prevent 12... BxKt: 13 QxB, Kt-B7; 14 RaKt R moves, KtxQP." As the game enters its second OP Rikea)-ket phase—the middlegame—a resume of the position x discloses that White has control of the center, a 37 P-R6 eee free game as regards mobility, and a ready plan: The coup de grace. an advance of the K side Pawns for an assault BP aes Resigns against the adverse King. Black, on the other hand has no definite objective. His Kt at Kt5, the only strong point of his game, is balanced by the B at Kt3. His Q cannot become active without being molested, and it is difficult to an- ticipate White's intended K side assault. Marking time, with the hope that White's attack miscarries seems to be his only chance. I... QRs 13 P-R3! BxKe Forced, for after 13... B-R4; 14 P-Ke4, B-Kt3; there is nothi ing i the sacrifice KtxP) 15 Kt-KS, threat of P-KR4 cannot adequately be met. 14 QB QRQI 15 BK3 R-Q2 P-Q5 will always be a sufficient rej DBL aad te advance of Blacks KP will only add to his troubles, as the White KB will Third Game of Match QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by 1. A. Horowitz) I. A. Horowitz White 1 P.Q4 2 P-QB4 4 KeB3 5 P-K3 6 B.Q3 7 BxBP 8 B-Q3 9 P.QRS 3 Ke-QB3 R. Fine Black Kt-KB3 P-K3 P-Q4 Qkt-Q2 P.B3 PxP P.QKet P-QR3 become more active. 16 PKe4_ KR.Q1 17 PKS KeK1 18 PRE P.QB4 19 P-Q5 PKS 20 PRS B-Q3 21 KKi2 P-QR3 22R-RL K-06 23 PKs P.BS Black cannot afford to_capture the KtP and advance either the BP or RP as he would be as- sassinated on the open KR file. . 24 B-B2 see Of course, not 24 BxP, KtaKtP wins a piece. 24 eee KBs ch And neither can he afford here to capture the Ipose KtP, as ite would manoeuvre his Kt to KBS5 with crushing effect. 25 BxKe PxB 26 P-K5! eee ‘The beginning of a combination to conclude the ame. 262... BxP 27 BBS R-K2 28 PxBP ch KxP 29 QR-K1! BrKt 30 B-K6 ch KBI 31 PxB KeBs ‘The attack now seems to be weathered, but this is only the calm before the storm. After 9 P-K4 or 9 O-O, Black obtains a good position with 9... P-B4, or 9... P-Kt5 followed by lO... P-B4. “The text gains OBA, which when occupied by a Kt will dominate important center and wing squares. Devas PRs 10 KeKa P-Ba 11 0.0 B-Kte2 12 Ke(K4)-Q2 P-QR4 To prevent White from establishing an out- post for his Kt at QKt6 by P-R5, but this in turn temporarily gives up command of a strong diagonal, which should prove troblesome. 13 BKes BK2 14 PxP BxP 13 P-QK:3 tee But here White fails to jain a minute advan- 1 20 B-KB¢ leaves White with two powerful Bish- ops and a free game. Bi... 0.0 16 B-Kt2 Q-K2 17 RBI KR.QU 18 Q-K2 BKS 19 KtB4 B-B2 20 Kt-Q4 QR-Ka After 20... Kt-B4 would follow 21 B-B6, BxP ch: 22 KxB, Q-B2ch; 23 Kt-K5!, QxKt ch; 24 P-B4 and Black cannot meet the threat of RxKt followed by BzB. 21 B-B6 BRB 22 KeKts BxKe14 23 PxB KeBe 24 Q.B2 Kt.Q6 25 QRQI oie Here White prudently avoids the possibility of BxP ch followed by Kt-Kt5 ch with apparent mat- ing threats R-R1_would not do because of 25... 4. BxPch; 26 KxB, Kt-Kt ch; 27 K-R3! Q-Ket (hrearenia s . Q-B# and also Q-R4 ch followed Bere KuxB Now 25 . BxP ch would be interesting but not quite sound. Then would follow 26 kk , Kt-Kt5 chi 27 K-R3 (27 K-Kt3, Q-Kt4; 28 P-B4, O-Kt31), QKtxP ch; 28 RxKt, KtxR ch; 29 QxKt, RxR; 30 Q-B4! and White's passed QKtP would be difficult to cope with. 26 QxKe KeQe 27 RR1 eee Black hes a cute defense. Too late! Kt-B6 Tus Cuess Review 28 KtxP KeP 29 B-B3 wie Not 2 BxKt, RxB; 30 Kt-B6, oe *0 RB Ken Bo 31 KR-RE PKB 32 PRB 2.93: 33 RR7 RQ 1 34 R(RL)-R6 Qk2 35 RaR QR 36 QRL 2.97 37 RRS RR 38 QxR ch KK2 39 Q-R6 P.Ka 40 QB4 PKS 41 BxP KexB 42 QeKt 2-28 ch Mistakes of the Masters o By Luster W. Brann Karlsbad, 1929 H. Johner M. Vidmar White to play and wia. White lost this game (P-KR?, KE-BS ch; PxKi, QxKt; ReP ch, Kt) instead’ of winning. 98 follows: 1 RxBP ch! 5 + K-Rtt; 2 R-QB7, QxP ch: 3 K-B1, K-K1, and White brings his King into B. . K-Ke3; 2 P-KKt4, KeBS ch (if Kt-Kt2 then Qi! 0 or if eps then R-Kt7 ch or if OxP then PxKtch); 3 PxKt, QxKt; ¢ P-B5 ch, K-R3; 5 ow and wins. c . K-R3; 2 P-RK 4, Kt-Ke2_ (iF fee Be sh White 1 aes and follows with P-B5! oe K-Kt3; (forced) 4 Q-B7 and wins. (. aii oy Koch). If a brutal check is the only way to win, its best to be brutal! Karlsbad, 1929 Euwe Nimzowitech Black to play and win, Nimzowitsch finished first at Karlsbad, 1929, Had he lost this game, as he should have, he probably Seoul have finished third. . The game: 1... RxKt; 2 QR-KB1, P-K7; 3 ReKt ch, ier, 4° QxRch, K-R3; 5” QBS ch, resigns. The missed win: » QxQP! A. 2. RxKt ch, R3 OxR, O-K4 ch: 4 KK, Pa 5 R-K1, R-B8ch! 6 RzR, Q-K6'ch, wins. 2_QR-KBI, Q-K4ch; 3 K-R1,-R-B2; 4 RIKP, ‘ont 5 RxQ, RxQ. A drastic example!Jury 1934 CHESS CROSSWORD PUZZLE Cordially inscribed to all Chess Review Readers By Maxwett Buxorzer PR PPP rrr be ‘ Pr 7 7 F a a7 br 7 Pr ” a a ” ig 7 arse > a 7 f ler ne a epee " : 7 ert a iw ACROSS 3. Chess Champion of 27, Kew say it when they the U. S.A. lose & game. & A doid, ‘challenging 28. One of the C. R. prob- young mastor. 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Two random letters, J RUBBER STAMPS FOR CHESSMEN {AL Row 14S EUe Complete Set of 12 Pieces with 100 Blank Diagrams PRICE $1.00 ‘THE CHESS REVIEW 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue ‘Woodside, N. Y.PROBLEMS “The Poesy of Chess” By Maxwe.t Buxorzer Problems, Problem solutions, criticisms, comments and all matters pertaining to the Problem Department, should be sent directly to the Problem Editor at 106-22 215th Street, Bellaire, L. I, N. Y. For personal replies and the return of unsuitable contributions, inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope; otherwise replies will be made in the correspondence column. Eairy Chess As stated last month, Fairy Problems are of three types. I, New Pieces Problems, IL Conditionals. I. Combinations of both. Reserving a proper “Introduction” for later, I shall offer for the approval or rejection of our family three examples of the Fairy type, beginning today with No. 1~a problem with a new piece— the unique and immensely popular “Grasshopper.” To make our demonstration simple, yet convincing. J will attempt to show, how the grasshopper, with- ‘out moving at all, just by its presence, enables us to achieve a result that is quite impossible of ac- complishment with the mere orthodox chessmen. Thus it will become evident, by illustration, that this. piece, once it moves for attack and defense, must contribute to problem play new angles of unheard-of effect, and amazing variations scin- tillating with thrills. Now, what is a grasshopper and how does it move? “The grasshopper, the invention of which is commonly credited’ to Thomas R. Dawson of England, the greatest living authority on Fairy Chess, is represented by an inverted Queen on the diagram and its symbol is G. for White and g. for Black. It moves exactly like a Queen, with the one important factor to be bore in mind, that each move must end in a jump over one ob- structing man, White or Black. If this final leap is not possible, the G, cannot move aft ail! DIAGRAM A. Let us look at diagram A to fully comprehend the move of the G,, which is placed on d5. I€ can move to the square a8 by leaping over the White K; to a5 with,a jump over the pawn on b5; to a2 over b3; to g2 over g.f3; over BES to g5 where, the Black K being posted there, it checks; and finally over {7 to g8. It cannot get to d8, because there is no obstructing man on d7, nor to d2 (over d3) because a man of its own color blocks that square, As shown the Gd5 is checking the Black King, who can get out of check in four different ways: 1. Sc7 can capture the G. 2. The King can move to any square open for flight. The G. con- trols only the square 95, not £5 where the Black B. is placed, nor h5, behind the King. 3. The Bishop #5 can move and thereby change the “linepiay” of the G, from “over f5 to g5" to “over g5 to hd.” 4. The bishop h8 can interpose on e5, changing the attack on the King (over 5) to an attack of BES (over Be5). Thus it is quite clear that the G,, powerful though it is, is queerly restricted in activity, Also bear in mind, that the G, must stop directly behind the man it jumped. DIAGRAM B. Now let us inspect diagram B. This sents a problem composed especially for this dem onstration, but in a form unsolvable, because of the omission of two grasshoppers belonging in the problem, Suppose, after the Key (Rd?! waiting) Black answers 1... Ked, White continues Sf3-d4 (not Sb3 which covers ¢5!), Black having no choice, returns to d3. Now White plays Bi6, to control e5 and protect Sd4, and if the King moves to ef,Jury 1934 117 there is a mate by 4. Sc5, I said “if”, But how are we going to force the Black King to go to ef when he can return again to cf? There is no possible means of controlling the move of the Black King. To shut off the C file with the Rook merely exposes the pawn d5 to attack. It would require additional, clumsy machinery to direct the King to e5 and that woud, if at all feasible, ruin the problem with’ probable cooks, duals, and what- nots, besides rendering the mate “dirty” instead of a model. Summing up: The task cannot be done! DIAGRAM C. Composed for the Cxrss Review by Maxwell Bukofzer, Bellaire Mate in 4 moves Now look at the actual problem in which the two G.s have been restored. 1. Rd6-d7, KxG.ct 2, Sf3-d4 ch(!), Ka3 3, BIG, KxGet - He must capture because that G. does not allow him to return to cd! Therefore: 4. Sc5 mate, 1. Rd6-d?7, KxG.ed 2. Sb3-d4 ch(!), Ka3 3, Bb6, KxG.c4 (must) 4, Se5 mate Producing the echo model to the first mate. We behold with mingled astonishment and pleasure how the two grasshoppers, without action on their part, by their mere passive presence, are Instrumental in converting the hopeless mess in diagram B into a neat echo problem. So much for today. Kindly register your reac- tions and state plainly whether you like the grass- hopper and would like to see him in action, Solutions No. 138 A,X, Lebedeft (2M) abs, Cooks: BxSe5 oh) S65 ch, Ges, Qed ch, No. 140. W. Jacobs (2M) Se8. Best of the month, Pretty Knight work—Rothen- vers, An oxcelient ey accompanjed ‘by good strategie play. Tost 2M in this tseue—MoClolland, Good oroas check and seit biocks—Dr, Dobvbs. Ditticult self- obstructor—Nash. Ag clever ss Mr. Legler'a 108. T yote for this as the mouth’s best—Imery, Good ey and variety.—Foy, 4 daring Key.” Genine stratery No. UL. 8. q. Benjamin @M) Bes. Pretty—Rothenbarg. Key merely completes the Plock but variety and close tries add te interest.— ‘MeGlelland. Hest waiter—Dr, Dobhs This is a. beouty.—Vanwinkle, Unexpected Koy, —EExcollont walter.—Nash, ‘The zealous clergyman gogs on a far misslon.—mméry. Neat key. Tho mates attonding the moves of the Black B. are noteworthy.—Burke, Pretty walter of the added mate type My ssleetion for monthly prize-—Hoy, Plenty of varlety In thls lght- woight—Vail. Well constructed with a fins Key 2nd some nice plays,—Hargreaves. No, 142, ‘Thoo. C. Wensl (2M) Ret. General lack of strategy. Very modiocre.—MoCiel lana, “Nise, but very Hght—Dr. Dobhs. Neat, cherm ing shapiteity—tmery. A very neat errangomont.— Vail. Wo, 143. Dr. Gilbert Dopbs (2M) Qvs, ‘Thematic variation is piquant enough but there are no supporting mates. ‘The threat is too predominant. —MoClelland. ‘The unprovided ter check is unfor- tunate—Dr, Dobbs. Dr Dobbs name over a problem is a guaranico of quallty.—Vanwinllo. Oh, Dr, Dobbs, my head? 1b throbs, Lo solve such mobs of thingum- hobs—Emery, Very interesting becouse of many vary close tries—Vall. “Pins produce pretty play.—Malz- bere. No. Wk, Dr, Githert Dobbs (2M) Qrv. Flight square loade to solution, otherwise good, sound piece of work, Nothing pretentious but steady, Have soon far potter compesitions by this componor than these last twom-McClelland, Very good —Nagh. Another gem from Dr. Dobhs—Vall. This one enjoyed most. Very artintic—Wonzl, No. 145. 1, M. MeCarthy (SM). 1 Kes, Bed; 2 Geo, sic. Levy Bogle: 2. OkB, r il" Berea ane Thaipid, no vblity o> even plquancy.—moCieland, A fair minature—Dr, ‘Dobbs. Pleasing little settilg. —Nanwinkle, ‘The point of this one 1s the distractin, try Qez ch—Emery, Avery pretty miniature wit olover Q and 3 blooks.—Vall. No, 146. R, Cheney (20). 1, 8c, Any: 2. Qed, ote. Not much point to dus ono, elther—McClelland. No second move variety and the concurrent dual is objoctionable.—Dr. Dobbs. Nico Httle miniature. — Vanwinkle, Beautliul—Nesh, A tricky” mirror in this.—Rmery.” Cheney's min’s are good, but this one is not up to his standard,—Vall, No, 19% -W. T, Seott (301), 1. Kr, 8175 2. QE8 -ch, ote. Lv. RE? ch; 2. 8i6'oh, ote. ‘evo oxcotiont, varlations. Would toro wore more. —-McCieltand, 4 sacrifice good and rather unexpected, —Dr. Dobbs. “Fina, Mr. Scott! The Q sacrifice 1s deauilful.—Vanwinkie. The Q sacrifice stopped me for some thme—Vall. ‘Teo bad thera is not mare variety. —Seabo. Pretty strategy! Best of the month.— Malzbers, No, U8. ¥, Palate (5M). 1, Beé, Ref; % Rds, Ros; 2 Red, Ret; 4. BE, Rey 5. 3x3 mate. Best problem in two last issues—Simonson, Clever! “And the actual mate is not the threat. Rothenberg. Wave chosen this ae the best problem In this jsrue. A fine exhibition of aki In a. typleally modern problem hy a grou, master—Meclelland, very entel My vote goes to this on account of Ite erigin« ailty—Dr. Dobbs. A’ masterpiece! The White 5 moves harmoniously and in the meantime Pinel tles himaclt up.—Nash. egy. Tt clever arrangement—Vall, Nico greaves. Pretty, forcing play—Szabo. - Very tine— Malzbera. Highly amusing hide and aook.—Plasetaley,118° Tue Cuess Revizsw No. 164 . (Original) E. BOSWELL, - Lencaster, England ot (Osiainal) i, riginal waist WILBUR VANWINKLE Endicott, N. Y. EARL FE, YOUNG Reading, Pa. ae Mate in 2-moves Mate in 2 moves.Jury 1934 No. 169 (Original) HARRY BOARDMAN ‘Atlanta, Ga, No. 170 (Original) _ HARVEY BURKE Algonia, Wisc. Maite in 3 moves No, 171 (Original) DR, GILBERT DoDBS Carroliton, Ga. Mate in 5 moves ‘Selfmate in 6 moves 119120 No. 149, G. Gooller (6M. Sui). 1. Rhivgl, at=S; 2. Tompo, 8 mates. al 2. Bd?, BxB mate. » 1=Q; 2 Re-fl ch, QxR: 3. ars en, axa 2 Refi ch, RR; 3. Qfd ch, RxQ; & Bc6" ch, KM; § Ses ch, Ket; 6 SC ch, RxS mate. ‘Phe beauty of the probiem lies in the different man— ner of play, when R or Q is made—Rothenberg. What there is of this problem Is kood, but one would ex- ‘pect moro full longth variatlone.MeCiolland. ‘There is stil wide range. of variety In Black promotions — Emery. Protty sui. Nico play—Hoy. Original and astonishing.—Malabers. No. 150. H, Thayer (2M) «&8=8 A young problomist is almost sure to rediscover the anclent, threadbare device of a 8 promotion Kes. Don't mow ‘whether it Is well to encourage this type-—MeClolland, Ono would suspect the novice here—Dr, Dobbs Very good, Harold. | You are young ani will become a groat éompouer.—Vanwiniele, Like q football huddle, but ap auspicious start for Mr, Thayer—Hmery. Very well done—Vall. A very good first attempt.—Szabo. Great for a 16 year old's first “offense."—Poote. Best of the month—Ratke Correspondence Dr. Berliner, Your solutions are, so far as toshniquo is concerned, the finost of the’ entire family, but ploace do net omit important variations In 2 ‘move problems, as you did In 147, or T must assume you failed to’ find them. You mitst not vote, my ?riend, but I ask it as a favor. A, Foote and © Riggln. Why not try those provlems: you don't care for?) ‘Phe appetite often comes while We are eating. ‘Tndor, Braverman, Rigein, Szabo, Gastine, Partos, Foote and others. Please digect the note at the head of the dept. anont late solutions. I can no longer credit belated solutions ©. 8. Kipping. Thanks for the “Problemist.” Our monthly compatition, culminating in a $2.00 prize and the “honer diagram,” ie open to any one without an exception. ‘The solvers plck the winner. However, that docs not necessarily astablish the most Meritori- ous problem, because many solvers vote for the prob- Tem “that appeals to thon, irrespective of style or length, bealdes some do not selve the longar probleme, Tue Cuess Revirw hence 2 move and 2 move positions got tho dest of It. How about a Kipping entry? Best wishest G, Goeller, ‘Thanks for the liberal support—Nine solfmates! Will sce that you receive the OR regularly. Your generous opinion of my own werk is much ap- prociated. Sometimes I think 1 am bettor known in Europe than in my owa country. Will wrlte to you. Dr, Niemeljer. Many thanks for the ‘Jubileum Book, a beautiful testimonial to your country's chess acumen. If I can find the time I shall send you some probloms. 1 won gome of my greatest honors in Holland. Will you not gladden me with one of your oxeellent problems for my dept.? G. Hotchkiss (Grace?). Your opinion that the Holmes Chess Detective Storles should appear in book form is music to my oars, but, my doar young lady, You failed ot reveal the name’ of ‘the philanthropist publisher that would undertake the Job. How many chess lovers would buy the book? Most of them don’t even want to pay for a subscription to a chess magazine, Yos, thore arc enough stories to fill a volume of gocd size, and more are on the way. D. MeClelland. some of your suggestions are OK and will be put in operation, but the space zalned fo— insignificant; ‘Thera is only one way to get more space, that is: More subscribers. If every enthuslast would work to that end, T could have 8 times the space I'now am slowed, MR. Caneio, Jr, Thanks tor contribution, but, please, use a dingram stamp the next time, I do not care for lettered problems, They cause errors, H, Burke, You (and other solvers) offered six solutions when there were but five. Wrong clalme are penailzed a point each, 4.8. Doran, Weleome to the family. Jelightod you have come back to the ‘Hope you will not “houdini” again heeause of your eye trouble.” Why not mame a eandl- date every month for the prize? . Otto Wurzburg, am going to ran “shinkman” tn August, You are next, Don't you want to send an original for that purpose? Robert Stein, Your problem is too weak for te OR. Besides, Edo not accopt notation problems and donot return anything unless a, stamped, selt-ad~ dressed envelope i Inelosed. Don't you realize that T would have to be a millionaire to de what scores of beginners expect ma to do? SEND YOUR SOLUTIONS PROMPTLY! CHESS TIME CLOCKS “This latest model is substan- tially built with a fme move- ment, exceptionally suited for match and tournament play PRICE $7.50 Order through THE CHESS REVIEW 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue Woodside, N. Y.PROBLEM SOLVING LADDER Hochberg Bros. |... 46 Vail, F.. : ee ee SESlQ ERP ELSS qo | Remarks 22222 333 5 62 «407 Wins Ladder Prize . 22222 3.33562 404 . “ McClelland, D. C. 22222333562 «399 r Ludlow, oO. H. 359 22222333562 «= «397 Nash, E. 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Name Chote for April What they have to say Simonson : wees ASS -----+:No statement Rothenberg Wants an article anent “Solving from Diagrams.” McClelland Wants harder and longer proviems, essays, Holmes Stories, and Fairy Problems. Dr. Dobbs. .-Thluks Tun of prodlems too easy. Sent the first fairy eompesition received by the Editor, Vanwinicle Only one to find end prove Cook in 133. Gives hints ‘as to how to, maka the problem sound, Nash. Ne stetoment ¢ (Why not?—Ed.) No statement ‘Thinks there were no “outstanding” problems In the ‘April issue. No statement, Aske "when the promised articles, and falry problems ‘will materialize. Wants tore spacg in dap! Pronbunces Hie’ the’ most ditfioait ‘robiem tn tasue. Thins the done Popped up considerably. 3 he likes the proplems In every issue so far. Thinks” April probleme were a poor ‘States that he enjoys the ladder race very much, Ne statement. No statem: Baya ist dosorvos the prize, being the “caoktast* ent. Selfmates or Fairies, Wants Mndgemos, will take what he gets and like it. (Bravoi Rigein ‘Braverman No statems Foote w+ ‘Wants aricee advising how to compose probloma, ‘Hochberg Bros. No statems Ratko... No statement. Malzbore, No statement. Plasotakey No statement. Hempton « ‘The winner of tho Honor Prize and Dingram is Franz Palatz of Hamburg, Germany. Don't forget that next montn two pilzes are due, Did you vote for two? No statement,C HESS REVIEW HONOR PROBLEM FOR MAY, 1934 BILL BEERS Willmar, Minn. we WHITE MATES" IN FIVE MOVES, IN THIS ISSUE “THE EDITOR'S CASTLE - - - - - - - §. S, COHEN - ‘WHITE TO MOVE! - - - - - - - BERTRAM KADISH ‘MINIATURE GAMES - - ~ - ~~ ARNOLD S. DENKER THE BAYONET ATTACK - - - - - - FRED REINFELD MISTAKES OF THE MASTERS - - - - - - LESTER W. BRAND WHO'S WHO IN PROBLEMDOM_ - - - MAXWELL BUKOFZER August, 1934 MONTHLY 25 cts. 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No. 8 Published Monthly AUGUST, 1934 News Events ~- “ » » ” ” - - ~ 122 The Editor's Castle- - 9 - - - - - = 123 Mistakes of the Masters - - - - - - - 124 Miniature Games - - - - - - - - 125 Canadian Section - - oo» - - - - 126 — Game Studies - - - - - - - - ~ 128 The Bayonet Attack - - - - ~ - ~ 132 White to Move! - - - - - - - -~ 133 End Game Studies - - - - - - - - 134 Book Review - - - - - = = = 137 Problem Department - - - - - - - 138 Who's Who in Problemdom = - - - - - - 140 Published monthly by THe Cxess Revizw. Business Office, 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Wood- side, N. Y. Yearly subscription in the United States $2.50. Elsewhere $3.00. Single copy 25 cts, Copyright 1934 by Tae Curss Review. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: LAJOS STEINER LESTER W. BRAND BARNIE F. WINKELMANNews Events Zurich Jubilee Tournament In celebration of its 125th birthday, the Zurich Chess Club is staging an interna- tional tournament in which some of the world’s foremost chess talent will partici- pate. The 16 entries include Dr. A. Alekhine (the World Champion) and Dr. C. S. Bernstein of France, E. D. Bogolubow of Germany, Dr. Max Euwe of Holland, (who is slated to play Alekhine next year for the title), Dr. Emanuel Lasker of England, (a former World Champion), Salo Flohr of Czechoslovakia, A, Nimzo- witsch of Denmark, G. Stahlberg of Swe- den, S. Rossetti of Italy, and H. Johner; Dr. O. Nageli, H. Mueller, H. Grob, F. Gygli, W. Henneberger, and Dr. H. Joss of Switzerland. This is Dr, Lasker's first tournament since he took second prize at Moscow in 1925 and his vast army of admirers will watch his progress with interest. It is too bad that the list of entries could not include A. Lilienthal, Jose R. Capablanca, Botwinnik of Russia, and I. Kashdan. What a tournament that would bel An Orchid to Lilienthal A. Lilienthal has been playing some splendid chess. He followed up his vic- tory in Budapest by taking first prize at the International Chess Tournament in Barcelona. ‘The final scores: A. Lilien- thal 1014-214; Dr, Rey (Champion of Spain). 10-3; G. Koltanowski and Dr. Tartakower, 914-314; R. Spielmann 9-4. Chess in Russia Two big tournaments have been held recently in Russia: one at Leningrad and the other at Moscow. Most of the best players, with the exception of Botwin- nik, the champion, participated. The lead- ing scores: Leningrad: Alatorzew and Lissitzin each 11-4, Switsky 9-6, Kussminch 34-6Y4. Moscow: Rjumin 15-0, Masel and Yudewitseh each 1314-134, Belawenerz 13-2, Virginia State Chess Federation A Virginia State Chess Federation has been formed, with clubs from Norfolk, Lynchburg, Richmond, Staunton, and Roanoke as members. Officers elected were: W. W. Gibbs, Staunton, Va., pres- ident; John N. Buck, Lynchburg, Va., vice-president; S, S. Jackson, Richmond, Vaz., treasurer; Capt. John Manning, Nor- folk, Va., secretary. Lone Star State News The Lubbock Chess Club was recently organized as a result of a chess tourna- ment conducted by the Avalanche-Jour- nal newspapers. Gordon Webb was named first president, and T. R. Putnam, secretary. The club has a membership of thiety and plans to affiliate with the Na- tional Chess Federation. Dr. R. 8. Underwood won the city championship in the tournament, defeat- ing Dr, Alan L. Strout, the runner-up. The Class B championship was won by Alfred B. Peticolas, with W. D. Crump as run- ner-up, The Avalanche-Journal recently started a weekly chess column. ‘Washington State Championship The third annual tournament for the Washington State Chess Championship will be held under the auspices of the Seattle Chess Club, September 14 to Sep- tember 27, 1934, Champion J. Leonard Sheets who won both previous tournaments, will defend his honors. Other competitors will be Olaf Ulvestad, who holds the Pacific Coast record for simultaneous blindfold play; C. C. Crain, Tacoma champion, and Tulius Schmidt, Seattle champion. The field will be limited to the twelve best experts.The Editor's Castle It has long been our belief that the av- erage chess publication is too dull to in- terest the vast army of chess players. We can only ascribe this to the fact that it is written, consciously or unconsciously, for the benefit of the chess student rather than the chess player. We are determined to keep THE Cress Review out of the category known as “average” and we ask the co-operation of our readers in accomplishing this task. We have certain definite ideas as to what a chess periodical should contain, but we are not infallible and we lay no claim to @ monopoly of ideas. We extend a cor- dial invitation to our_readers to send in their ideas as to how THE Cuess Review might be improved. The World Championship Match The World Championship Match is over! Nothing startling happened—in fact everything went according to sched- ule. Dr, Alekhine retained his title by the comfortable score of 8-3 with 15 draws. The Queen's Pawn was established as a sound opening to play. Both Alekhine and Bogolubow had a fine time traveling from one German health resort to another. The prize money came in handy. After the match Dr. Alekhine again tabled his an- nual challenge from Capablanca, giving Dr. Euwe the right of way. On with the show! New Jersey Gleanings Arrangements have been concluded for a match between Wm. A. Ruth, win- ner of the South Jersey Chess Champion- ship, and Harold Snowden, the North Jersey titleholder. The match will take place the latter part of August or early in September and the winner will be known as New Jersey State Champion. If this event were made an annual fixture, chess interest in New Jersey would be greatly stimulated, The championship of Hudson County was won by A. A. Cohen, former N. Y, U. star, with a score of 614-14. Charles E. Stewart finished second, score 6-1. The U. S. Championship The Marshall-Kashdan match for the United States title is still dragging. From — present indications it looks as though it will continue to drag on, and on, and on. We stand second to none in our re- spect and admiration for Frank Marshall, who has so long and so capably upheld the honor of American chess, and for Isaac Kashdan, whose sterling perform- ances both at home and abroad have earned him the right to be considered the foremost challenger for the title. But over and above any individual chess player, or group of chess players, stands the great chess public. They want action! They are entitled fo it. Why are the duly constituted leaders of chess inactive? If financial obstacles stand in the way of a championship match—cut the Gordian knot! Hold a tournament for the title. The present sit- uation is absurd. Enough time has been wasted in talking and attempting to raise a purse of $5,000, Frankly speaking the title is not worth that much today. Some day it will be worth $50,000, But that day will not dawn until the official leaders of chess in this country stop talking and commence doing. S. S, Conan News From Missouri Hyman Gordon won the St, Louis Chess Championship for the second consecutive year with a score of 8-2, W. M. Wag- goner, the only one to win from Gordon, finished second, score 7-3. Palmer Tops Stolcenberg The Play Off for the Michigan State Championship between Marvin Palmer and Leon Stoleenberg resulted in’ a win for Palmer, 114-14.Mistakes of the Masters By Lester W. Branp Karlsbad, 1929 Tartakower ‘White to play and win. The game: 1 KtR6ch, K-R2; 3. KtKt5 ch, K-R3; 4 Kt-B7 ch, K- Drawn, The win: (Now QxB loses the Queen and KxB means mate in three; 2 Kt-R6 ch, K-K3; 3 P-B5 ch, PxP: 4 xP mate). 1 K-R2; 2 BxR, QxB; 3 Kt-B6ch, Korke: iy QxKe wins. B. K-Bl; 2 OARS oy, oR 3 Kt-R6 ch, ae pais ch Peps 5 BaP ch, K-Q3; 6 Q-Q4 ch, Kt-Q4; 7 QxKt mate. The combination was discovered by Tartakower . . . after the game. KtxP, QBs 2: 5 Kt-Kt5 ch. 1BxP chi! Bad Sliac, 1932 Rohacek Black to play and win. Black played 40... QxQ? and 41 BxRP? and lost. With 41. , . R-B7 he still would have a good game. But he completely missed. We.ee R-BSI BBG ch BL BxR ch 43 KxB QxKP ch!, wins. Mannheim, 1914 Breyer Alekhine White to play and win. White played PxKBP, winning eventually. An immediate win was attainable by 1. P-Kt7 ch, KxP; 2. KR-KKtl ch, K-BI; 3. Q-Kt3, K-K2 (or Kt-K2): +. Q4 Ke, winning the rook, while if 3 . KK then 4. QxKtl One of the few instances that the present champ failed to find the quickest wey to win, Contract Bridge Every Facility. for the Enjoyment of Both Games . Two Spacious Floors Visitors Always Welcome. STUY VESANT CHESS CLUB 241 East 14th St., New York CityMiniature Games By ARNOLD 8. DENKER Readers are invited to submit brilliant games of not more than 20 moves to Arnold S. Denker, care of The Chess Review. 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, N. Y. KING’S GAMBIT Marshall Leonhardt White Black 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 P-KB4 PxP 3 KtKB3 P-KKtt 4 B-B4 P-KtS 5 KeB3 P.04 6 BxP PxKe 7 QxP Kt-KB3 8 QxP B-K2 8... B-Kt2 here scems more logical, as it would offer greater protection to Black's castled King. But 8... KtxB would invite a stinging attack by 9 KéxKt, B-Q3; 10 Kt-B6 ch. 90.0 90 10 P-QKe4 The idea is to develop the B at Kt2 where it cooperates in the assault, 10. P.QR4 This and the following move are a sheer waste of time. Dallying is dangerous in such a position, 11 B-Kt2 PxP 12 Kt-K2 RRB 13 Q.R6 K.RI 14 Kt-B4 R-Kt1 Not very pleasant, but necessary, 15 BxBP B-B1 Re R-Kes 17 Kt-Kél! B-Ke2? In spite of White's brilliancies 17... RxQ would still save Black. The best continuation would most likely then lead to a_perpetual check by 18 KtxQ, BR 19 B-B4, P-Kr4! 20 P-KS, KtKtS; 21 Kt-B7 18 BxKe Resigns RUY LOPEZ Stanley H. Chadwick A. G. Pearsall 12 P-KR3 compelling Black to either capture the Kt at once or initiate a doubtful attack by 12 B-Rt: 13 P-KKt4, KtxKtP; 14 PxKt, BxP; 15 Q-K3, followed by Kt-R2 was in order. 12s... KeR4 13 QK3 Ke-Kr3 14 QP sees Not far-sighted as the second player demon- strates by his forceful continuation. 14.... QuP 15 QR.QL Ke(R4)-B5 16 Kt-B4 Kt-K7 ch 17 K-RL QeKKt! 18 KtxKP KuxKe 19 QxKt KBs! 20 R-KKu QxBP Resigns. If 21 QR-KBI, Kt-R6l! threatening QxR ch fol- lowed by Kt-B7 mate cannot be met. GIUOCO PIANO White Black 1 P-Ke Ka 2K KtQB3 3 B-B4 Kt-B3 40.0 B-B4 5 P-O3 P.O3 6 BRK BKKtS 7 P-KR3 P-KR4 8 PxB Daring but imprudent. Better was the simple P-QB3. Bene PxP 9 Ker2 P-K6 10 Kt-KB3 KtKK¢s! 11 BxQ BxP ch 12 RxB PxR ch 13 K-BL R-R8 ch 14 KK2 RQ 15 KKt-Q2 Kt-Q5 ch 16 KxR Kt-K6 ch 17 KB1 KtK7 mate Contributed by Ray E. Marshall, Silver Lake, New York. CHESS LESSONS by Recognized Experts AVAILABLE TO METROPOLITAN RESIDENTS Graded to Individual Requirements Rates on Request THE CHESS REVIEW 60-10 Roosevelt Ave., Woodside, N. Y.Canadian Section by FE. W. Watson Articles pertaining to this department will be accorded special attention if addressed fo the Editor at 191 Jones Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Montreal Championship The Montreal city title rests with B. Blumin for another year. After first win- ning it in 1933 and successfully retaining the laurels recently in this year's tournament, the duration of his reign as city champion is be- coming a source of much heated discussion in chess centers throughout Canada The Toronto Centenni- al Dominion Tourna- ment—1934, is the next event in which the young Montrealer hopes to add to his chess successes. In character, Blumin possesses an excessive amount of deter- mination and is filled with an ambition to forge on and on in the arena of chess. Toronto vs. Buffalo, 114 —914 The location: Grimsby, Canada. The date: [yng 23rd, in year 1934. The scene: Ye Village [nn.—A moderately ex- quisite exemplification of Canadian arc! tecture.—A de luxe summer resort; a splendid place for the brain-weary vaca- tionist, and a lavishly spread chicken din- ner for tired, worn-out hungry chess play- ers. The curtain rises.—‘lhz customary orchestra playing was eliminated, and the non-suspecting audience had to be content- ed with a goodly amount of chess playing in substitution. The play goes on, and on, and on—and what actually happened was really not intended for the script at all! To cap the event—Martin, Morrison, Belson and Gale for Toronto were respec- tively paired with Garfinkel, Casden, Stopinski and Lear, of Buffalo. Believe it or not, the bisons turned in a real per- formance—they butted and gored the Ca- nadian sharpshooters.~Martin, Morrison and Belson fell in these skirmishes—Gale kept out of trouble and made plenty for the opposition, to eventually score one point for Toronto against three points for Buffalo in this sector of the battle. Of the 21 boards involved, Buffalo scored 7-3 from the first 10!—Like a mammoth tank, the Buffalo brigade was bowling over the Toronto front-line brickwall, until, like good little soldiers—the remainder of To- ronto's contingent performed with great “gusto’’ the most necessary and expedient duties of mopping-up and reconstruction. The final score of 1114-914 is a monu- mental tribute to the efficiency of Toron- to's second line of defense. And—the story would not be complete without a mention of the great organization work on the part of Messrs. R. G, Hunter and B, Freedman, respectively of the Toronto and Toronto Jordan Chess Clubs, also of the laborious efforts of Mr. T. Koons for his gathering of the Buffalo klan—all of which made such a carnival of chess and fun possible. —And, an orchid to H. Bork, M. Allen and I, Schochet, a detachment from the Jordon Club,—for winning their games! It was in the year 1930 when the idea was first conceived regarding the possi- bility of annual competition between Buf- falo and Toronto, and since that time the bisons have failed in five matches to out- score their Canadian opposition. The event last year was Toronto's narrowest escape from defeat with a tied score at 9-9, while in the four other meetings the Buffalo team went under. Nevertheless, the competition is keen—as illustrated by the accompanying table which is arranged on a percentage basis... Games— BROW. OD L. Pet. Toronto 76 39 «11 «(2659 Buffalo . 7 26 «11 39 alAucusr 1934 Montreal Championship, 1934 QUEEN’S PAWN OPENING (Notes by B. Blumin) B. Blumin S. B, Wilson White Black 1 P.Q4 KeKB3 2 KeKB3 PK3 3 PKR P-Bt 4 B.Q3 P-Q4 5 PBS OKr-Q2 6 QKrQ2 BQ3 B-K2 for Black is generally preferred. 70-0 sae Perhaps better would be P-K4 at once, Poors P-K4 8 PKS 0-0 PxKP appears to be better for Black. White is now able to seize an aggressive oppor- tunity. 9 PxKP QKixP 10 KexKt BxKt 1 P.B4 B-B2 12 B-KS KeKes 13 Kt-B3 B-Kt3 14 KRI P.BS 13 B-KeL PKB 16 QK2 KeR3 S. B. Wilson 127 26 RxB PxKkt 27 Q-R6 R-B3 28 R-KI PxP ch 29 KxP Q-KBt 30 Q.Q2 2.93 31 B.B2 RBS 32 RKA QR-KBI 33 RxR 34 R-KBI eee A sealed move—and, the only move to win, ‘White studied the position for twenty-five minutes before making this decision. B4 eee RK ch Or, R-R5 with possibilities of making a wit for White more difficult—in which case the best reply seems to be be 35 R-B2. B. Blumin 17 P-BS KexP 18 BKS QK1 19 B.B6 tees A more speculative move which deserved con- sideration is 19 P-KKt4. 20 Baki, B BxB; 21 Q-Q2 was in onder, BQ 2... KeKer? 21 RKi KEK 22 BxB QB 23 P-KR3! P-B4 24 PxKt PxP 25 P-K6 BP 35 KBB P-KR4 36 K-K2 P.Q5 37 PxP RxP 38 QK3 RES 39 Q-K8 ch KK 40 R-B? ch KR3 41 Q-K3 ch RK 42 B-K4 QK+ 43 RxP P-R4 44 R-Kt6 K-Kez 45 R-Kt? ch K-R3 46 RK KKi2 47 K.Q2 QR? ch 48 K-B3 Q.K4 ch 49 KxP RKS 350 R-Kt7 ch K-B3 31 R-Kt6 ch KKi2 52 K-Q3 R-Ki6 53 RK ch K-B3 54 R-Kt6 ch K-Ke2 55 B-B3 -B4 ch 56 K-K2 -B7 ch 57 KKL Q.B2 58 RK Qu 59 Q-KS ch Resigns Milalalsilale le MK lals[x]p [al Alelo\t Olely Br En ialplolzl: E|P\o|o Mo MmlulcMclon [cle in [elt nlolp Mi alp[s Mir [olr Nlals|Hi [ae oO] Riv E | MBO|M|ClG/ AME D |BlH Bg ele RAIS S/IAIN|S|! BIA REBBD L ole Na OS Ge SRR) AB BL PIR GIO H/¢ BBM Alt 2 elelRicEe lofc [sim imlale Mel Hlalsle pla NIP K ERB oOlviaic Klole Mi ale|s Be[alp ofwle mye late o Bly NEBL sia Als |i |DIE]S ARBLIE|x|i |cloln Inte [mlelsli|s Bvt aluicfe[uyr Solution to Crossword Puzzle in July iGame Studies Sixteenth Game of Match RUY LOPEZ (Notes by L. A. Horowitz) Alekhine Bogolubow ‘White Black 1 PK see A new route to victory discovered by the dar- ing explorer Dr. A. Alekhine after fifteen previous voyages on the well charted seas of the Queen's Pawn Gamel Leases P-K4 And the master mariner Bogolubow, no whit less courageous, also ventures forth, 2 KeKB3 Kt-QB3 3 BKS P.QR3 4 BRt KeB3 5 BxKe sae In the regular exchange variation the play suns 4 BxKt, QPxB; 5 Kt-B3, P-B3!_ The align- ment of Black's Pawn chain is considered correct. Here, White deliberately sacrifices a tempo to await the second player's move of . . . Kel and then captures since Black has preclided the ssibility of building up the proper formation. hat i loss of time is of no consequence is Me QPxB 6 Kt-B3 B.Q3 7 PQs P.B4 8 P-KR3 BKB 9 BK PRB 10 P-QR4 . Biding his time with a useful move. As he cannot afford to castle because of Black's play Q-Q2.... P-KKtd-5, which would be diffi- cult’ to perry, he endeavors to stifle counter-play on the Queen's wing, Woes P-BS But this is premature, An interesting manoeuvre suggests itself in. . . Kt-Q2-Kt1-B3-Q5. This re- alignment could be easily accomplished without fear of a dangerous counter-attack. The text per- mits an unbalanced Pawn position which is favor- able to White as he is left with four mobile Pawns to Black's three on the King’s side. 11 P-Q4 PxP 12 BxOQP ene 12 KixP is also. playable but the text is more forceful. B.OKes . P.B3? 13 O-O probably was the best move under the circumstances. Now there is a hole at Q3. The exchanges 13... BxKt; 14 BxB, KtxP; 15 R-KKth; 16 QxQ ch, RxQ; 17 BxP, BxP; 18 aR: Kich would also favor White. 14 B-KS KeQ4 15 Ke-K4 Ke-BS 16 B-B5! BxB 17 QxQ ch RQ 18 KexB POKES Fine counterplay! If 18 KtxP, B-B1; 19 Kid Kt, P-QB4; 20 Kt-R2, B-Kt2! 19 KeKey R-Q2 20 Kr-Qo ch 2 21 Kos BQ4 22 P-KKt3! “2 An Interesting Pawn sacrifice leading an added zest to the game. However the theoretical result of the offer is in doubt. 22... KtxP ch 23 K-R2 KeKe4 24 P-B4 KeKS 25 Kt(Q6)-B5 ch K.QL The desire for counterplay prompts the text move. A sounder continuation would appear te be 26 KixKe 27 QR.Qi! Indirectly protecting the Kt by the threat of tK6 ch, P.B3 27. KBI Better would have been 27... KtxP: 26 KxKt, RxKt ch!); 28 Kt (Kt?) -K6 ch, “K-R2; &e * BxKt; 29 KtxB ch, K-K2; 30 PxP ch, {eer 28 Kt(Q4)-B5 PxP ‘This untimely move permits a hasty disintegra~ tion of the position, 28 R-Kti, and the position would still be tenable, 29 PxP R-KeL Bogolubow Alekhine Position after Black's 29th move, 30 B-Kett QRxKe 31 RxKt 32 RGB PxR 33 R-BB ch K-B2 34 RB? ch K.Q3 35 RaR KxP 36 R-Kt6 ch KKe 37 K-Ke2 P.Ket 38 PRS P.Q5 39 RxQRP BAKES 40 K-B3 P.B6 41 PxP ResignsAucust 1934 Reuben Fine defeated 1. A. Horowitz in their match by the score of 4-1 and five draws. Two of the games are given below. Fourth Game of Match QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED (Notes by B. F. Winkelman) Fine Horowitz White Black 1 PQs P.Q4 pou PxP Probably the best defense to the formidable G, at the present writing. 3 Kt-KB3 Kt-KB3 4 BKB P-K3 5 BxP P.B4 6 Ke-B3 a 1 do not favor the early devel lopment of hia Kt in the Q. G, accepted. 6 P-QR4 to prevent P-QK¢4 has its darker aspect—permitting the lat- er entrance of the Kt. An important game of theoretical interest on this opening is Alekhine- Flobr (Bled, 1931.). 6... P.QR3 70-0 P-OKi4 8 B-Q3 BK2 9 P-OR4 PKs 10 KeKe1 Ke-B3 11 PxP BxP 12 Q.K2 0.0 13 Oke-Q2z Q-K2 14 KteKe3 see If 14 Kt-B4, P-Kal B.Q3 KeKts OKeKA KtxKe KR-BL ReKe3 ‘The threat wes... Q-B2, 20.4. PKA 21 B-BS KBs 22 BxKt PxB 23 Kt-Q2 wee To parry B or Q-K¢. 2... B-B4 ch 24 KRY BG 25 QR-K1 P-KKe4! 26 PxP op. RPxP 27 KtBa RxKt!! Forcefully played. Kt and P fully compensate for the Ke 28 BR oe 29 R-Q1 4 30 R.Q6 K-Kt2 31 BeRP QR6I! 32 R-B3 BR 33 QB O-Bt Methinks Black loses time at this point. Q-R5! 34 P-Ket O-B4? . Q-Kt8 ch; 35 R-Ql, Q-B7; 36 B-Q3, Qt he. etc. 129 Fine Horowitz Position after White's 31st move. 35 RxP ch PxR 36 QxR Q-BB ch 37 KKtz O.B7 ch 38 KR3 QaKiP 39 B-B4 ‘Q-B6 40 Q-K4 QB3 Drawn, Seventh Game of Match , RUY LOPEZ (Notes by B. F. Winkelman) Horowitz Fine White. Black 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 KeKB3 Kt-QB3 3 BKS P.OR3 4 BRE P.Q3 The Steinitz Defense deferred—a difficult vari- ation for Black in the present status of theory, 5 BxKt PxB 6 P.Q4 PxP Or 6 P-B3, revived by Dr. Alekhine. J. Levin (Black) scored a neat win against S. T. Sharp _(1933}. Subsequent analysis seemed to give White the advantage, but the most recent gomes indicate that the defense is tenable if dif- cult. 7 Kok _. B.Q2 8 0-0 KeB3 9 QBS P.QB4 A strong variation, little seen in master play; it is a favorite with Capablanca in his exhibitions. Black can equalize only by the greatest care. - 10 Kr Bs BxKt AL PxB R-R2 A sad necessity at this early stage of the game to avoid after 11... B-K2; 12 Q-B6 ch, Kt-Q?2; Rt-B3, 0-0; 14 K:-Q5! 12 KeB3 BKz - 13 B-Rts 0.0 14 QRKI RKI 15 RK2 PR 16 B-R4 QRI 17 9.Q3 B.QI 18 RR-KL RR 19 RxR QRZ130 20 P-OK3 RR1 21 BxKe BxB 22 Kt-Qs BeK4 23 P-B6 PK Weak, but there is no resource. KeK7 ch KR2 25 KtxPIt BxP 26 Kt-K7 ch K-Ke2 27 QK¢3 ch KRL 28 Q-B4 B-Ke2 29 QxP ORS 30 Kt-BS QBs 31 OxBeh xO 32 KixQ KxKe 33 R-KY ch K-B3 34 RxP and wins. Black fell into an inferior variation and never had a chance alter the Arst ten moves, “In a bad position even the grandmasters play a sorry role.” White gave no quarter. Geza Maroczy Jubilee Master Tournament May, 1934 DUTCH DEFENSE (Notes by V. Pirc) (Translated from the Wiener Schachzeitung) V. Pire S. Flohr White Black 1 Kt-KB3 P.K3. 2 POs P-KB4 3 P-KKG Kt-KB3 4 BKt2 B-K2, 500 0.0 6 P-B4 P-Q3 7 KeB3 QKL If instead 7... . KeB3; 8 P-QS! 8 QK3 eee Most probably the best. hee K-RI 9 BBA QKr-Q2 After 9... Kt-B3 not 10 P-Q5, Kt-QI!, but first QR-Qi. 10 QRKI KeRt 11 B-Kts P.B3 A far-sighted defensive manoeuvre, anticipat- ing White's B-R4-5, 12 P-K¢ PBS 13 BxB OxB 14 P-KS PxKiP Forced because of the threat of 15 P-KKr4! 15 BPxP PQs A closed game seems to be Black's only pos- sible salvation. 16 PxP KPxP If 16... BPxP; 17 Kt-QKt5! followed by Kt- B7 or Q6. 17 Kt-KR4 sae 17 P-K6 Is also worthy of note, but it would be too difficult to calculate its consequences. 17... RxR ch 18 RxR KeB1 19 KexP see Elegant "but unnecessary. The simple 19 Q-Ql. P-KKt3; 20 Q-Q2, B-K3; 21 Q-R6, K-Ktl: 22 B-B3 would leave White a commanding position. Tue Cuess REVIEW $$$ 19.... PxKt 20 QBs BKB 21 Oxi Q-Kes, 22 KeB3 Sees 22 Q-QI is worthy of consideration. 2... QxkeP 23 R-B2 -Ke3 24 RBI -Ke7 25 R-B2 OKs Drawn. Both players in time difficulty draw by repeti- tion of moves. Although the force of White's attack is somewhat spent, the game might have been continued with 26 B-BI. Before leaving for Chicago to partici- pate in the Western Chess Association Tournament Arnold S. Denker and Don- ald MacMurray contested a match of five games as a preparatory “warm-up.” The result was a 214-214 tie. Second Game of Match ALEKHINE’S DEFENSE (Notes by Donald MacMurray) White Black 1 P-Ka Kt-KB3 2 P.Q3 eee This move takes the game out of the beaten track. If Black answers with 2... P-K4; 3 P-KB4 leads to an interesting game albeit the opening moves must be handled precisely. 20... P.Q4 3 PKS KK¢-Q2 4 P.Q4 P-QB4 5 P-QB3 Kt-QB3 6 P-KB4 PK3 7 KeB3 P-QR3 This position bears a deceptive resemblance to a French Defense position. As a matter of fact, however, there is a very significant difference, favorable to White; ic, he has not played Kt- QB3, and so does not have to misplace his Kt at K2, as in the French, to get in P-QB3. 8 B-Q3 P-QKt4 90-0 Q-Kt3 10 BK3 B-K2 11 QKr-Q2 BKt2 12 QKL . White has manifestly secured a great advantage in the opening. The way in which he fritters it away is instructive. PxP 13 Bw wee ‘The idea of this move is to exchange the locked in B for the useful Kt. But, after the eventual P-KBS the B would not have been locked in at all. 1d.... KexB 14 KexKe? wae A\ serious positional blunder which gives Black much more freedom than before. 14 PxKt was in- dicated,AuGcusT 1934 Meese BBt 15 KeB3 P.B4 16 PxP ep. KixP 17 K-RI Kt-Ks 18 Q-R4? bees 18 BxKt, PxB; 19 Kt-KtS was better. eee BxKt 19 KtxB 0-0 20 B-K2 PKS 21 QR3? : With this move White intends a highly ques- tionable sacrifice of the exchange, which Black declines; e.g, 21... P-K4: 32 PxP, Kt-B7 ch; 23 RxKt, RxR: 24 B-Q3, P-KKt3 and White prob- ably has not enough compensation. 2... RBS 22 BK R(K1)-KBI B.BI B-Kt2 25°... P-K4; 26 PxP, BxB; 27 PxR, BxR: leads to a good game for White. 26 P.BS!? Played at Barcelona May, 1934 QUEEN'S PAWN GAME Koltanowski White 1 D.Q4 2 KeKB3 3 BK3 4 B.Q3 5 PBS Catala MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB HOTEL ALAMAC Broadway and 71st St, New York Organized 1877 A Club for Gentlemen who Enjoy Chess A rendezvous for Chess Masters and Amateurs—Frequent Activities Club Always Open Visitors Welcome Thursday Nights Koltanowski 18 RxP ch 19 BRS ch 20 R-Kich 21 Kt-BS ch 22 Q-KS mate. Played at Barcelona May, 1934 . QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED Lilienthal Sunyer White Black 1 B-QE P.04 2 P-QB4 P.QB3 3 Kt-KB3 P-K3. 4 KeB3 B-Kts 3 P-K3 Kt-B3 6 B-Q3 PxP 7 BxBP 0.0 80.0 PB 9 Pe PxP 10 KeOKs BK2 LL QKExQP P.QKt3 12 P.QKté BeKt2 13 B-Rr2 Kt-B3, 14 Q-K2 Koke 15 KixKe P.QR3 {Continued on page 135) 131The Bayonet Attack By FB. Reinretp Although the Dutch Defense has been adopted in tournament play for almost a century, its underlying strategical idea sanks it with the hypermodern openings; that is to say, Black answers | P-Q¢ with a flank advance so as to control the center without occupying it: 1... P-KB4. Strategically this plan is impeccable, but its tactical execution is often hedged in with all sorts of difficulties because of the possibility of 2 P-K4, the so-called Staun- ton Attack, After 2... PxP; 3 Kt-QB3 White, as is well known, generally obtains a formidable attack on his opponent's weakened K side. A case in point is the following pretty game, won recently by one of the leading players of New York: 1 P-Q4, P-KB4; 2 P-K4, PxP; 3 P-KB3 (quite it 3; 4 KeQ2, PxP; 5 KKtxP, Kt-KB3; 6 B-Q3, 1: 7 0-0, PxP; 8 Kt-Kt5, Kt-B3? 9 KtxRP! Kt-K4: 10 RxKt! PxR; 11 Q-R5ch, K-K2; 12 Kt-K4! B-Kt2; 13 B-KB4! Q-Kt (allowing a pretty finish, but there is no good defense: if 13... . KtxB; 14 B-Q6 mate!): 14 QxKt!PxQ; 15 B-KtSch, B-B3; 16 BxBch, K moves: 17 Kt-Q6 mate. Let us now examine some of the possi- bilities resulting from White's playing P-KKt4, which I call the Bayonet attack: 11 P-Q4, P-KB4; 2 P-X4, PxP: 3 Kr-Q33, KtB3; 4 P-KKté!? (DIAGRAM) P-Q4 (better seems ¢... P-KR3; 5 P-Kt5, PxP; 6 BxP, P-Q4); White Position after White's 4th move, 5 P-Kt5, Kt-Kt (Tartakower suggests 5... B-Kt5: 6 B-K2, BxB: 7 QxB, KEKE as giving an easier game): 6 P-B3! PxP (or 6... B-B4; 7 PxP; PxP: 8B-QB¢ with a strong attack); 7 QxP, P-K’ 8B-Q3, P-KKt3; 9 KKE-K2, B-Kt2; 10 0-0, Q-K2: 11 B-KB4, P-B3; 12 Q-Kt3!, Kt-QR3; 13 B-Q6, Q-Q2; 14 Q-B4! (threatening mate in two), K-Q; 19 BxKe! PxB; 16 B-K5! K-K; 17 KeR4! Q-K2; 18 B-Q6, P-C4; 19 PxP, Q-K3; 20 Q-B8 chl!, BxQs 21 RxBeh, K-Q2; 22° KtBS mate (Meergruen- Amateur, London, 1924) IL Identical with the foregoing up to Black's twelfth move, but now White continued 13 B-K5! B-Q2 [on 13... . Q-Q2 Tartakower gives 14 R-B2, P-Kt3; 15 QR-KB, B-Kt2; 16 R-B7, QxR: 17 RxQ, KxR; 18 BxB, KxB; 18 Q-K5ch, or 13 +.» P-Kt3; 14 Ke-Kt5! PxKt; 15 BxQKtP ch, KQ: 16 BxB, QxB; 17 Q-Q6ch); 14 B-Q6, Q-Q; 15 Q-B4! (threatening Q-B7 mate as well as Q-B8 ch and mate next move), Black resigns. (‘Tartakower -Mieses, Baden-Baden, 1925). UL 1 P-Q4, P-KB4; 2 Kt-QB3, Kt-KB3 {if 2 . P-Qt White intended 3 P-K4!2, QPxP: 4 B-QB4 followed by P-B3_ with good attacking chances. 3... BPxP would of course be answer- ed by 4 QR5ch); 3 P-KK4!? KixP (or 3... PxP; 4 P-K4, P-Q3; 5 P-KR3 with attacking chances for the Pawn); 4 P-K4, P-K4; 5 Ki QRS; 6 Q-K2, Kt-QB3; 7 Kt-B3, Q@-Rt: 8 Kt-Q5, B-Q3 (Black has made too many “attacking’” moves and the consequences will be grievous); 9 KixP! BxKt: 10 PxB, QxBP (if 10... . QKtxP; 11 P-KR3 or 10... . Kt-Q5; Il Q-K4); 11 B-R3! P-KR4; 12 P-KB3, Q-B2; 13 KtxP ch, K-Q: 14 KexR, Kt-Q5; 15 PxKt! Black resigns, for if 15 «» » KtexQ; 16 BeKt5 ch, K-K; 17 KeB7 ch, K-Be 18 KR-B and wins. A queer game: Black started cout like a lion and ended up like a Jamb! (Bogolu- bow-Wendel, Stockholm, 1920.) ‘ IV. 1 P-Q4. P-KB4: 2 Kt-QB3, KrKB3: 3 P-KRe4!2, P-Q4; 4 P-Kt5? (this is not good. Bo- golubow recommends 4 PxP, BxP; 5 B-R3, Q-Q2} 6 BxB, QxB; 7 Q-Q3, QxQi 8 KPxP with ad: vantage to White), Kt-K5; 5 KtxKt, BPxKt: 6 P-KB3, B-B4; 7 B-Kt2, P-K3; 8 PxP, PxP; 9 B-K3) B-R2; 10 Q-Q2, Kt-R3! and Black has a superior: game because of the wretched position of White's KB. (Spielmann-Mieses, Berlin, 1920). These examples will serve to give the reader an insight into the fascinating pos- sibilities resulting from the advance of White's KKtP. Black will do well to avoid the gambit attack by answering 1 P-Q4 with... P-K3 and if 2 Kt-KB3 or P-QB4, ” P-KB4,Auscust 1934 133 A Century of British Chess By Priuip W. Serczanr Mr. Sergeant, known to the chess world as a player of high rank and as a keen student of chess history, has amply fulfilled the expectations aroused by the title of this new volume. This latest work by the author of “Morphy Gleanings,” and able annotator of Morphy, Pillsbury, and Charousek, does not contain a single game of chess. However, it does record the fascinating story of the development of British Chess through an eventful hundred years, and in so doing with a wealth of research and scholarship and a life-time of personal contact with the notable figures of the chess world, the author has added measurably to his own stature and merits the warm thanks of the chess playing fra- ternity. To the American public, the first part of the book will make its own appeal. The passage of time gives the author a better perspective: —the high lights of the days of Labourdonais, of Staunton, and of Steinitz stand out, unobscured by a mass of detail—and a mellow picture of British Chess is unfolded that seems strangely xeminiscent of the pages of Thackeray. Nearly a score of illustrations—most noteworthy a blindfold seance by Phili- dor, the Staunton-St. Amant Match, pho- tographs of Lowenthal, Anderssen and an early Steinitz that reveals that he too was young once definitely aid in bringing be- fore us the great chess masters of the past —not in terms of moves on the board, but as living men. A striking portrait of Baron Kolisch, tells us better than a hundred pages why he was a great chess player and a successful business man. To those who want to learn what chess has meant in British life, and who desire to know more about those whose games we study and admire—the work will be indispensable. —B.F.W. Rs White to Move!End Game Studies By Barnis B. WINKELMAN, Johann Berger Of making many books there is no end. The unceasing stream of new volumes from the printing presses has fostered the belief that a drastic curtailment of output is in order. This applies with consider- able force to the field of Chess, in which the utmost zeal of the most rabid devotee cannot keep abreast of a great and grow- ing literature. ‘There is, however, a great disparity in the material that may be embraced within the covers of a book. Books have beea written in a month, in a week, in three or four days, and witha dictaphone or relays of stenographers have been run off between sun-up and sun-down. Their value is usually in direct proportion to the time and effort involved. Were all authors to follow the example of Johann Berger, master, problemist, and the game's finest exponent of Endings, no restrictions would be needed! His reputa- tion rests chiefly upon his “Problems, Studies and Games,” (1862-1912) and his “Theorie and Praxis of the End- Game.’ The first, as is indicated by the title, represents no sudden rush into pub- lication, and the second contains the re- sults of some sixty years of research in the field. Berger at 20 was a recognized chess- “master. Thereafter, his great natural talent extended to every branch of the game. The exact and searching nature of his work in the end-game field may lead to the impression that his compositions are didactic, rather than spontaneous; that they represent tasks rather than original creations. Nothing can be further from the truth. 7 It is true that no one has surpassed Ber- ger in his ability to exemplify a difficult ‘theme, or in analyzing an historic problem to carry it one step beyond all his prede- gessors. This, however, is but one side of his striking genius for the game. A simple study in an academic vein. Black White White to play and win, This being a rather simple one we leave our readers to work out the solution. An illustration of the absolute seventh. Black White White td play and win, 1 P-R? P-BS 2 RR8ch R-Ktl 3 RR? RK 4 R.QB3 KKa lf 4... , D-B6; 5 RxP wins because of the threat R-KKI7, ete. 5 RKKt? a And now it is evident that the “White King when stationed at KKt or KB7 is shielded from checks by the Black Pawn. Sees RBich 6 KGS R-Ktd ch 7 KRG R-Kt3 ch 8 KBS R-Ktd ch 9 K-Kt4 etcAucust 1934 Hence—Black might play: Fees R-K8(Q8) To meet 6. R-Kt&ch with 6... R-KI(QI), ete. 6 R-Kt3 ch K-R1_ (forced) 7 ReKt8 ch RKI If Black had chosen the Queen file and played 7... RQ § KB! 8 RxR(at R) BaR 9 R-Kt7 and wine. Above and beyond the analyst and teacher, ready to improvise a new setting for an old theme, is the great artist, cap- able of the highest flights of imaginative composition. White White to play and win. 1 P-BS BK 2 KrK6! PxKt 3 P-B6 B-KS 4 P-B7 and wins. White to play and win, 1 Kas z opr 2 Q.03 Ke 3 On ch Kes 4 BBS ch K-58 7 5 Q.O1 mate. (Continued from page 131) 16 KR-Q1 17 oR 18 BR2 22 Kt-B6 23 BxKt 30 Q-Kts ch 31 KxB 32 Q-B6 ch 33 BK 34 R-KKtL O-Kt1 P-OK4 RK OK Resigns Played at Barcelona May, 1934 QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED Tastakower White 1 P.Q4 2 P-OB4 3 KeKB3 4 KB3 5 BPxP 6 P-KKt3 7 KtxP 8 PxKt 9 KeKes, 10 Q.Q5 1 RQKet 12 Kt-Q6 ch 13 QxKB 14 Q-R3 Rey Black P-Q4 > B-K3 KeKB3 P-B4 135136 , Tue Cuess REVIEW. Played at Barcelona Played at Barcelona May, 1934 May, 1934 QUEEN'S PAWN SICILIAN DEFENSE | Vilardebo Koltanowski Spielmann Cherta White Black White Black 1 P.Q4 KeKB3 1 PK P.QBS 2 KLKBS PKK 2 KeKBs Kt-QB3 3 PKS axe 3 P.Q4 PeP 4 BQ3 3 + POR 00 4 Kee? KeB3 6 BK2 KtBs ; 5 KeB3 P.Q3 7 P-B4 P-K4 6 BK2 PKs 8 PxP KeKKr5 9 P-KR3 KKexKP 7 BK BK 10 KtxKt KtsKe 8 0.0 oo 11 KeB3 P.QR3 9 KK KeK4 12 BK2 B.K3 10 P-KR3 - 13 Q.Q2 P.QR4 B.Q2 14 0.0.0 KrQ2 11 PBA Ke B3 15 DKK KrB4 12 QKL RBI 16 P-B4 PRS 13 ROL KeQrs 17 DKet P-R6 Q' I ig BRt KtRS 14 Q.B2 KtxKt 19 KB2 P-KB4 15 RPxKt Rake! 20 B-RKS KK 16 PaR Ke? Koltanowski 17 QKL KBxP Drawn, | TOmpkins Square 6-6920 Arthur Popper Manufacturer and Importer CHESSMEN CHECKERS e Complete Line » 2 RP pki ADULT GAMES 23 BBS BxP! CASINO EQUIPMENT 24 BR QxB 25 PR P.B4! e Reet on 113-119 Fourth Avenue 28 Q.Q1 PxP at 12th Street 29 QxQ BxKt ch New York, N. Y. Resigns.Aucust 1934 137 BOOK REVIEW In our last issue we gave a short re- view of “Amenities and Background of Chess-Play” by William E. and Edward J. Napier. This booklet has made such a profound impression upon us, however, that we feel it deserving of greater space. We believe that every chess player should possess a copy as it contains 100 sparkling gems of chess-play culled from match and tournament play over a period of many years. Some of the games are well known to most of us—many of them will be met with for the first time—but new or old, the pleasure derived from them is so genuine, and so great, that one feels instinctively like sharing it with one’s friends. , A work of art (and this surely is such) speaks for itself more forcefully than any critic's praise. We have selected two games to give our readers a taste of Na- piers’ “‘crispettes.” If these samples whet your appetite, 50c will bring you 98 addi- tional games equally worthy. $ wey =S.8.C. BLACKBURNE’S EQUITY Blackburne used to say that he claimed equity in the immortality of this game for having com- pelled Zukertort's desperate brilliancy!: No. 7 ENGLISH Zukertort Blackburne White Black 1 P.QB4 P-K3 2 P.K3 Kt-KB3 3 Ke-KB3 P.QK:3 4 BK2 BKi2 50.0 P.Q4 6 P.Q4 B.Q3 7 KeB3 0-0 8 P.QK3 QKt.Qz 9 BKi2 QK2 10 Kt-QKts KeK5 11 KtxB PxKt_ 12 Kt-Q2 QK-B3 13 P.B3 KixKt 144 QaKt PxP 15 BxP P.Q4 16 B-Q3 KR-BL 17 QR-K1 R.B2 18 P-K4 QR-QB1 19 PKS KtKi 20 P.B4 P-Ke3 (A) 21 R-K3! P-B4 22 PxPep. Kexe? 23 PBS! KeKs 24 BxKt PxB 25 PxKiP R-B7 26 PxP ch KR 27 P-Q5 ch P-K4 28 Q-Ke4!! R(B)-B4 29 R-BB ch KxP 30 QuP ch KK * 31 BxPch KxR 32 B-Kt7 ch K-Ktl 33 QxQ Resigns (A) P-B4 at once promises more: but it is for- tunate that some routine device did not cheat posterity of this gorgeous finish. If at 28 the Queen is accepted, mate ensues in seven, If pos- sible, the 29th is a prettier thing than the 28th; and the crisp 32nd, a tail-feather to match the other plumage. No. 29 “QUICKLY TO BE BRIEF!’ Among the finest examples of a lightning-quick sense of chess is this beautiful game which came to pass at ten second time-limit! TWO KNIGHTS’ DEFENSE Won by Oscar Tenner 1 PK P.K4 2 Kt-KB3 Ke-QB3 3 B-B4 K-B3 4 KK P.Q4 5 PxP Kt-QR4 6 P-K3 P-KR3 7 K-KB3 P-KBS 8 QK2 KtxB 9 PxKe B-QB4 10 KKt-Q2 0-0 11 0.0 BKKS 12 QK1 Q.Q2 13 Ke-Kr3 B-B6 14 B-B4 Q-Kts 15 B-Ke3 Kt-R4 16 KixB KBs 17 KtxKP QR6 Resigns.PROBLEMS “The Poesy of Chess” By Maxwett Buxorzer Problems, Problem solutions, criticisins, comments and all matters pertaining to the Probl should be sent directly to the Problem Editor at 106-22 215th ‘Strect, Bellaire, .. rn Noy poeacement ceplics and the return of unsuitable contributions, inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope; otherwise replies will be made in the correspondence column. Owing to the change in the publishing time of the C. R. the August number is going to press during the middle of July, rendering thereby the issuing of the ladder (for problems 151-162) im- possible, because the closing date for the solu- tions of these problems was set to July 27th. The ladder, with its solutions and comments, is there- fore transferred to the next number. This is a blessing in disguise as it allows us space for sever- al overdue articles. As we have two Honor Problems in this num- ber but only one can receive the Honor Diagram in the September issue, I am giving one prize and Honor Diagram award, now, in the August issue, despite the fact that only a portion of the votes are accorded. However, the 5 mover by Bill Beers has received already so many votes that its selection by the solvers cannot be doubted, while the choice of the second Honor Problem is still undetermined, Congratulations, Bill Beers! The solving family will be pleased to learn that the space for the Problem Department of the C. R- has been increased sufficiently to permit the pub- lishing of at least ONE, and perhaps two articles every month hereafter. Kindly express your wish- es again as to the fare your appetite desires, As always I shall be glad to respect the requests of the majority. There are still a good many readers that fail to vote. Why not make the selection of the prize problem more definite by regularly adding your personal vote? Several correspondents are very bitter about the strict manner in which I adhere to the Closing Date for solutions. To these gentlemen I say that the overwhelming majority not only approve of my attempt to introduce system into a loose meth- ‘od, but that [am constantly encouraged by that majority NOT to yield to the tardy. Thus I would ask you, please, not to ask for extra time which I cannot grant (except to foreign solvers). The time allowed for solving a dozen problems is ample, even for beginners. ‘The list of votes will no longer be published, granting us half a page for better material. Since T have given opportunity to everyone to observe how I select the prize problem, I believe you will trust your Editor to continue without your inspec- tion, Incidentally, the Problem Department will now be able to accept occasional articles written by the patrons of the Department. The conditions are: 1. Write on one side of the paper only, in ink, legibly and clearly. 2. The Editor is to decide on their suitability and his decision is final, 3. No article submitted printed pages in length. should exceed two 4. Postage must be enclosed for the return.of all contributions, . 5. Neither the C. R. nor the Problem Depart- ment accepts, under any conditions, responsibility for contributions, You send them at your: own risk, and if they are lost you have no redress. Keep a copy. ~ 6. Do not sénd articles foreign to the PROBLEM DEPARTMENT, e.g., matter dealing with games, Closing date for solutions to Problems 163-174 inclusive is August 31, 1934. Appraising Chess Problems , ne The first article under this caption was respon- sible for quite an influx of letters. That the ma- jority of these sustained my viewpoint was grati- tying to me, but that some, with an astounding in- terest for details, asked questions, pleased me even more. Of course, a few objected to any contem- plated changes, without stating why. Well, that is all right too. Some of us never accept any- thing new, not even a new twenty dollar bill. One of the correspondents, a man (or a wo- man?) who evidently does his own thinking, broached an interesting point. Says he: “I fully agree with your opinions regarding the irrational dependency of the chess problem on board rules; still, 1 am curious to learn if there is a positive, | might say, an ideological reason why a rook or bishop may be employed in a problem, despite the fact that such piece is ruled immovable in the gam I believe we have at least two such reasons, According to the general run of the world, that which is not forbidden is allowed. While there are plenty of books recording the laws of the game of chess, there exists, to my knowledge, nary a one that regulates the problem. Even if thereAucusT 1934 139 should be one, it is unknown and, hence, unac- cepted by the great problem experts. All we have at present is a conventional modus, based on the fortunate fact that the game anteceded the problem and therefore imposes on the latter its laws. As a “problem law’ is nowhere in force, this modus is in the nature of an unwritten law, which for all its sentimental appeal to some folks, possesses absolutely no legal standing. Hence, I repeat, what is not forbidden is allowed. A second reason can quickly be established by ocular demonstration. To play a game you are compelled to use 32 chess pieces; to arrange them in a definite, pre- scribed manner on the board; to secure a partner; to alternate with him when you move; to respect numerous rules that guide the continuity of your play right to the very finale. In serious encoun- ters even your time is restricted, Now focus your attention on the problemist who intends to compose a problem, say a 7 piece miniature, and who does not yet even know what pieces he shall require. Must he place all of the 32 pieces on the board? Call for a partner and let him decide alter nately what to use? Is there a time limit to the composer's activity other than what he sets him- self? Can over-the-board play by two people produce a sound and sensible problem that ex- Presses one composer's idea? Instead the problem expert selects the pleces he requires; he changes them constantly until his idea is illustrated; he places them where he wants them; he decides arbitrarily how many moves shall lead to the mate; he shifts the entire position if that be helpful. Now all of these actions, though strictly against game rules, go unchallenged: but let him dare to employ a bishop that the very same game rules declare to be immovable, and the “public’’ rises as one man in horror and anguish and decrees the only fit penelty for the impudent law-breaker: Throw him and his makeshift to the lions! Suppose you committed a sociable little murder or two, The world knows you are guilty, yet, unless the Commonwealth can prove you guilty, you go scot-free. However, should you rashly attempt to employ Castling or En Passant features in a problem, without you proving its (to you) worthless game legality, you and your miserable fizzle of @ problem are condemned to Hades.— Nice logic, is it not? That ought to do for an ideological reason, me- thinks. And now let me return to the subject proper, mitting “my system” I wish to announce that I harbor not the slightest wish to offer it as a ukase, law, rule, tenet, code or obligation of any sort. I merely relate my personal method. Should you like it, help yourself to any portion thereof. On the other hand, if it does not meet with your approval, ignore it and reject it. You know the U. S.A. is still a free country even if rugged individualism is being detoured to make the high roads safe for the forgotten man. - I have always regarded the task of judging the work of other men as beth formidable and re- sponsible. I never forget that some of the au- thors, whose efforts I am chosen to classify, are probably my superiors in craftsmanship, ability, and intellectual acumen, if not in experience. Therefore, I repeat, I consider the judging of Tourney contributions an important and respon- sible job. How did I arcive at my system? By careful study of all the essential features of a problem; by comparison of the methods used by other judges with my own conceptions; by employing the measure of “problem sense” that I collected laboriously during many years of tutelage by great teachers. I search_in a chess problem for five. essential qualities. These are, in the order of their. merit: 1. Problem Idea (Theme). $ 2. Construction. 3, Beauty. 4. Strategy. 5. Originality. Bach one of these “Essentials” I decide in the manner indicated at the bottom of this page. Of course, some of these “requirements” over- lap: some are of greater importance than others; some may be absent or, on the contrary, domin- ate the problem. But by means of the addition of a little problem sense and guided by honesty and experience, I found this system to work excel- lently, especially with the aid of a point scale based on each quality. As I stated above, I offer my system for what it may be worth to you. I have been successful with it. If some of you care to adopt it, I prog- nosticate success for you, even while I grant that you may be quite as successful a judge with any other system you select or compile for yourself. Just one final warning. Do not indulge in two weaknesses. Don't overestimate the type of prob- lems that appeal to your personal taste.’ Don't adhere too rigidly to any system, but temper the outcome with a dose of problem sense. Your reactions to this article will be of interest the right way to appraise a problem. In sub: to me. 1, Theme 2. Construction 3. Beauty, 5. Originality a. tan a, Beonomy a, Purity a, intricacy 4, Imagination B daok cit any) |b! Bisletoney of By Arent ®. Briltioney i: Novelty of ©: Variety © Symmetry ©: Stage work ‘menipilations a. Dittloalty 4S. Ririmess & Bpectacular mates | «. Oaaity of mates ©. Threat Uf any) © Neatness ©. Snap @, Deception of f Rey £ Unity £ Coaperation of appearance & Duals & Echo Play pieces e. Amnosphers B tries . Bi oder mates | x. Bins B GromschecksWho's Who in Problemdom By Maxwett BuKorzER William Shinkman Shinkman was born on December 25, 1847, in Reichenberg, a town in what then was known as Bohemia, a component part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the age of seven he was brought to the U. S. A. by his folks, who settled in Grand Rapids, Mich. Shinkman is thus virtually an American composer. His prob- lem composing activity covers 60 years. though it is true that he composed but little during the last 6 or 8 years of his life, Suffering from a painful ailment he died last year at the fine old age of 86. There are two important Shinkman problem collections before the public. One, issued by Max Weiss in 1903, in Ger- many, comprises 240 diagrams. The oth- er, more pretentious and comprehensive, was published in this country in 1929 by the one and only Alain Campbell White who distributed it as one of his annual “red coated’ Christmas gifts. Under the caption “The Golden Argosy,” it presents about 600 of Shinkman’s best creations, The total number of published Shinkman problems approaches the staggering figure of 4,000, Shinkman was and will forever be known by the honor title “The Wizard of Grand Rapids’ and no monicker ever re- vealed a greater truth. I do not possess an accurate record of the number of prizes, rewards, ecomiums and honorable men- tions Shinkman was accorded but I can authentically state that the grand total would fill many pages. I truly doubt that any other composer ever attained so many successes in so many countries. It is always a precarious and thankless undertaking to select from a galaxy of stars a particular one with the outspoken claim that it shines brighter than the rest. Opposition, however unsupported by fact, is certain to manifest itself, if for no other than the so-called “patriotic” reasons. Mindful of these consequences, though I am, I yet-do not hesitate to pronounce Shinkman the foremost composer of chess problems that ever lived. In my opinion shared by countless others, he surpassed WM. A. SHINKMAN 1847 - 1933 Loyd, Cook (my own beloved teacher! ), Carpenter, Pauly, and Dobrusky, to name but a few of the best known experts. Here is how | substantiate this claim. Select specimens of the finest work pro- duced by, say, a score of the “admittedly greatest” problem composers, past or pres- ent. Analyze, examine these achievements with scrupulous care, so as not to miss any praiseworthy feature; then, (sine ira et studio), compare them with the corre- sponding creations of Shinkman. No mat- ter what the type, form, style or manner of these _pecvlens may be; no matter what ae individual inclinations are, in the shinkman treasure trove you will find the counterpart of every specimen you selected from the above score of masters, not merely of equal merit and glory, but, quite frequently, of still superior texture and fabric. The strategy of Loyd? The wealth of ideas of Cook? Carpenter's daintiness? — The beauty charm of Murray Marble? Havel's scintillating models? Dr. Dobb's world famous echo play? The depth and loftiness of Otto Wurzburg’s master- pieces? The intricacy and variety ofAucust 1934 WILLIAM A. SHINKMAN Grand Rapids Tiffin Tribune—1905 Black ‘White Mate in 3 moves. Rad Wolfgang Pauly? The_ incomparable genius in fairy garb of Dawson? The mathematical terseness of Kipping?—Stop and peer into the collections of problems conjured into reality by the Titan Shink- man and, lo! is there any single one of the outstanding features just paraded be- fore you absent? Shinkman's versatility, his universality, is so overwhelming, so overpowering that the very thought of argument is obliter- ated. And yet, what master of the prob- lem art succeeded to a greater degree in impregnating his work with the indelible stamp of his individualistic personality than the Wizard of Grand Rapids? I be- lieve I am concentrating the opinions of the chess world when | express my own . opinion in just three words: Shinkman’s Problems Speak! That is the reason why I accord to Shinkman the imperial purple and why 1 call him “The Beethoven of the Problem Art.” The Wizard is gone! The mortal clay has returned to the glebes of Mother Earth, But the immortal Shinkman soul lives forever and anon. For so long as the very term “chess problem” will be ut- tered by human lips, so Jong as the bosom of mankind will thrill in response to beau- ty and charm, that long, like a reverber- ating. thousand-fold echo. like an undying melody of intoxicating sweetness, the name of William Shinkman will resound 141 through the boundless realms of Caissa- land, Nor am I satisfied to merely eulogize. A greater purpose animates these humble paragraphs, an almost sacred aim. I hope with all my heart that these lines may, in a measure, be instrumental in kindling love and veneration in the souls of the adoles- cent composers of chess problems for the illustrious Grandmaster who did so much to elevate chess puzzles to the rank of art creations. To engrave the picture of the Wizard of Grand Rapids in the hearts of the “problem masters of tomorrow,” what nobler tribute is there to William Shinkman? What firmer and more lasting monument to Problemdom is there that we can erect in his honor! Problemists of the world, doff your hats in respect and admiration—for William Shinkman, Correspondence _ Bill Beers—Please, please, BIN! You inundate me with problems. I cannot print only your work. Some probiems you sent for the third time. If you submit these problems lo other chess editors also they will be no geod to me. Keep tabs on What you con- twibuted to The ©. R. and send no mere for a while, L, Tanasyy—i reeret that 1 cannot credit late solu- tions any longer except for foreign sclvers, ‘The Umo allowed for a dozen problems Is ample. | Goose-eggs ara entered in the Iadder ONLY for wreng solutions Points are subtracted ous each for wrong claims of cooks. W, Vanwinkle—thanks for your lovely letter. I negd welt like you, Shake, my thena, vou are a price. ‘G. Mott-Smith—I am afraid X shall have to return your batch of fairies, Not only are they much too Iengtny’ ané atitioult for our family, but you are not adhering to the lows lald down by the Inlerna- Uonal, Federation of Problemists, since you adopt your own “conventions.” ‘That would create chaos. I alll be glad to accept the other fairy problems you men- tlenad, provided thoy conform to tho existing wules. XK. Frytz, Copenhagen—t dia not reccive any prob- lems bearing your name, Wil! be aolighied to accapt a duplicate, 0. A. Holt—hanke you tor your goncrous letter and the Aarhus problem. "Your own ereution (2 peach!) Z shall return scon with my opinion outlined’ in de- tall. “Please have a little pationce, Tam flooded with correspondence, Dr. G. Dobbs—Your roquest 1s altogether reason- able, old pal, but I have been compelled to act a3 T did ‘vecause T hada dearth of good 2 movers. Will how select more carefully, Letter follows, G Hotchklss—So it's “Garey” and not “Grace.” 1 tard corrected with an apologizing beaver in hand, Your sequest will be Kranted—iater. G Emery—t appreciate your friendly letter, You are becoming quite a solver and your criticisms are hitting ‘the neil on the head. Wm, Patz—Welcome to the family, There Is plenty of room for men like you. R, Cheney—Thanks for the “minnie,” Bis! George F, Rerry—You sond me, as July 6, solutions to problems wiileh have been published so long ago that T nave already destroyed those records, Be roe: sonable, my friend, What would happen to whe C. R. were J to allow such conditions? A. 3, Bastine—You are $8 years old and still solve excellently! That eausos me to call out: Banzai! 1 am tleklad te have you jn the family, Tam “a bit siriet” about running the Depi? Of course, Don't you like it? Tt leseps 4hings minning smoothly. Dacapo!142 No. 175 (Original) HAROLD THAYER Portland, O: THe Cuess REVIEW ‘Mate in 2 moves. No. 177 (Original) D. C. McCLELLAND Jacksonville, Ill, Mate in 2 moves, No. 179 (Original) DR. GILBERT DOBBS Carrollton, Ga, Mate in 2 moves. Mate in 2 moves. No, 180 (Original) ‘THEODORE C. WENZL Irvington, N. J. ” Mate in 3 moves,Jury. 1934. : : 143 No, 181 No. 182 (Original) (Original) MAURICE LEYSENS M. R. CANCIO, Jr. Santurce, Puerto Rico Mate im 3 moves. Mate ia 3 moves, No. 184 No. 183 - (Original) (Original) ©. tutows * _ CARLOS JIMENO, Je. Mexico ‘Mate in 3 moves. ‘Mate in 4 moves, No. 185 No. 186 (Original) > (Original) - BUGENE McCARTHY MAXWELL BUKOFZER Rochester, N. ¥. Bellaire, L. I. Seifmate in 4 moves, Selfmate in + moves, How many solutions? Solutions to These Problems Must Be Received by September 4, 1934144 Fairy Chess I. Today the second problem in our “Get ac- guainted with Fairy Chess” demonstration is of- fered, a specimen of Group IJ, the fascinating “Conditionals.” This group is so tremendously large and manifold and, comprising a thousand and one divergent types. is so confusing to the uninitiated mind that, mindful of the fact that I am dealing with numerous beginners, [ thought it proper to begin with a very simple illustration, ‘Thus I chose a specimen of the so-called “Demo- tion” problem. In this type, like in any other, fairy pieces might be used, but I present today only orthodox men, Every piece moves in its accustomed manner. The sole condition that di ferentiates our problem from the regular kind ik Every piece (except Kings and Pawns) is; as soon as it has completed a move, demoted to the next lower rank, the Queen becoming a rook, the rook a bishop, the bishop a knight, the knight a pawn. Composed for the C. R. by MAXWELL BUKOFZER abecedefgh Hee RT ON oD HR OAT ONO abcdefigh Demotion mate in 4 moves. In_our problem, composed especially to suit be- ginrf@rs, we notice that there is only one piece, a white queen, present. But as the problem is a 4 mover ‘it is evident that, on the fourth or mating move, the erstwhile queen will be only a pawn, Therefore we must look for a spot on the dia- gram where a pawn can administer’ mate. Obvi- ously b7 is the only spot on which to mate the immovable black king. We know that the mating must be done at 67, but how is it accomplished? We see that Black has but one movable pawn that can make two successive strides, However, Tue Cuzss Review in a 4 mover Black must move three times. ‘To afford Black the opportunity for a third move the pawn c3 must disappear, which points directly to the key move. Therefore the modus operandi is: 1. Qb3=R, cS 2, Rxc3=B, ct 3, BaS=S, 3 4. Sxb7=P mate. “ Too simple? Nay, my friends, this type prob- lem is not so easy, The sample shows merely that I deliberately eliminated difficulty in order to allow you to familiarize yourselves “with the idea of Demoting. You will, later on, run across plenty of problems that will make you “sweat,” when you have King's flights to contend with and when both sides have pieces that move and demote with each move, i This problem should teach you just one thing you must ,rever forget or omit. Replace every demoted piece af once with the newly made piece, or else you will become utterly confused and cis cover scores of non-existing cocks and duals. Please report to me what you think of the “Demoter.”” In the next issue we shall inspect a represen~ tative of Group II], which is a Conditional with Fairy Pieces, For those who missed the first problem I wish to announce that these demonstration problems are not “essential” for the beginners. They are merely introductions, When, subsequently, the same type problem is presented, sufficient explana~ tion will accompany each problem to afford the beginner a chance to fully understand what he is to do im order to solve cortectly. I would like to append a few words of per sonal sentiment. Already I have received two let- ters of protest. This I expected, of course. No morta] man ever existed that could please every- body. So far as I am concerned I shall not ever attempt that impossible task. But I wish to im- press on all prospective critics this sound maxim. If you do not approve and state your reasons con- structively I shall do al] in my power to show you Why I do pioneer work for Fairy Chess tn Amer- ica, However, if you merely censure from lack of understanding or in the unreasonable manner em- ployed by a close relation of the liorse, let me tell you right here that such arguments of sickly sentimentality prove absolutely nothing save your own lack of broadmindedness. 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A Gallery of Grandmasters Beginning with the October issue of Tue Cuess Review we intend to run a series of sketches of the grandmasters past and present. These sketches, because of their length, will be split up into install- ments running, in some instances, to as many as three issues. We therefore ad- vise our readers to preserve their copies of Tue Cress Review in order to main- tain the continuity of the sketch. They will find it well worth while doing so as the sketches are “corkers”! Help Make Chess Grow We invite our readers to do their share to help make chess the most popular in-. door game in this country. What can you do? Just this. Don’t be selfish. You enjoy playing chess or you would not spend a moment's time at the game. Let someone else share your enjoyment. TEACH ONE FRIEND THE GAME THIS YEAR. Get the idea? Act upon this suggestion and watch chess interest spread. To Rank or Not to Rank? That is indeed a question. Elsewhere we record the ranking of the leading Philadelphia players. We extend our sympathy to the ranking committee. Hav- ing toyed with the idea of a National Ranking List, we know that it took a lot of “intestinal fortitude” to put the final ranking down in black and white. Such a listing is bound to cause a good deal of debate -- some of it acrimonious. Never- theless we think a good job was done in this instance and we suggest that other communities do likewise and forward the OFFICIAL rankings to us for publication. To Our Readers We want to make The Chess Review available in your community to those chess enthusiasts not in a position.to spend the cost of a full years subscription in advance. To accomplish this we solicit your co- operation. Send in the names and ad- — dresses of centrally located news compan- ies or book stores in your community.News Events Zurich Jubilee Tournament The results of the International Masters Tournament at Zurich, Switzerland ran true to form. Dr. Alekhine, the World Champion, although losing one game to Dr, Euwe, (the accepted challenger for next year's title match), came out on top with a score of 13-2. ‘ Close on his heels came Dr. Euwe and Salo Flohr, tied for second and third prizes at 12-3. The young Czecho-Slovak star was the only player to go through the tournament with- out losing a game! Fourth and fifth places went to E, D, Bogolubow and Dr. Emanuel Lasker respectively. This was quite a respectable showing for Dr. Lasker in his first attempt to re-enter the chess arena after a lapse of nine years. ‘The final standing: Player~ Won Lost Player~ Won Lost Alekhine .. 130 2 Jobner ..... ™% Euve 12 3 Henneberger 514 914 Flohr 20 3 i 10 Bogolubow 1114 314 10% Lasker ... 10 5 i Bernstein 9 6 ul Nimzowitsch 96 12 Stahlberg. 8 7 B CHESS LESSONS by Recognized Experts ° AVAILABLE TO METROPOLITAN RESIDENTS Graded to Individual Requirements Rates on Request THE CHESS REVIEW 60-10 Roosevelt Ave., Woodside, N. Y. Western Chess Association Championship The 35th Annual Tournament of the Western Chess Association is now a thing of the past. But the results will not be forgotten so soon! Fine and Reshevsky lived up to expectations and divided the first and second prizes between them. But Kashdan's poor showing was a stunning surprise. Perhaps he will stage a come- back at Syracuse—we wish him success. The Tournament was one of the most successful ever run. A good deal of the credit must go to Malcolm Sims of Tor- onto, Canada who acted as Tournament Director and Referee—all his decisions be- ing final. At the conclusion of the Tourn- ament Samuel W. Addleman and Harry E. Heick entertained all the players and officials wih a banquet at the Covenant Club, Chicago. The toastmaster was Chas. H. Leech, President of the Illinois State Chess Association, and the prizes were distributed by Lewis J. Isaacs at the conclusion of the banquet. The leading scores: Final Masters Tournament — Samuel Reshevsky and Reuben Fine 714-114; Arthur W. Dake 614-214; A. S. Den- ker 514-314. Consolation Masters ~ Hanauer (N. Y.) 7-2; Hahlbohm (Chicago) 6-3; Jensen (Ind.) 6-3; Rundell (Kan.) 6-3. Class A—S. Osher (Ill.) 6144-4; H. Lew (Mo.) 5%4-114; R. Isley (Pitts.) 414-24, The Western Chess Association an- nounced the election of new officers as follows: G. S. Barnes, Minneapolis, Minn., Presi- dent. Chas. H. Leech, Oak Park, Ill, Vice- President. O. A. Holt, Minneapolis, Minn., Secre- tary-Treasurér.148 Southeastern Chess Ass'n. Meeting The 13th Annual Session of the South- eastern Chess Association was held in Albany, Georgia from July 9 to 13th, 1934. A good time was enjoyed by all the parti- cipants and after the final mate was re- corded the results were announced. We give the leading scores: Class A—Nestor Hernandez 10-1, P. J. Walker 9-2, Perry Hewitt 8-3. Class B—A triple tie between Luther Williams, John T. Gregg, and Louis R. Lang with scores of 6-4. Officers of the Association for 1934 were unanimously re-elected. They are: Chas. S. Roberts, Jacksonville, Fla., President, _ W..N. Woodbury, Birmingham, Ala., Vice-President, Arthur S. Harris, Secretary-Treasurer. The following cities competed for the honor of ‘staging the 1935 Session: Atlan- ta, Ga; Knoxville, Tenn; Savannah, Ga.; Winston-Salem, N.C; and Columbus, Ga. On the second ballot Knoxville, Tenn. received a majority of votes and was duly elected to be the 1935 host. Savannah, Ga., New Jersey State Championship The New Jersey Chess League informs us that at a meeting held Friday, August 10 it was decided to hold a tournament among players from Northern New Jersey to establish the champion of that section for 1934. This northern Champion will later play Mr. Wm. A. Ruth, title holder of the South Jersey Chess Association for the New Jersey State Championship of 1934, THIS CORRECTS ALL PRE- VIOUS. ERRONEOUS AND UN- AUTHORIZED NEWS ITEMS. The Northern Title Tournament will be held at the rooms of the Néwark Rice Chess Club, 186 William Street, Newark, N, J. and will start at 9:30 A.M. on Sun- %: Tue Cuess Revisw day, September 16th. The entry fee is 1.00 and all bona-fide residents of New Jersey are eligible. The only prize giv will be a certificate to the winner. - soe Official Philadelphia Ranking The 20. leading Philadelphia players : have been ranked by a committee of the Philadelphia Chess Association. We give the first ten: 1. W. A. Ruth 6. B. F. Winkelman | 2, J. Levin 7, R Bailey 3. D. Weiner 8 S. T. Sharp 4. S. Drasin 9. H. Morris 5. A. Regen 10. S. Mlotkowski Reshevsky vs. Kashdan Plans are in progress for a match of twenty games between’ these two top- notch American players. An attempt will be made to raise a purse of $1,000.00 and we feel that the match should produce some very interesting chess. Contract Bridge Every Facility for the Enjoyment of Both Games . Two Spacious Floors Visitors Always Welcome. STUY VESANT CHESS CLUB 241 Bast 14th St. New York City° Miniature Games By ARNOLD S: DENKER Readers are invited to submit brilliant games of not more than 20 moves to Arnold S. Denker, care of The Chess Review, 60-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, N. Y. Played at Gambit Chess Rooms London, England, 1932. SICILIAN DEFENSE M, Demby Jacques ‘Cohen White Black 1 P.Ka P.QBS 2 KeKB3 P-K3 3 P.Q4 PxP 4 KP P.QR3 5 B-K2 Q-B2 6 0-0 Ke-KB3 7 KeQB3 P.Q4 A bit premature. The, uoual formation for Black is Bult up wits | P-Q3;... P-QKts. . . BKt2: ~ QKt-Q2-B4,” 8 R-KI The simpler 8 PxP isolating the QP s was the the- oretical reply, but White prefers complications. 8. PxP Now White is rewarded. Had Black recaptured with the Kt however, he might have been able to retain the pawn. In any event he would obtain a good game. 9 BKK KtQe 9... BK2 or 9... QKt-Q2 was better. The text disregards the principle of not moving the same piece twice in the opening. 10 KtxP Kt-Q2 Permitting a pretty finish. 11 KtxP! PxKt 12 B-R5 ch P-Kt3 13 QxKur PxQ 14 Kt-Q6 mate. Newark Rice C. C. Championship July 1934. ENGLISH OPENING D. Meisel C. Parmele White Black 1 P-QB4 P.QB4 2 Kr KB3 Kt-QB3 3 Ke-B3 P-KKt3 4 P-KKi3 BKe 5 BKe2 P-K3 600° P-Q4 7 PxP PxP 8 P.Q4 PxP 9 OKeKes QK3 To hold the pawn at the expense of an attack, 10 Kt-Q6 ch K-K2 10... K-BL was safer but still precarious. 11 KexB ch RxKr 12 PK3 PxP 13 BxP P.Qs 14 B-B4 P.B3 An exit for the King. 13 RK ch tee The beginning of the fireworks! Wiese K-B2 16 Q-K2 KKtK2 17 QK6 ch KB1 18 B.Q6 RK1 19 KeKts! Resigns The threat was 20 B-Q5! SEE FRENCH DEFENSE M. Euwe G.M White Black 1 P-Ka PK3 ‘ 2 P.Q4 P.Q4 3 KeQe3 KUKB3 4 BS BK2 5 PKs KKe 6 P-KR4 a2 The most forceful move. Black cannot the sacrifice of a pawn because of an rat ca ing King side attack. In a masters’ tournament at Mannheim, 1914. Alekhine played por Fahmi after 6... BxB: 7 PxB, QxP; 8 Kt-R oR 9 Kt-B4, Kt-BI: 10 Q-Kt4, P-KB4: pep -p. PxP; 12 0-0-0, P-B3: 13 R-K, K-Ql; 14 6...e This move should lose for Black, Bogolubow-Spielmann, Vienna, 1922, it. wag’ res fated by 7 8-08, B-QBA, 8 Ke, RACH 9 Ke Alekhine considered 6 . Be ABS Black’s best. ‘Teichmann recommends 6... P-KR’ 0.0 7 B.Q3 re QBs 8 QRS P-KKe3 9 Q.R6 RKL 10 Kt-B3 QKt-B3 10... B-BI was better! 11 BRS KtB1 12 BxB QxB 13 KKe Kis BPxP 14 KtxRP Kee If 14... KtxKt, then 15 PxP wins, 15 PxP Ke(B)xP 16 BxKe KexB 17 PKKt4 PxKe 18 0.0.0 Resigns ‘There is nothing to be done against the threat of P-Kt5 followed by Kt-B6ch.Canadian Section i. by F. w. ‘Watson Articles pertaining to this department will be accorded special attention if addressed to the Editor at 191 Jones Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Dominion Chess Congress 1934 Play in the Canadian Chess Champion- ship Tournament is scheduled to be in ef- fect from August 25th to September 8th. Arrangements. were finally completed to stage the event in the Automotive Building at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, and great credit is due the spe- cially appointed committee for its untiring efforts in completing all necessary prepar- ations. Undoubtedly, it is to be the great- est fete in the annals of Canadian chess—~ which has gradually, but surely, improved with the march of time. ‘As a means of elaborating the initiation ‘of Toronto’s first Centennial Chess Cong- ress—it is planned to have three separate tournaments in conjunction; these to ac- commodate players of the various inter- mediate strengths, with which a tourney for boys is associated. Prospective en- tries for the Canadian title include—R. E. Martin, titleholder; J. H. Belson, Toronto champion; B, Blumin, Montreal champion; A. Mogle, Winnipeg and Manitoba cham- pion; S. E. Gale, J. S. Morrison, and M. Fox, former Dominion champions: L. Richard, ex-champion of Montreal; and other Canadian expert players. For the delegates, and as part of the program, the City Council Chamber pro- posed a civic reception. R. G, Hunter, Treasurer of the Toronto Chess Club, was elected President of the Honorary Committee, which also includes the Rev. Canon Plumptre; J. Warren, Reeve of East York; L. A, S. Dack; Alderman F, Hamilton; C. Q. Ellis and S, D, Ballard. ‘Will Martin Be Guillotined? The eyes of the chess world are now focused on picturesque Toronto—with its National Exhibition and centennial cele- brations, the waving of flags and blowing of trumpets—and, in the midst of all, the great struggle for Canada's supreme chess sovereignty. Players from various parts of the Dominion, in one massed — congregation, will declare their solemn — allegiance with respect to the day of coro- nation and recognition to the King—the King of Canadian chessdom (or is it dome?). Somebody must be crowned. Several members of the congress seem to be of the opinion that it is high time now for the present monarch to abdicate the throne. Seemingly it appears that there must always be a few so-termed disgrunt- led radicals who are never satisfied with any form of government—and so. the world will always have its troubles wheher it be chess. politics, or what have we? OF course, there could not be enough confusion without the usual juggling act, when it came to the part of selecting which month in the year would be most suitable for a choice of a number of days from one week to run into another so as » to conveniently accommodate the partici- pating combatants—and which also would not conflict with Mr, Freedman’s holidays to necessitate the cancellation of his fish- ing trip, and Malcolm Sim's golfing expe- dition, ete. So now the time for com- . mencement of the big event is reported as being August 25, the play is to continue from that time to September 8—whether — this is official, or just another guess, will depend perhaps upon whether it is raining or not, on the 25th of August!SEPTEMBER, 1934 151 Miscellaneous News’ Scores of the recent Montreal Cham- pionship Tourney have been received. The leaders: Blumin, 1214-114; Davis US ee 1 ; Harvey and tid sky, 914-414; Saunders, 814-514; Keller- Wolff, 714-614. 5A The “Laurels of Canada Aspirants," a contingent from Montreal—with other in- vaders from the North and West of Can- ada—will press into the thick of a mon- ster battle for Canadian chess monarchy shortly after the scheduled distribution of this publication, and—believe it or not, the Montrealers have come fresh from a spe- cial training tournament staged last month in their home town as a means of whip- ping them into condition. Will Maurice Fox pick up the crown which is proclaimed _ as being a mere loan to Toronto? Peterborough prescribes as its latest stimulant for chess activity, a ladder tour- nament; and of those participating in this ancient form of chess treatment, it is reported that H, B. Cowan recovered nicely after a five-game tussle against Rev. E. R. James, emerging — from second position to displace his amiable op- ponent from the coveted top rung. G. Snowden and A. Mitchell, in fourth and . third positions respectively, were beaten by H. Mortis coming from the fifth rung, although in his attempted climb for the second peg Mr. Morris was pushed back by Rev. James. E. Mitchell gained two rungs from sixth place by defeating Snow- den and ‘A. Mitchell to settle himself com- fortably in fourth place. It is predicted that Snowden, a former city champion, will brush all obstacles from the ladder just as soon as he catches his breath! In Winnipeg—E. G. Baldwinson is creating quite an interest in the study and solving of chess problems. A special team-of-five solving match is now under way with Saskatchewan and Manitoba in opposition. Problems for this contest are being specially published by the Regina Leader and the Winnipeg Tribune. Toronto—during the past month~ was in quite a turmoil of chess confab and ac- tion. The big clash for supreme Canadian honors seemed to be approaching with all the velocity of a qreat and ferocious tornado, with prospective competitors run- ning amuck offering one another'a Knight, or a Rook, and in some instances a Queen odds! All this as a means of special training. Practice matches and spite matches: flared up here and there—in To- onto the chess fever is bad, they just vir- tually tear at each other's throat! Buffalo-Toronto Match June, 1934 FRENCH DEFENSE (Notes by B. Garfinkel) White Black R. E, Martin B. Garfinkel Champion of Canada Champion of Buffalo Toronto Buffalo 1 PKA P.K3 2 P.Qs P.Q4 3 Kt-QB3 BKS 4 PxP PxP 5 B.Q3 KtK2 6 Kk B.KB4 70.0 0.0 B B-KB4 P.QB3 9 BxB KtxB 10 Q.Q3 KeK2 11 KR-Ki Kt-Ke3 12 B-Kt3 Kt-Q2 13 KeB4 Kt-B3 14 KexKt RPxKt 15 R.K2 R-KI 16 QR-K1 QQ2 17 P-QR3 : BxKe 18 QxB RR 19 RAR KtKS 20 Q-K3 KtxB. 21 Beek KBr 22 Q-OB3 R-KI 23 Q-B5 ch KK 24 RaRch OxR 25 Q-KB ch 26 KR2 27 . . The position had been evenly balanced until Black's error on the 22nd move gave White a passed pawn, 37. ee P-Kts! 28 Q-Kea O-B8 29 O-Bs QxQ? 30 PxQ wee ‘The exchange of queens gives White a winning end game 30... . KBI 31 K-KtL KK2 32 K-B2 K.Q3 33 KK3 K.B2 34 K.Q3 KK 35 K-B2 KR4 36 K-Kt3 P-Ktd 37 P-B4? eee Failing to play 37 P-Kté is an important over- sight on White's part. : . B7 ae 38 PxD Resigns. P-KS! PsP& _ Game Studies Western Chess Association Championship July 1934 QUEEN’S PAWN OPENING (Notes by S. S. Cohen) A. S. Denker I, Kashdan White Black 1 P.Q4 KeKB3 2 P.QB4 P-B3 3 Kt-QB3 P-Q4 4 KeB3 PxP Black's idea as borne out by his following move is to avoid the usual difficulty experienced in developing the QB. It does not recommend itself because it leaves the Q side weak and per- mits White to gain time later by P-K4! 5 P-QR4 BB+ 6 P-K3 KtR3 7 BxP OKEKS 80.0 PKS 9 Q-K2 QK-O4 This system of development for the Black pieces in the QP game is not original. It has been played often in the past, and probably will crop up frequently in the future. Nevertheless, it is not good, On the surface, Black appears | to have attained a greater mobility then usual but it has involved too many Kt moves. White by his next few moves takes advantage of his gaia in time to secure dominating position in the center. 27 eae BxP 28 Q-R3 RxB Forced. - RxKtch was threatened. White is beginning to reap the fruits of his labor. 29 RxR PKs 30 QR-BI RBI 31 QR-QI BKB If Black's King position was less exposed, he might cause trouble with his passed Q side pawns. 32 R-Bt RB6 I. Kashdan 7 A. 8. Denker This permits White to bring off a combination to conclude the game. But there was no. hope for Black. White threatened QR-B1 to be fol- 10 Kt-K5 B-Q3 LL P-B3! KexKe 12 PxKe Q-B2 13 PKA B-Kt3 14 BB+ Kr-Q2 15 KtxB RPxKt 16 P-KS BK2 17 BRS 00 ' 18 P-Kt4 wee The beginning of a well calculated With the center under control, White assault, takes advantage of Black's weakness on KR file and the diagonal of the White King side fe open lowed by R-R4, etc. KxR 33 RxKe cht” 34 QR8 ch K-K2 35 R-KBI QK1 36 QxP ch K.qQi 37 RBS RB 38 Q-B6 ch K.Q2 39 RxQ KxR 40 QsKP ch K.Q1 41 Q-Q6 ch KBI 42 PKG Resigns ‘White played the game with force and preci- sion, ZURICH JUBILEE TOURNAMENT July 1934 QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED 1B ee KR-O1 19 BK3 KeBL 20 P-Bt P.QB4 21 B-BS PxQP 22 PxQP QR-BL 23 QR-BL Q-Q2 24 PxKP "PxP Not 24... KtxP; 25 P-Q5 followed by 26 P-Q6! in addition to the weaknesses enumerated in the preceding note he has added another: the open KB file. 25 Q.B3 26 R-QB2 27 PRs! tees Well played. The square KKt1 must be cleared to permit the Q to function along the diag- onal KR3-QB8,- White being engaged in carry- ing on a direct attack against his opponent's King can disregard Black's Q side activities, BRO B-Kts But Black is in a bad fix because now | (Notes by I. A. Horowitz) ~ M. Buwe Dr, Lasker White Black 1 P.Q4 P.Q4- 2 P.OB4 P-K3 3 Ke QBs K-KB3 4 BKS QK-Q2 3 PKS PBS 6 KBs BK2 7 Q-B2 0-0 & P.QR3 RKI 9 BBL PxPSEPTEMBER, 1934 tse First 9 10... PxP followed by « P-QKtt and . P-QB4 with 2 virtual gain in’ tempo might have heen considered here, But in this line White anight choose to simplify with 10 PxP and then sry to exploit the weakness of the black squares on Black's Q side. The text clarifies the play in the center. . 10 BxP 11 BxB 12 KeK4 13 KK 14 0.0 15 KtxP 16 B. nee was good eqough, If then 17 ow. aR. Re ‘Toiloved by... RR-B1 driving the Q. The text appears to be ‘over precaution ary. 17 DK R.QI 18 KRQ1 B.Q2 19 PKS KeKI 20 B.KeL P.Kt3 21 QKa BARS _ A typical Lasker manoeuvre—apparently losing time, but actually creating a marked weakness in his opponent's position, 22, PKS B.Q2 23 P.QR4 KrQ4 24 B-Q3 OR-BI 25 B-B4 B-B3 26 KexB PsKt 26. . , RxKt was also playable, but after 27 BxKt there would be little left to play for. 27 R.Q3 ‘The idea was to bring the rook into the fray on the king side, but this was achieved at the expense of sacrificing the queen's file, Instead 27 R-K1, protecting the KP, releasing the Q and in turn permitting the later entrance of the White Kt at K4 was indicated. . 27. Kt-Krs 28 RI “KB R-B2 29 PR4 QR.Q2 30 P-RS OK 31 R-KL Re ‘05 32 PxP see Pretty play but sofertunately not very force- ful. After 32... . RxQ; 33 PxBP ch, K-B1; 34 Pxkt(Q)} chy KxQ; 35 KtxR, Q-Kt3; (35. QxP; 36 Kt-Bé ch!) 36 Kt-Q6 ch, KD {best}; 37 R-B7 chi! 32a ee RPxP 33 Q-K2 R.O7 34 OBL + OxP Alter this White quickly succumbs, 34 Q-K3 forcing the exchange of queens would silll eave a tenable position. 34... KeB7 35 Kt-Ka QxP Turn about is’ fair pley—Black now offers the queen, 36 Kt-B6 ch Quik 37 RxQ Kes 38 R-Bi KeK5, 39 B-K2 Ke-Q3 40 B-B3 KnxBP Al QBS Ke-Q6 P.QR3, anticipating 10 B-Q3 with Position after Black’s 35th move, — 42 R-B1 KtK4 43 QKtt Kt(K4)xB ch 44 BxKt KCK? ch 45 K-R2 KBs ch 46 KR1 ries If 46 K-Rr3, P-Ki4! R(Q7).05 Rie RQL.O4 RRK ea RQU Zurich Jubilee Tournament July 1934 QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by 8. 8. Cohen) M. Euwe A. Alekhine (White ; Black I P-QB4 PAKS 2 B-O4 P.Q4 3 Kr-QB3 P.QR3 This move in the Queen’s Gambit "Declined seems without point, Since it is not a develop- ing move, White by exchanging pawns immedi- ately, proves it to be a loss of tinte. Although played by the World Champion, he hes him- self stated that it is not the best. 4 PxP 4 PxP 5 B-B4 Ke-KB3 6 P-K3 B.Q3 7 BxB QuB “ 8 B.Q3 KeB3 OKKEK2 7 foes A good move. The idea is to hold the threat of planting the Kt at KB5 over Black's head. Also it impedes the development of Black's QB by destroying the efficacy of . . . B-Kt5. eee 0.0 10 P-QR3 nee White wishes to take commend of the open QB fle with Q-B2 and R-QBI. The text prevents the Q from being annoyed 2% a Black Kt at QKt5, and also prepares for P-QKté Ke K2 POR154 ee Tue Cuess Revizw Black is confronted with one of the major dif- ficulties experienced by the second player in the Queen's Gambit—the development of the QB. He © elects to fianchetto it but in doing so renders the QBP “backward.” The manner in which White eventually wins this pawn is a pleasure to behold. 12 P-OKe4 B-Kt2 1B Oo. KR-KI 14 Kt-Kt3 _ Ke-Kt3 15 KR.BI KeRS The object of this move is shrouded in mys- tery. Black may have had vague hopes of even- tually opening the major diagonal of his QB but just how he was going to accomplish this is per- haps better left for a clairvoyant. Its only re- deeming. feature is that it holds the square KB. 16 QKtK2, P.B3 This move compromises the QBP irrevocably. Also it locks in the QB. Better would seem to be . R-K2, 17 QR-Kt1 18 P-R4 The first part of White's strategy is to establish a “hole” at QBS. RK2 18. » QR-KL 19 PRS P-QKt4 20 Kt-B4 RB2 21 QBS QQ2 Black does not care to exchange as the ending is unfavorable for him. 22 R-KL Keke 23 BBS QaQi 24 Ke-Q3 B-BI 25 QR-BI Ke-K2 26 BxB KexB Black's intention is: to place his QKt at QB4 and obstruct White's attack upon the weak QBP. 27 KeKs ’ RK 28 P-K4! KtxP 29 KtxKe PxKt 30 RxP P.B3 Alekhine 31 KeB7!! One of the few times in recent years that Dr, Alekhine has been caught napping. One can hardly blame him for not anticipating White's elegant reply. and we would not be surprised to learn that it literally knocked the worthy doctor off his chair! It wins the QBP by force. 1 33 RxR ch, Brey 8 1631.) Keke: 32 QRS ch, KK KxR; 34 R-K1 ch, K-Q3; 35 Q-B5 ch, K-Q2; 36 Q-BS5 ch, K-Q3; 37 Q-K6 mate. 32 RxR. QxR 33 Kt-Q8 OKs 34 KtxP A At last! The beginning of the end. BF P-R3 35 PQS ° 9.96 36 PRB 907 37 B-Ke3 38 K-Ke2 eas 39 R-K1 Taking command of an important open file. BOS K-R2 40 41 8 42 Q.04 O-35 Endeavoring to secure a passed pawn, which would give him a little counterplay. 43 OKs ch x 44 RxQ KK 45 KtKts Another pawn falls by the wayside. | 45. K-B2 46 KixP™ R.Q2 47 R-Q4 KeK2 48 POG Ke-B4 49 R-QS KtxQP 50 KeBSs ROL 51 KeK4 Keke 52 P-R6!! The perfect finish to a well played game, Of course Black cannot accept the Grecian gift. 52 « RxR; 53 PxKt, R-QU (forced) ; 54 Kt-Q6 ch, followed by Kt-BS arid the pawn must queen. SZ. uae K-K3. 53 RxR, Resigns Syracuse Masters’? Tournament August 1934. QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by A. W. Dake) ‘ A.W. Dake E. Tholfson White Black 1 P.Q4 Kt-KB3 2 P-QB4 P.K3 3 KeOB3 P.Q4 4 BK OKt-O2 5 P-K3 _ BK2 6 Ke-B3 0-0 7 RBL P.B3 8 P-QR3 P.QR3 9 Q.B2 P-KR3 , 10 B-R4 R-KI “TL P-R3 A. possibility pointed out by Dr. Alekhine. If 11 B-Q3 Black plays 11... . PxP and White losesa move. Whether the text is advantageous for White remains to be seen, We... PxP 12 BaP P.QKet 13 BR2 B.B4 14 PxP KexP 15 0.0 Qk 15... B-Kt2 immediately gives Black better chances’ for equalizing the position. The move played goes into complications, in which White always seems to come out ahead.SEPTEMBER, 1934 155 16 BK BKt2 ch, Puke (forced, otherwise Q-K4 ch!) ; 16 PxQP 17 BxKt BxB and White has a strong attack as well as two 18 oR’ ch ee pawns for his piece. 30 KRO1 92 12 QB! ROK E. Tholfsen 12... PxKt;, 13 QxR, Kt-B4; 14 B-B4! Or . PxKt; 13.QxR, Q-B2; 14 BxQRP, Ke-Kt3; 15 B-Ki5 ch! 13 KeB6 Q-B2 IL13.. .. BeKt2; 14 KtK4! (not 14 KtxQ, BxQ; A. W. Dake . QR-QI is slightly preferable, With the ex move threatening to win the Q, Black burns his bridges behind him. 21 RxKe ch KaR 22 PKS BQL 23 QxKiP R-K2 If 23... . BxKt; 24 QxBP ch followed by 25 xB. - 24 R-Qich K-BI 25 BRE P-BE This move loses outright, RR? would have held out longer for Black, 26 PxP ep! Resigns If 26... ReQ: 27 PxR and the pawn cannot be stopped from queeaing. Syracuse Masters’ Tournament August 1934 QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (Notes by A. 8. Denker) R. Fine Black A. S. Denker -B4 PxQP 10... . P-Kt5 at once was indicated. 11 KaQP wae pSomewbat of a surprise move, Usual is 11 a ee PKs . Kt-B4. If then 12 PxP, No better was I 714 Kt-K4, Pxkt; 15 KtxKr KrxB; 13 QxKt, P-K: 15 PxB, PxKe; 16 Kt-B6, PxP!), BxKe; 15 KtxKt ch, PxKet; 16 QxB! 14 KeR, KeK4 15 QR8t KexB If 1S... BeKt21; 16 KtxP cht 16 KtxP Q-Kt2z 17 KeKesi! QxQ 18 Ke(R6)-B7 ch K.Q2 19 KtxQ KBE 20 KtR7 ch a 20 R-QI would have ended the Now the game presents a Not the best, game more rapidly. few technical difficulties. 20... KK 21 KexB KaKt(B1) 22 KeKi6 ch K-K2 23 KeB4 B-K2 24 KeRS ch K-K3 23 KeKr3 KeK5 _ 26 P-B3 K1(K5) B+ 27 KtxKt BxKt 28 B.Q2 R.QI 29 P.OKt3- KeKy 30 R-B2 Kt-Q6 If 30... RxB; 31 RXR, BxPch; 32 R-B2, Kt-Q6; 33 R-R2, and White wins the ending. 31 RK2 Ke-BS 32 K-BL KeR Be EB ~ 34 R-QBI < 35 RBS ROK 36 K-Q3 37 PKA 38 B-K3 39 KxB 40 K-K2 41 K-Q2 42 P-R3 43 KK2 44 RBS 45 ROS ch 46 RRS 47 RxP 48 K-B1 49 R-Kt6 ch 50 K-Ktt 31 K-R2 52 R-KRG 53 RxP 54 RRS 55 BRS 56 RRS 57 PRG 58 P-R7 59 P.R4 ResignsVanity and Chess By Barniz F, WINKELMAN “Chess is a matter of vanity . . Dr. Alexander Alekhine. (From a reported interview.) To those of us who, like Reti, view the Royal Game as an escape from the petty annoyances of daily life, it comes as a shock to learn that even in the heroic stress of over-the-board combat, all is vanity. Illusory, it seems, is the thesis of Dr. Lasker,—grandmaster of chess and phil- osopher of struggle,—that in the clash of match and tournament, the false and the unsound are unmasked, and truth and honesty duly rewarded, All about us, he avers, are blustering nonentities, insolent mediocrities, who have crowded out of politics and business, able and worthy, but more modest men. Hence the conso- lation of the chess board, the last strong- hold of the Spartan virtues. Such is the burden of much that has been written about chess,—the game of the unappreciated, the forgotten man. In other fields books are written, issues de- bated, important posts occupied, by those who, if the truth were known,—chessic- ally ‘speaking, rate the odds of a rook. With all this in mind it is disconcerting to learn that chess too, awards its laurels on the basis of vanity. Which requires a bit of explanation, if not of apology. Let us admit that in chess as in all things, confidence, belief in one’s star, is a necessary and valuable asset. But such assurance is distinct from egotism—the brazen effrontery of the jostling arriviste, —the man on the make. Rigorous prepa- ration, native talent, imaginative genius, are pre-requisite to participation in the national or international arena. Withal the amour propre that makes victory possible in the battle of each man against the world, cannot be nourished chessically by delusions of grandeur. It must be supported by performance. Was it not Capablanca who wrote: “Only con- tinued success in international competi- tion can give the chess master self-con- fidence and serenity as he faces his op- ponent.” Yet in another sense vanity is a neces- sary ingredient in the peculiar melange of qualities that constitute a grandmaster. _ fo recall a few classic lines: “Then let me make so bold as to request the recipe of fortune: How much man, how much of lion and how much of fox, how much of jackass and how much of hog, it takes to make the rich ragout suc- cess?” (Rinaldo) We have learned that too much of fox or hog militates strongly against the chess master~these qualities, do not in chess, —as in life,—form the bulk and body of the .stew. Even in chess, —as in all art— it may well be urged that only one of inordinate vanity can devote a life time of effort to a game which requires forgetfulness of all else, and in which the chief allure must remain the thrill of personal triumph. But Jet us be grateful that in chess such is the restricted role of vanity, and that in a broad sense, the more robust qualities form the background of the master. Strangely vanity does play its part, ‘When two great experts meet for ulti- mate decision, it may determine the chaice of opening . . . How else explain the re- currence of both antagonists at Buenos Aires to the same variations? And as the game proceeds and various alternatives present themselves—the glam- orous combination or the more conservative positional manoeuver— the daring inno- vation or the tried and accepted path— is not every tense moment a challenge to the pride of the master? Or having embarked upon our course, shall we now retreat and confess our judgment at fault? Again we must make a ceitical choice—shall strategy yield to tactics, or in the light of detached ap- praisal must we confess our advantage illusory and be content with a draw?1934 SEPTEMBER, : On the mountain top of chess, where the dogmas of all the schools vibrate in es- sential harmony, it is this quality of ju- dicial evaluation that most signally ear- marks the champion. All this, no doubt Dr. Alekhine had in mind, when he emphasized the importance of vanity in match or tournament. But Jet him not be misunderstood. For in no 4 aN \s THE OLD GENT HAS JUST MADE A “BRILLIANCY" (SO HE THOUGHT) BUT HIS WORTHY YOUNG OPPONENT COUNTERS- Q ANNOUNCING “UMBAH* — MATE IN [2MOVES THE CHILD WONDER GROWS UP 157 field is blind conceit more speedily pun- ished, and mere front of so little value. Well may Alekhine be pardoned the apparent exaggeration of his quotation. For he above and beyond any of our champions builded his own success solidly upon a foundation of native ability, hard work and sheer love of the game~and least of all, upon vanity. SAMUEL RESHEVSKY WHO MADE THE FRONT PAGE HEADLINES AT “THE AGE OF 9 BY GIVING SIMULTANEOUS. CHESS EXHIBITIONS AGAINST THE STRON- GEST PLAYERS OF THE DAY, HAS MORE THAN FULFILLED THE EARLY »PROMISE OF CHESS GENIUS, TODAY "SAMMY" 1S ONE OF THE WORLD'S STRONGEST PLAYERS OUR CHESS ALBUM~—No. 1End Game Studies By Barwie F, WINKELMAN Henri Rinck To the query as to who is the greatest figure in the long history of the game, chess enthusiasts will present a bewilder- ing diversity of opinions. Problemists thrilled by the masterpieces of their fav- orites, will no doubt urge the claims of Shinkman, or Loyd, or Pauly: those in- terested in match and tournament will point to Philidor, Morphy, Steinitz, Las- ker, Capablanca, or Alekhine. With due respect to each of these im- pressive names of past and present, we submit that no master or problemist has approached Henri Rinck in his extraor- dinary faculty of revealing the powers of the pieces and the depth of possible man- oeuvers on the bo. board, It is the mark of the great composer that many of his studies betray so little of the hand of the artist that they appear to have been discovered by him—rather than to have been laboriously constructed. In subsequent issues we shall present sev- eral examples of such endings, which seem to have existed through the ages only awaiting the call of genius to bring them to life. We have spoken of the “richness” of Rinek, and for this purpose we give only a single study. White White to play and win, 1 Ke-Q3 For 2... . K-Kt3 see Sub-Variation (A). 3 QQS5 ch KKe3 4 Q.Q4 ch K-Ke4(R4) 5 Q-Rra ch KR3 6 K-B7 QB? ch 7 Kt-BS ch wins. Sub-Variation (A). 2... K.K3 3 Q:B6 ch KR2 If 3... K-R4 4 Q-Q5ch, K-Kt3; and con tinue as in the main variation. 4 K-B7 OKs 5 Q-B5 ch wins, Variation I. Le Q-K6 RB ch Kke4 f 2... K-Kt3 see Sub-Variation (B) or 2. OR? sce’ SubsVaraton ic). 3 Q-B6 ch K.R4 4 O-B3 ch KKB If 4... K-Ktd: 5 Q-Kt4 ch followed by 6 Kt BS ch wins, 5 Q-Kta ch . KR 6 KB7 QKE6 ch 7 Kt-B4 wins, SutxVariation (B). Qavae K-K3 3 QKt8 ch K-R3 163... RS 4 QKed ch, ete, 4 KtBS ch K.R4 5 Q-R7 ch and wins the Q or mates, Sub-' Variation (C), 2. 3 Kt-B5 ch ‘White mates in three, Variation Iii. Q-R2 KKa BS Te “st 3 QKI or Bea, etc. 3 re KK 4 ORE ch and wins the Q, Variation 1V. Te... Q-B6 2 KeBS ch KKta ~ K-R4; 3 Q-R8 ch and mate in two. 3 Q.B6 ch and mates or wins the Q, Variation V. OK levee 2 KBs ch KR¢ If 2... K-Ktd; 3 Q-Kt2 ch, K-BS; (... KR, 4 QR3ch, etc.) 4 Q-K13 ch and mates next move, 3 QR2ch Kes 4 Q-KG3 ch KR4 5 Q-R3 ch and mate in two. Variation VI. oe -R4 RB ch Re5 If 2... K-Ke4; 3 Q-BG mate. -Ki8 ch KR3 -BS ch wins. Re 70, A:‘Mistakes of the Masters By Lester W. Branp > It is, ‘of course, no news to regular readers of this department that the very _ best players frequently make the “very best” mistakes. Let us add that these mis- takes have been published with no idea of shaming the erring master but rather to “hearten the novice and amateur who often get “discouraged at the regularity with - which they lose “won” games, and to ad- monish them that eternal combinative vigilance is the price of victory. “Morphy more than once placed a piece where it could be snapped off with im- punity. Steinitz made scores of laughable errors. Rubinstein over-looked a mate in one. Both Dr. Lasker and Dr, Alekhine “gave away" pieces‘in World's Champion- ship play. Buenos Aires—~1927 Alekhine ~ Capablanca | White to play and win, . ‘The Basy Way ‘The Hard Way 1 R(Ket) xP? 2 KBI 3 K-K2! Capa played it the hard way! Also moved 3 _ K-B2? so that Alekhine drew with Q-Q7 ch, ksh QKe3 ch xP ch Sask them, I think, doubly significant, gee | Preventing 6 K-Ktl. 6 K.BI and wins. Havana—1921 Lasker lanca Black to play (and draw?). THE PLAY 45.4... & nie ka 12, 47 ORE eason; . K-K2; 47'QKS ch ARE wie ! oa Lasker had a good chance of 4 h ne hiabaghag hl @ good chance of drew.ng hed World Championship Match, 1929 13th Game > Bogolubow KB? ‘White to play. THE GAME 34 BxP? QKs1 32 Q.Q2 ‘QxB 33 P.O6 ge Is, 34 QQ 8 Resigns, That all these mistakes were made in : World Championship Matches makes _Selected Games ‘Western Chess Assn. Tourney July. 1934 QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED S. Reshevskey A.W. Dake White Black 1PQ4 KeKB3 17 Q-R4 9-93 2 P.QB4 P-K3 18 O-B2 B-Ke2 3 KeKB3 P-Q4 19 PQR4 —-Kt.Q2 4 Ke-B3 B-K2 20 P-K4 Q-BS 5 BKs 0.0 21 KR-K1 KeKtl 6 P-K3 QKt-Q2 22 P.KS KeB3 7 Q-B2 P.B4 23 Q-K4 Q-R3 8 BPxP KPxP 24. K-Q5 QR-OL 9 B.Q3 PBS? 25 K-KtG = KuQP! 10 BBS RKI 26 KtxP!— KtaKt ch 11 0.0 K-B122 27 QxKt RK2 12 BxB RxB 28 PRS Q-Ket 13 BxKe BxB 29 R-K4 BxP? 14 QBS! P-KKe3 30 P-Ra! Q.B3 15 Qw Q-B2 31 RxBl! QxP 16 OOK —P-QR3 32 P.Kt3 Resigns Western Chess Assn, Tourney July 1934 QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED S, Reshevsky V. Grigoriell White Bh 1 P-Q4 ‘Kt-KB3 15 B-B4 Kt-KR4 2 P-QB4 P-K3 16 B-K5 P-B3 3 P.Qt 17 BK P-K4 4 P.B3 18 KeB3 KoB 5 QK:-Q2 19 BPxKe = Kt-K3 6 BK2 20 K-Q5.Q-B4 th 7 00 8 21KRI BxKe? P-QK3 22 PxB KeB2 PxKP 23 QRBI!Q.Q3 BK2 24 KteRa R-B2? P.Bal 25 BxRP chi! KxB KixP 26 Q-R5ch Kt 1 QB2 27 KeKto R-B1 14 Kt-QKts Q-B3 28 R-B6!! Resigns Western Chess Assn, Tourney July 1934 SCOTCH GAME 1. Kashdan B. Ilsley White Black 1 P-K4 :P-K4 14 KtxBch - QxKt 2 KtKB3 Ke-QB3 15 P-KB4! B-B1 3 D.Q4 PxP 16 QR-KI RKL 4 KtxP KexKe? 17 BQL PKB 5 QxKe P-Q3 18 BK B-R3 6 Kt-B3 BK3 19 RBS BK2 7 BKB4 = -K-K2 20 KR-K3 Q-K2 8 B-K2 KeB3 21 QKB2 K.RI 9 Q.Q2 BK2 22 P-KS! PxP 10 Kt-Q5 B-B3 23 P.BS!! Ke-BI 11 P-QB3 0-0 24 RxP QQ2 120.0 -Kt-Ka? 25 P.Be! KeK 13 BK = -KtKt3?_— 26 RK7I! Resigns Seavausune n 12 13 4 wevaunune 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 BB 34 ‘Western Chess Assn. Tourney July 1934 FOUR KNIGHTS GAME ALH. Pali L Kashdan White Black P-K4 P-Ka 13 Q-Q1 — P-KKts KtKB3— Kt-KB3 16 BK3 P-B4 KLB3 Kt-B3 17 BKBI —- P-KR4 B-Kts KtQs 18 P.QKta —B-Ka! RtxKt PxKe 19 R-R3 P.Qs! PKS PxKt 20 PxQP PxQP PxKe QxP! 21 BBL P-KtS QPxP P-B3 22 P-Kes PRS B.Q3 P.Q4 23 BKr2.——_BxP ch! 0.0 B-Q3 24 KxB 0 P-Ki6 ch QRS? P-KR3 25 K-R1 P-R6IL R-KI ch B-K3 26 RxP QxP BQ2 0.0.01 P.QR4 —P-KK3 Resigns. ‘Western Chess Assn, Tourney July 1934 . QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED S, Reshevsky I. Kashdan White Black P.Q4 K-KB3 35 KeKté —-Kt.Q4 P-QB4 ——P.QB3 36 RRI! KBL Ke KB3 P.O4 37 PBB K-K2 Kt-B3 P-K3 38 eR Pee P-K3 2. 39. Ked -Q3: B-O3 OKOe 40 QI! BR BaP P.OKt4 41 KixP K.B4 B03 ORS 42 KtB2 —— R-KRI P-OR4 Pes 43 P-OKté ch! K-Ktt Koo ae 44 Kexkt BxKt 45 Kt-K3 BBS 0.0 B-Ke2 t oo Bs © 1S ROB! R.OBL Q 47 KeBal KxP P-RS! 0-0 48 Kt.Q6 R-B2 Q-K2 Q-B2 49 PRS D.B4 Kt-B4 KR.QL 50 P.R7 RxP KKeKS —Kt-BL 31 RxB R-R7 ch RQI KtKe3 52 K-Kt3 R-K7 BxKe RPxB 53 Kt-B7 P-BS ch P-OK3 PxP 54 KR3—P-Kts ch PxP Kr-Q4 55 KxP RxPch B-Q2 B-KB3 356 KxP RxP QR-BI Q-K2 57 RxP K-B4 KeKi2l QR.BL 58 R-Kt6 KOt KER4 B-Ked 59 RxP KK3 Rxk Buk 60 KtKs RR? Ke-Bs BxB 61 RKt6ch = KK2 QxB KtBo 62 K-BS RRt R-K1L R-Q1 63 PB R-Ktt OBE BRI? 64 RK6ch! K.BI KoP P-Ki4 65 K.B6 K-KtL QKt4 Q.93 65 K.Kt6 R-Kel Ke-BS OxP 67 PBS KRI QxQ RxQ 68 DBE R-Ktl ch KeBat RQI 69 KR6 ResignsSEPTEMBER, 1934 161 Zurich Jubilee Tournament July 1934 QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED A. Alekhine Dr. E. Lasker White Black 1 P.Q4 - PQa 14 Kt-Bs! Qa 2P-QBA —P-K3 15 KKtxP | Kt-Ka 3 KeKB3—Kt-KB3 16 B-Ke3 BxKe 4 KtB3 - 17 KeB Q-K3?? 3 BKeS — QKt-Q2 18 Q-Q6!! QKe-Q2 6 P-K3 0-0 19 KRQL QR-QL 7 R-BL P.B3 20 QK3 P-Ki3 8 B-Q3 PxP 21 Q-KG! — K-R1? 9 BP KeQa? 22 Kt-Q6 KKa 10 BxB OxB 23 P-Kat = KeKKtt IL KeKat KKt-R3 24 R.Q3 P-B3? 12 KeKe3 P.Ka 25 KtBSch! — K-R1 BOO PxP 26 QxKtP! Resigns Zurich Jubilee Tournament July 1934 CARO-KANN DEFENSE Dr. E. Lasker H, Mueller ‘White Black 1 P-K4 P.QB3 17 PxP PxP 2 KeQn3 P.Q4 18 QAKi7 Q-BS 3 KBs PxP 19 R-Kea 2-93 4 KrxP B-B4 20 P-Q3 QKt-Q2 3 KeKe3 B-Kt3 21 P.QB3 Kt-B4 6 P-KR4! P-KR3 22 QeRP KeQ4 7 KeKSI B-R2 23 RxB! KxR 8 QRS PKK 24 KeBS Q-K4 9 QB3I KeB3 25 QxKe OsKt 10 QKBt! — Q.Q4 26 RKet Q-K3 11 QxPQaKt ch 27 RxP P-B4 12 BK2 9.03 28 Q-B4 R-B3 13 QaR Q-B2 29 QR4ch RRB 14 PRt BK2 30 RxB ch KR 15 RQR3 0.0 31 QeR ch QQ 16 R-Kt3 P-Rta 32 BxQch Resigns Zurich Jubilee Tournament July, 1934 NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE A. Nimzowitsch — W, Henneberger White Black 1P.Q4 Ke KB3 16 KeKtl Ke-Ke3 2 P.QB4 P.K3 17 BRS Kt-Bs! 3.Kt-QB3 — B-KG 18 BxKe QxB 4 OK BxKt ch 19 B-K2 Ke-Kra 5 PxB Da 20 R-O3 P-B4!! 6 PBB! 2. 21 KtPxP BxP! 7 B-KS Qk 22 O-Ket R-K2 8 PKA B.Ka 23 K-QI B.Q2 9 R.QI P-B4! 24 K-B2 PK! 10 PQS QKt-Q2 25 QL xP 11 P-Kra R-K1 26 R-Q2 B.RS ch 12 B-Q3 KeBL 27 KRt2 Kt ch 13 KeK2 ——_P-KR3 28 K-R3 KR-Ke2!! 14 BBL KKtR2 29 KxB Q-B2 15 P-KR4 Q-B3! 30 BxP Q.02ch 31 KR3 Q.0B2 37 R-B2 RxP 32 BKts .O-R4 ch 38KR-R2 R(B6)-Kt6! 33 KK P-BS 39 Q.BI P-B6 34 Q-Q1 QR! 40 KR-Kt2 R-K¢s8 ch!! 35 R-KB2 —RxB ch! Resigns. 36 K.R1 QRa! SYRACUSE MASTERS’ TOURNEY August 1934 ENGLISH OPENING E, A, Santasiere A.W. Dake White Black 1 P.QB4 P-K4a 22 KtK6? RK! 2 Kt-QB3 — Kt.QB3 23 PxR Q-B3 3 PKKG — P-KKG 24 Q.04 PKs! 4 BK BK 25Q-Q5 — PxKech 5 KtB3 9 KKt-K2 26 RxP QxQ 60.0 0-0 27 PxQ KexR 7 P-QR3 P.OR4! 28 KxKt KK 8 P-Kt3 P.Q3 29 R-QBI P-B3 9 BK P.R3! 30 P-K4-Kt-K4ch 10 B-K3 B-K3 31 K-K3 PxKP 41 P-Q3 Q.Q2 32 KxP R-B7 12 Q.B2 B-R6 33 DxP PxP 13 KeQKts? —_ BxB 34RQ1 BRKT ch 14 KxB P-B4! 35 K-BS P.Q4 15 P-Q4 B-KS 36 P-QKt4 Kt-BS! 16 KeK2—QR-K1 37 ROK PxP 17 P-Q5 BxB 38 RxP R-K4 ch 18 OxB KK4 39 K-B4 RxP 19 K-Q4 = P-KKi4_ 40 P-QR4 K-B3 20 P-B3 PxPch = 41 RKB RK3 ch 21 Ke(Q2)xP 42 K-B3 KeK¢ ch! Ke(K2)-K3 Resigns. Western Chess Association Tourney July 1934 ZUKERTORT OPENING Capt. J. J. Araiza—_‘V. Grigorieff White Black 1 KeKB3-KtKB3 23 RAK KRL 2 P.Q4 P-K3 24 KeRe BxKt 3 QKt-Q2 P-QK3 25 QxB Kr-Q2 4 B-K4 BK 26 RK R-KKtt 3 B.O3 P.Q4 27 B-B3 KeB2 GPRS - KKeQ2 28 PxP Kee 200 POR SOBA! ARK 8 P-B3 Kt-QB3 31 KKe OBL 9P-QR3 PQR4 = — 32. QK7_— Kt? 10 RI BK 33 RKRI | RKO at Ke-BL 0-0 34. Q-K8ch —-R-K¢I 12 QK2 RKi 35 ORS RK2 13 O-K3 P-B4? 36 P-Ktat = K.OB* 14 RK-Q2 P-QBS? 37 K-B2 PxP 15 B-B2 P.QKt4 38 BxKiP = Q-KKtl 16 P-KB4 PKs 39 B-B3 Ke-Qt 17 Q-R3 KtB1 40 P-BS! RK 18 KeB3 QKB 41 O-R3 KeB1 19 B-Ked! BKB 42 Re Ket! RxP 20 Kt-K3 Kt-Ql 43 KeRE OK 21 KRI P-Kt6 44 Kerk PxKt 22 B-QL Q-B3 45 BR6! ResignsPROBLEMS “The Poesy of Chess” By Maxwett Buxorzer Problems, Problem solutions, criticisms, comments and all matters pertaining to the Problem Department, should be sent directly to the Problem Editor at 106-22 215th Street, Bellaicc, L. 1, N. Y. For personal replies and the retuen of unsuitable contributions, inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope; otherwise replies will be made in the correspondence column. Thanks! As I close this month's mail I have received a total_of 103 communications, of which 87 refer to the Problem Department. Of these 87 there are 6¢ replete with praise and approval, 3 voice com- plaints and reproaches, and 20 do not comment in any way. This spontaneous tribute fills me with pride and joy. I assure you, friends, that we are but begin- ning, and surely will add feature upon feature, until you would rather dispense with your news: paper than with the C.R, As the number of our subscribers increases, we are slowly gaining strength. May I urge you to renew your subscrip- tions. promptly, and recommend the C.R. to your friends? Sample copies can be had of any num- ber by addressing a postal to the office of the C.R. (NOT TO ME!). Here is a brief summary of your votes: 151-2. 1529, 153—2. 154-1. 155-5. 156—0. 157-0. 158—18, 159-1. 160—10. 161-6. 162—9. Thus Bro. Vanwinkle’s cute miniature wins first honors, with a vote higher than ever before re- corded. Bro. Beers won second honors. His problem appeared as frontispiece in our last issue, Vanwinkle’s as frontispiece in this number. Both receive $2.00 as prizes. Bro. Greenwald wins the ladder prize with a big score. : Prize winners are requested to inform me if they, by some mishap, fail to receive their prizes within two weeks after the announcement. Those that sent stamped envelopes for personal replies are reminded that I am swamped with cor- respondence. I cannot reply in personal letters unless I am to return some contribution or ques- tions of a private nature are asked. To those that imagine that their three-cent stamp converts me into a servant for them I-say very politely NAY! Please read the "NOTICE TO ALL READ- ERS", appended below, carefully: Mr, R. Cheney writes: A tourney for direct- mate 3 MOVE MINIATURES is now being held. Judge: Otto Wurzburg. First Prize: ‘Ten Dollars. Second: Three Dollars. ‘Third: Two Dollars. En- tries are accepted until March 1, 1935. All en- tries must be sent to R. CHENEY, | ARNOLD Park, Rocuesrer, N. Y. Do NOT send these miniatures to me. because 1 would publish them in the C.R., which would disqualify them for the contest. I need 2 Movers -- 4 Movers (Regulars) and Fairy Problems. . Closing date for solutions of the problems in this number of the C. R. is October 4, 1934, Fairy Chess Wd. Today, the third one of our Fairy Demonstra- tion Problems is published. Before I go into the details of this final illustration of fairy ideas, I would like to give utterance to a few pertinent remarks in answer to several communications, lately received in protest against our experimental activities, As naturally expected the reactions of the read- ers have been various, and multicolored with logic, reason, sentiment and passion, Sorting the epistles with meticulous care I divided them into five dis- tinct groups as follows: Grour 1—Enthusiastic, overflowing, grate- Group 1—Enthusiastic, overflowing, grate- ful applause. sissetss H% Group 2—Frankly expressed support. cou- pled, however. with an admon- ition to avoid excess ........+. 22% Group 3—Semi-support, expressed in instances with the familiar try anything once. % Group 4—Noncommittal silence .....6666. 29% Group 5—Opposition, mikl end actimoni- OU eeeeeeeteerereeseess 6% Total .eeeeeeeee - 100% Availing myself of the generally accepted truth that "Silence Gives Consent,” I find that the actual opposition is only 6%, Granting that this mini- mum may be increased from the ranks of Group 4, I nevertheless feel that the maximum opposition is scarcely apt to reach 20%, or one-fifth of the total recorded and estimated vote. In view of these figures further justification of our innovation is certainly superfluous. The only thing that I deem appropriate to add is the following. previously made statement. which should allay all sorts of secret but unuttered_mis- givings and anxieties: Not one iota in our Prob- lem Department, as it appears now, is going to be curtailed or eliminated on account of the pros- pective Fairy Section. The number of orthodox problems will not be diminished. Essays, articles, stories planned for the department, will be pub- lished as intended. The ladder will continue as be- fore, uninfluenced by the fairy problems, which will be credited separately to solvers. In_short, the coming Fairy Section will be an ADDITION. a PLUS-LINIT, to gladden those who appreciate it. not interfering with those who dislike it. By dis- regarding and ignoring the fairy problems even the opposing minority remains exactly where it stands now.SEPTEMBER, 1934 Those of our readers that know me for years and know of my never waning, herculean efforts to foster and propagate the problem composing art; those that saw me spend my time and financial substance in aiding the upbuilding of problem departments; those that are aware of the fact that am infatuated with the lore of problems, that I am and always shall be a protagonist of our beautiful “Poesy of Chess,”—surely they will be- lieve me when I exclaim that I am the last man on earth to do something to chess, any branch there- of, whereby its welfare could be jeopardized. And this confessional expression of my inmost sentiment regarding chess ought to quell all fears that, through me, the lovers of chess problems are going to be deprived of even a tittle of their rightful enjoypent of the Kingly Game and its companion the Problem. ~ The very contrary is the case, The introduc -tion of Fairy Chess is going to increase the pleas- ures of our solving family. Once the strangeness of the innovation has wera off, once the average solver understands what Fairy Chess offers, he simply cannot help but appreciate the new thrills offered to him. “Now, as to the protesting minority, 1. repeat what I‘stated in the last issue, Those that op- pose without a concrete reason, those that usurp the arrogant position that they alone know what © chess is and should be and that accuse men of my type, whose entire life has been devoted to the fur- therance of chess, of prostituting "THEIR" game those people [ shall utterly ignore, since they do not even deserve the courtesy of an argument. On- the other hand, conscientious objectors, sincere protestors who dread the unknown from lack of understandihg and dearth of proper information, will find me gager to accord them the respect and the privilege of an analytical explanation to which’ they are entitled. Therefor let those who do not,spend a punctured nickel all year in sup- port of chess, but yell their heads off when some- one advocates improvements, keep away from my front door. For the rest of my opponents, whom I consider indeed friendly enemies, the doorbell will not ring unanswered. Among the food of letters that have come to me up to these last days is one epistle of consider- able length and a somewhat philosophical caliber, which filled me with mingled regret and amuse- ment. The writer, unquestionably an educated gentleman, condemns, but to his credit let it be mentioned, he offers reason and logic. The regret “I felt was caused by the unfortunate fact that, selecting for himself impossible premises, the cor- respondent arrives in a wilderness of his own making, by sheer logic. The amusement I ex- | perienced was induced by the witty and com- ical means he employed to unburden his grief. “Lhave not the slightest wish to ridicule or even embarrass this gentleman, who uses a tone and language becoming to the fine type he repre- sents, but I could not quite suppress a grin when * T noticed bow he caught himself in his own net. ~ Says he (in evbstance}: that my statement that ia | my grasshopper problem clumsy machinery (of ‘orthodox pieces) would be necessary to prevent the Black King from retuming to a vacated square, is wrong. All I need to do is to stipulate that the Black King is a “Noncomebackibus,” who may not return a second time to a vacated square, and— presto!—the problem is O.K. minus the grass- hoppers. To which I respectfully, but still grinning, reply: I have been so éccupied with problem composing, tourney judging, running problem. departments, and writing chess stories that I unfortunately over- Jcoked the presence of the “Noncomebackibus” among the number of the ORTHODOX chess men. Mea culpal— , Incidentally, my friends, there, are laws and rules governing Fairy Chess. It is one thing to invent a "“Noncomebackibus,” it is quite an- other thing to produce a problem that justifies and substantiates its right to existence. May 1 also mention that in Fairy Chess, more than in orthodox chess, eminence due to meritorious work is even harder to attain than the would-be in- yentors of fairy pieces wot of? Jf by means of 2 Noncombackibus” a really meritorious problem can be created, by the bones of Philidor, I shall be the first one to shout Dacapo! and applaud myself into hoarseness! For my inaxim ist TF you can generate @ piece of art, what do I care what material you employ? All’ chess pieces are but chips of timber. Why be squeamish about them? The wood eventually rots, but what you produce with it, if it be artistic and beautiful, will endure forever. . Such is the irrevocable law of evolution, that rung its course unmindful of both partisans and. antagonists. £ One final thought, for the benefit of all disprun- fed Antis of the fairies. Try the new fare! If the worst happens and you contract a fatal attack of caissaical indigestion that makes you “kick the bucket,”’ think of the undying fame of laying down your orthodox life for the greater glory of poor, helpless, defenseless Fairy Chess! Hallelujah! Now let us turn to our problem, a specimen of Group 3 of the Fairies, the New Pieces.” Composed for the C. R. by Maxwell Bukofzer abcde f ah HM wR OOD A Ow PN WA OHO abcdef gh Promotion mate in 2 moves. (Continued on Page 165) “Conditional With- The Lesson that Failed By Maxwe.. Buxorzer Terry is one of my oldest and dearest pals. I knew him intimately years before he surrendered to the charms of the lady that now presides over his household. ‘Terry has numerous im- posing qualifications but one exasperating failing: He insists, stubbornly, on living in a diminutive Jersey town, sixteen miles from my home. Terry is noteworthy for three particular reasons. First, he is, like myself, “crazy about chess problems.” Secondly, he prides himself on his mastery of the Latin language, a proficiency that, after all, is not over-surprising in a college professor. Thirdly, he is the doting parent of an eighteen-years-old daughter who is, without a doubt, the most beau- tiful and fascinatingly attractive redhead in seven counties. Eileen is her name and her sky blue eyes are flashing lightning when you commit the temerity of designating her hair as red, In her own ap- praisal she is a Titian Blonde. ‘Though Terry was born on this soil and is an_honest-to-goodness American, his lovely offspring displays several undeniably Hibernian traits, to wit, an ample amount of blarney and, at times, a bit of —let’s call it imperiousness. Thus, when ‘Terry and_ his spouse say “blue” and Eileen prefers “green,” the entire family compromises, decently and decorous- ly, on “green.” Not so long ago Eileen took it into her pretty but capricious little head to learn chess. A tentative experiment, in which her dad, the college professor, essayed to assume the to. him familiar role of instructor, terminated in a_disas- trous failure, because the selfsame tutor of ado- lescence so far transgressed the laws of college etiquette as to call his own flesh and blood a dumbell, So, when I, by chance, visited Terry that identical day, Eileen rose in open and dis- dainful rebellion against her illustrious but short tempered sire. “Uncle Max," she greeted me before I had even removed my hat, “you are a chess expert. I ‘want you to teach me the game.’ Now, I confess, the comely terms “Uncle” and “Expert” sounded sweetly in my cars, even though they did aot bear critical investigation as to their genuineness, Hence, smiling my most avuncular smile, I asked: “Teach you chess? What for, my dear? “I want to surprise Paul.” This young man, a prospective banker, at present trying to earn his $20.00 a week salary, could be considered as ranking as Eileen's favorite boy friend. I looked at Terry who, pipe in mouth, sat in his armchair, to all appearances digesting the after- noon paper. At any rate, he paid no attention to the conversation. “Why don't you ask your dad to teach you?” I ventured. Eileen's blue eyes blazed. “No!", she flared up. “Dad insulted me. He called me a dumbell! I scratched my chin in embarrassment. “Why, Eileen,” I made answer hesitatingly, “you know I am not a board master. You see, your father and I rarely play chess. What we usually engage in is problem analysi “I know that. But you also play the game well enough. Anyone with your experience can teach the rudiments.” “That is correct,” I admitted, “but don’t you realize that, living 16 miles from your house, I can hardly come here often and regularly enough to dispense lessons, even if your mother would tolerate so much intrusion?” “Now you are hair-splitting. Then that means you will not teach me? You are a horrid old man and [ don't like you and I won't ever speak to you any more.” While I inwardly chafed at the idea of calling a_man under sixty an “old” man her eyes filled with tears. Turning away from me vehemently she was about to quit the room. ‘Wait 2 minute,” I called out weakly. “I—I did not yet refuse.” Gone were those ever-ready tears. Like a flash she was at my side. “Oh, you old dear! I have to kiss you for that.” Well,—it was a Waterloo for me, though the defeat had its recompenses. Nor did I mind— much—that Terry made a grimace that could not possibly he considered a tribute of personal re- spect. He rose slowly, glanced at me with min- qgled irony and compassion and, very slowly aad distinctly, uttered these classic words: — “Pisce miserabile, tu!" which in the language of Uncle Sam means: “You poor fish!” The scene shifts to a week later. Again [ am Terry's guest. The master of the house is deep in a tome that smells of musty philosophy right through its covers. His wife is playing the harp, softly and melodiously, in an adjoining room. Eileen and I sit before the chess board, “— now these little men are called pawns. There are cight of them for cach color. They represent the foot-soldiers of the two miniature armies placed at each side of the board. “They move straight forward, one square at a time, except when they make their initial moves.” “Initialed moves? Do they wear monograms?” “No. no! I said initial, not, initialed.” “Sho! sho!,” she laughed. “I see. Proceed, Kingfish! I found suddenly that a man can wax angry even with_a pretty girl. “Cut out the capers,’ I admonished, “and pay attention. “Say, Uncle Max, it's lucky for you that I am not Scotch. Then I would not pay, would 1?”