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The other day we had the pleasure of a
visit from Albext B. Hodges, who retired as
undefeated chess champion of the United States
many years ago, In the course of conversation,
we mentioned the Max Judd collection of
which we had forty-four complete years of
the British Chess Magazine for disposal, and
were rewarded with a most interesting anecdote.
"Hodges got his early chess training in St.
‘Louis, Mo. The first match he ever played
was with Max Judd. At thar time, Judd was
St, Louis’ outstanding player and one of the
country’s leading experts. Assuming the at-
titude of a man of experience, he suggested
to Hodges that they play without clocks, giving
as his reason that Hodges was young and in.
expetienced in the handling of a clock and it
might affect his game. Hodges, little sus-
pecting what he was in for, agzeed that it was
a good idea, ;
Picture to yourself the scene of the opening
match game, Both players sit down to play.
Judd bes brought with him a paper bag full
- of Jemons! He reaches into the bag, takes
| out a lemon, carefully slices it in half, frugally
puts one half back into the bag, and begins
to audibly suck on the other half, When
nothing but the sind is left, he starts on the
second half, and when that is gone, he cuts
up anew lemon... ... oan
/ "We can imagine how the process in time
“would affect even the most. stolid opponent.
Add to that, the fact that Judd had what the
‘ .
old-timers call “zitsfleish” and you get the
perfect picture. Hodges stated that he once went
out to eat, took his time about it, then spent
half an hour in walking che meal off, an
turned to find Judd still sucking on a lemon
without having made a move!
P. $. Judd won the match.
In last month's issue, we noted the fact that
Sammy Reshevsky had gone to Russia. That
was all the news available at the time: a cable.
gram giving the bald fact without details. Tt
seems thar he didn’t go alone. In fact, Keres,
Flohr and Botwinnik went with him. And
Botwinnik suggested to the powers that be in
Russia that a chess tournament simply must
be held to take advantage of the presence of
such talent. The result is the current eighteen
man tournament in which every leading Russian
player with the exception of Botwinnik, himselé,
is participating ‘The tournament is scheduled
to be played partly in Leningrad and partly in
Moscow. At the end of six rounds, Smislov,
the young Junior Champion of the U. S. $. RB.
is leading the field. Reshevsky is tied’ fo:
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second with Rabinowitsch and Ragosin, Strenge-
ly enough Loewenfisch, the Russian champion,
Flohr, and Keres are all near the bottom of
the second division. However, the tourna
ment is young yet. If there is one thing that
may be accepted as an axiom in chess, it is the
fact that “class will tell”. We give an example
of the skill of young Smislov from the finals
of the recent Class A Championship Tourna-
ment in Russia, in which he finished first in
his section, and gained the rating of “Master”.
Class A Finals
November, 1938
QUEEN'S PAWN OPENING
(Notes by M. Judowitseh)
V. Smislov Vv, Zak
‘White Black
1 Pad P.QB4
2 PQS KtKBS
3 P-KKt3, P.Q3
4 BKt2 P-KKtS
Black avoids the populer line of... P-K4,
etc. and reverts to the old idea of developing
the B at Kt2, As a result. however, White
obtains a mobile P center.
5 KtQB3 BK 9 PRG KtB2
6 PKS 0.0 10 P-RS PKS
7TKKEK2 = KERS 11 BKS P.QR3
80.0 R-KiH 12 RKEH! sees
‘This masterful move by White parries the
threat of counter-play on the Q side.
We... P.aKkt4t
13 PxP KexPL
For if the obviously logical... PxP; then
1 P-QKt!, PxP; 15 KtR2! and White os-
tablishes his Kts on QKU and Qi with ad-
vantage.
14 02 BQ2) 17 BxB KxB
15 BRE Kixkt 18 KR-K1 R-KtS
16 Ktxkt @-B2
Black does not realize the brewing dangers
on his K side and tries to attack [Link] other
wing. He should first try to neutralize the
White advance in the center by... KUKtl,
o.. P-B3,.., Kt-R3, and... KtB2,
19 P-B4 Q-Kt3!
Not... P-K4; 20 PxP e. p., PxP; 21 P-K5,*
PxP; 22 RxP and Black’s game contains too
many weaknesses.
20 P.K5
21 PxP see
An interesting idea, White forsakes his pow-
erful P chain for a seemingly valueless K file.
KeKA
Aes. PxP
22 RK? Ktes
23 [Link] aa
24 QR-K1 RKI
Better would have been... . RxKtP. The
‘White R on K7 prevents the entrance of the
‘White Kt via K2 or K4, therefore it should
not be exchanged.
25 RxR BxR 28 P.B6ch K-Kt
26 P-B5 B.Q2 29 R-KT RxP
27 P-KtS! KtR4
Now this move comes in rather late.
30 KtK4a BRS
31 QK2 [Link]!
{Not +» ReP; 82 QxP followed by KtxQr,
ete,
32 Q-K3 RxP
Vv. Zak
38 B-BIII :
A strong move, the object of which is to
remove the black B from the diagonal con-
trolling Black’s K square.
93... Rt
If... BxB; 34 KxB followed by 35 KtxQP,
ete. “Also if 83... BRS; 34 QRS!
34 KEB2 .
Also good was KtxQP. Black has no defense.
M4 KEKt2
35 Keke tees
RxBP was also possible.
35...
36 Kt-R6ch
Mate in three cannot be avoided: 36...
K-RL; 37 KtxPch, K-Ktl; 38 KtR6ch, K any:
39 PXKt mate.
(Transleted from Schachmatny by G. Osterman)
Reuben Fine came back from Holland full —
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‘The annual Christmas Tournament of the
Hastings and St. Leonard's Chess Club was
won by the young Hungarian master, L. Szabo.
Szabo has been one of Hungary's leading
layers for the past few years. He came to
stings fresh from a triumph in the Budapest
‘Tournament held in November. At that tour.
nament, he tied for first with Barcza, winning
twelve, losing one (to Lajos Steiner, who fin-
ished third), and drawing two.
At Hastings, he was undefeated, winning
six games and drawing three. Second place
went to the former world champion, Dr, Max
Euwe, who finished a point behind, having
ost one game to S, Landau, his countryman.
THE FINAL STANDINGS:
L. Szabo YrlYz P.S. Milner-Barry
M. Euwe ......6Yz-21y AY AY>
5, Landau 6737 [Link] «45
. nee Sic G.A. Thomas 24-645
Vy Pire 6.56 30 TAL Tylor 2.2 -7.
B Klein ......4%414 EG. Sergeant 15-71%
We just received the following game in time
for this issue.
Hastings Masters’ Tournament
December, 1938
QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED
L. Szabo P. &. MilnerBarry
White . Black
1 P.Q4 KtKB3 5 P.B4 PBs
2 P-KKts Pa4 6 QKtQe P.K3
3 BKt2 BB+ 7 0.0 + BQS
4 KtKBS — QKt-Q2
‘The B is better placed at K2,
8 KLRE QB-KtS 15 PKR KtQ2
9 @Kt3 Q@KiS 16 @K4 BRA
10 Q.93 B.-K2 17 P.Q5 BPxP
11 [Link] PxKP 18 PxP KtB3!
42 KtxP Kixke 19 @KS 8.Q3!
13 Qxkt KtB3 20 @-B3 QR-Bt
14. @K6 0.0
It... KtxP; 21 BxKt, PxB; 22 KtB6!
21 9.93 KtxP 24 BKS B-B4!
22 BxKt PxB 25 KR-K1 BxB?
23 QxaP. B-K7
Stronger was 25... B-QBS!; 26 QxB(5)?,
BxB, ete. Or 26 BxB, RxB!
26 RxB KR.Q1
27 Q.B3 B-Kt
28 KLBS R-KI?
29 8! aks?
Black has played a fairly good game up to
the 28th move. Here he goes into a tailspin.
29... BBS was indicated, Then i QR-K1,
QR!
30 QR-K1! : | KBI
He cannot play... RKBI because of 31
QxR!, RxQ; 32 R-Késeh, etc, But the text
move’ allows an even prettier win, At this
Point, however, the position is lost,
31 Q.B5ch! Resigns
On 81... RxQ follows 82 RxR mate.
81...B or RK2; 82 RxB or R, ete.
And it
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NEW YORK, N. Y. The A. V.R. O. Tournament
The games in the first half proved that the
hting spirit among the players was at a
high pitch. A great many draws had been
predicted, due to their seeming equality. Yet
of the twenty-eight games played, only thirteen
were drawn, and of these thirteen, only three
or four were of a type that could be called
real tournament draws. As the sounds pro-
gressed, the battle became fiercer. The sixth
round had only one draw, and the seventh
round none at all.
The youngsters were leading the tournament.
Predictions before the start had placed Alek-
hine at the top and Fine near the bottom.
Which just goes to show what predictions
are worth, after all, A score of 314 points
out of 7 for the cautious Capablanca is under-
standable, but finding Alekhine with a minus
score is certainly a surprise, Perhaps Dr. Alek-
hine’s article in the Manchester Guardian gives
the best possible answer, We quote:
“The important contest just concluded raises
a certain number of questions on the adequate
solution of which, the development of the chess
movement may largely depend, at all events
on its sporting side. The first question is
this: Can a tournament, carried on under ab-
solutely new and abnormal conditions, be con-
sidered a sufficiently solid basis for the exact
determination of the comparative strength of
the participants? Stated in this way, the ques-
tion can... only be answered in the negative.
Chess masters, some of them getting on in
years, were forced, Without sufficient warning,
to play a tournament of exceptional difficulty,
continuing for three weeks without a single
day’s rest, and to play, day after day, in a
new town. This was absurd, and cannot be
agreed to in the future.
“When we have said this, and have added
thal the tournament revealed no player who
outclassed the rest (the first two prizes were
tied for), there still remains a salient fact of
which the chess world will have to take
accouni—the victory of youth, We may try
to explain or exeuse the ilsuecess of one
player or another by special circumstances,
such a fatigue or ill-health; we may throw
doubt on the superiority of @ tournament win-
ner since success is almost always partly a
matter of luck; but in all fairness, we cannot
get away from’ the fact that three representa.
tives of the younger generation beat the world
champion and his twe predegessors,
THE NEXT TITLE MATCH
“The logical end inescapable conclusion is
that the next match for the world title must be
fought against a representative of the younger
generation. Which one? In my opinion, this
is a matter of minor importance; no one can
4
claim an exclusive moral right to be the first
challenger. ‘The thing that matters to the
chess world is to determine whether the holder
of the title is at all times the best player in
the world; and only a match, not a tourna-
ment, however strong the players, can settle
this.
“Which of the four matches, against Keres,
Fine, Botwinnik or Resheveky would be the
most interesting from a sporting and from @
purely chess polnt of view? In my opinion,
it Is Just as diMeult to say before the event
as It would have been, for example, to say
in advance what would’ be the result of the
tournament just concluded. Each of these
young masters has his own style and his own
conception of chess; each has a pronounced
individuality. Each,’ therefore, represents a
complex and an exceedingly interesting problem
tor anyone who, like the writer of these lines,
has always considered the psychological ele-
ment to be one of the most important factors
of the struggle in chess. It is therefore, with
the greatest satisfaction, that | envisage the
probable coming fight—or, | hope, fights!
“The present situation is this: after the
tournament was over, Keres challenged me
to a match, adding that he would prefer not to
play before the end of 1940. Accepting in prin
ciple, T communicated to him my finanelal con
ditions, which are virtually the same as those of
the first mateh against Dr. Euwe and of the pro-
jected match against Flohr; | also conveyed
my decision in future to defend my title In
one place only. Practical experience of the
last_matches, and especially of the AVRO
Tournament, ‘has shown me the impossibility
ot playing my best if there are journeys to
be made during the contest, It is now for
the challenger and those who may support
him to reply; in any case, there remains the
possibility of another match for the title in
1939,
FORM AT THE TOURNAMENT
“Returning to the sporting results of the
tournament, we find, to begin with, that the
participants are neatly divided into three
groups—the two winners (Keres and Fine);
the semi-winners, with 60% of the maximum,
points or a little over (Botwinnik, Kuwe,
Reshevsky and myself); and finally, ‘the two
losers (Capablanca and Flohr). Figures can
be inexorably hard, but they are inexorably
fair: as candidates for the world title, the
winners have plainly deserved the attention
of the chess community; the results achieved
by the champion and his immediate predecessor
are not those which might ordinarily have
been oxpected from them; but the failure
of the two who have come last, virtually
eliminates them for some time to come from
the contests for the world title,
“We thus find that, In spite of all the defects
of its organization, the AVRO Tournament
has been beyond question, of lasting sporting
value; its purely chess value also, without
being transcendent, is not to be despised. JANUARY, 1939
5
From the point of view of the theory of open.
ings, we find that the stock of the Grunfeld
Defense has risen a little; that of the Nim.
zowitsch Defense and, especially, of the French
Defense has perceptibly fallen.” From the ar-
tistle point of view almost all the masters
produced characteristic specimens of thelr
chess style and temperament. Keres showed
his extraordinary tactical ability In his wins
against Fine and Capablanca; Fine as White
exploited with equal energy and accuracy the
superficial opening play of Flohr and of the
writer; Botwinnik in his three victories was
equally brilliant in his attacking play (against
Capablanca and Reshevsky), and in his end-
game technique (azainst me); Euwe beat Capa-
blanca and Flohr with the precision of style of
his best days; Reshevsky played a game of a
h order against Enwe: as for myself, | do not
think | am capable of playing better than in
my wins against Euwe and Capablanca.”
ROUND 5—NOVEMBER 18th
R. Fine S. Flohr .
A. Alekhi P. Keres —
M. Botwinnii M. Euwe
8. Reshevsky J. R. Capablanca
The round was played at Zwolle, a prosper.
‘ous little provincial town in the castern part
of Holland. Among the spectators, seats were
reserved for the wives of the six married
players. Mrs. Euwe, Mrs. Flohr and Mrs.
Capablanca, spent most of their time reading
books. Mrs. Botwinnik gazed straight ahead
all the time, apparently unperturbed. Mrs.
Fine kept herself busy, writing notes. Mrs.
Alekhine, at a table somewhat apart, just
knitted,
Dr. Tartakower, reporting this round in
“De Telegraaf” compared the masters with
gladiators entering the arena, and carries out
the comparison in terms of the prize ring.
By physical posture, he places Alekhine, Euwe
and Botwinnik in the heavy-weight class, Flohr
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and Keres in che light-weight class, and Fine
in the middle-weight class. Then digressing,
he remarks that one cannot detach Reshevsky
from the child-prodigy stage of the past and
gossips that there is a rumor that Capablanca
ts toying with the idea of winning at least
one game before his 50ch birthday (Nov.
19th)! Touching on the silence requized while
the round is in progress, he admits the neces.
sity for it, yet at the same time deplores the
requirement, and wishes he could loudly cheer
the masters, He hopes’ the time may come
when chess players will be carried off on the
shoulders of 2 wildly enthusiastic public.
Alekhine presses havd but Keres saves the
day by masterly end-game technique.
A.V. R. 0, Tournament
Fifth Round
Holland—November 13, 1938
NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE
A. Alekhine P. Keres
‘White Black
1 [Link] KtLKB 9 PxB, [Link]
2 P.QB4 P-K3 10 P.QR4 Px@P
3 KLQBS = B-KtS 17 PxP(@5) = QxP
4 PKS P.Q4¢ 12 KPxP BK
5 KtB3 0.0 18 RK KR.Q1
6 B.Q3 P.B4 14 BKK QR-B1
7 0.0 KEBS 15 Q.Q2 KEK2
8 [Link] Bxkt 16 [Link] bees
White rids himself of a weak P.
1... KLKts
17 PxP. PxP
18 P-RG RQ2
19 RR? see
‘Threatening 20 BxKt, PxB: 21 B-K4!
199.00. 0 Bes
20 RxR BxR
21 KEKS KEKI
‘A, Alekhine
22 [Link]!
Not... QxQP; 23 BxKt! 23 KixB QxKt 31 P.a6 RBS
24 PRS KEB1 32 QS P.B3
25 P.Q5 PxP 33 [Link] R-Bt
26 PxP PRS 34 QKtd [Link]
27 BKT KEQ3 35 R.Q5 R.Q1
28 R-KG KtBSl 36 P-Kt3 K.B2
29 Bxkt RxB 37 K-R2 OKs
30 BxKt KxB 38 Q.Q4 R.Q2
Not 38... P-Kt5; 39 P-QT!
39 2.93 P-KtS!
40 R-Q4 R.Q1
41 @-Kt6ch K.B1
42 Q.R7 K.B2
Drawn
Fine takes advaniage of Flobr's lapses in
vigorous style.
A. V. R. O. Tournament
Fifth Round
Holland—November 13, 1938
FRENCH DEFENSE
R, Fine 8. Flohr
White Black
1 PKS PKS 4 PKS" P.qB4
2 [Link] PQd 5 B.Q2 KEK2
2 Kt-Qps BK
Capablanca in the third round essayed 5
...PXP, Flohr plays more conservatively.
6 KtBs KtB4?
Developing the QKt at QB8 would accomplish
the same purpose and bring another piece into
the game.
7 PxP BxP
8 B.Q3 KERS
90.0 KBs
40 R-K1 PAKRS
On 10... 0-0 would follow 11 BxPeh!,
KxB; 12 KtKtich, K-Kt3; 13 Q-Ktl
11 QKERE BI
Flohr’s unhappy sortie with his KKt makes:
this move necessary. If 11... BK2; 12
KixKt, BxKt; 18 Q-Kt4! and if 1b... Ktxkt
ch; 12 QxKt, BK2; Qt?
12 QR-BI B.Q2 15 RxP @.at
13 Ktxkt QxKt 16 QRS KEK
14 P-QB4! PXP
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16... PKKt3 is answered by 17 BxKtP!
Also if 16... KtxP: 17 RxKt!, BxKt (...
P-QKtH?; 18 R-KB!); 18 RxPeh!, BK2; 19
RxBeh!, QxR (... KxR?; 20 BQKt4cht);
20 RKE
17 R.Q4 P-KKt3
Not 17... KtQd; 18 RxKt, PxR; 19 PKS!
18 Q-B3 QB2
19 KEBs Kees
20 KEKtS Qk
8. Flohr
EM Bek
a 8
S Binnie
mon oe
be
aw
R. Fine
21 RxB!! KxR
22 P-KKtt KtRS
23 QxBPch B-K2
24 B-Ktd QR-K1
On 24... KRQi follows 25 RQ
25 BxB RxB
26 Q-B6 [Link]
27 R-Qi PxKt
28 B.K4ch Resigns
Skilful maneuvering by Exwe brings about
equality
A.V. R. 0, Tournament
Fifth Round
Holland—November 13, 1938
ENGLISH OPENING
M, Botwinnik M, Euwe
White Black
1 P.QB4 PKS 6 PxP PxP
2 KtKBS PQt 7 BK 0-0
3 P-QKt3 KtKBS 8: 0.0 KLBS
4 BK BK2 9 P.Q4 Seals
5 PKS P-B4
Important at this point as Black threatens
«+. P-Q5 constricting White's game.
ei [Link] 18 BBY RB
10 KtB3 BK 17 P-KtS B-Bt
11 RBI KEKE 18 KEKE Kixkt
12 PxP Kixkt 19 BxKt BAKIS
18 BxKe PxP 20 B.K2 [Link]!
14 Q.Q2 Q.Q3 21 BxB — QxB(K4)
15 KR-Q1 QR-Qt
Black, whose game has heen slightly in-
ferior due to his weak center pawns, has man-
aged to obtain opposite colored bishops and
therefore equality. JAN uaRY,
Courtesy of Walter de Grater & Co.
RESHEVSKY FINE LANDAU DR. EUWE DR. ALEKHINE FLOHR KERES
(Side View) (T3, Diseetor)
(Talking to lobe)
A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE “PANORAMA TOURNAMENT”.
22 QK2 Qs 30 BBt P-RS!
23 BBE Q@Qkts 31 R-KZ QKBS
24 Q-B3 P-Kt3 $2 QxQ BxQ
25 B-KtT P.Q5 33 RQS K-Kt2
26 P-K4 P.QR4 34 K-Kt2 B-K2
27 RBS Q.08 385 PKS R(B).OKti
28 8.03 RK 36 RKB R-KBI
29 R.B2 R-KtS 87 ROS :
‘White is content to hold the draw. If 37
RKA black plays 37... PKU
37. R(B)-QKt1
38 R-KBS R-KB1
39 P-KRS R-Kt2
40 R-@3 :
Not 40 PxP, RKt5! and if 41 BKt8, PBS!
Ho... PxP
41 xP RR2
Drawn
Capablanca plays the opening indifferently,
but atones for it by brilliant end-game maneu-
vering.
A.V. R. 0, Tournament
Fifth Round
Holland—November 13, 1938
NIMZOWITSCH DEFENSE
8. Reshoveky J. R. Capablanca
White Black
1 P24 KtKB3 2 P-QB4 P-K3
3 KLQEs BK 6 QxB KtKS
4 QB2 Pas 7 QB P.QB4
5 P.QR8 —-BxKtch
If 7... KUQB3 (the San Remo variation),
White's best reply is 8 KtB3!
8 PxBP KtQB3
9 KtKB3 QRach
10 Kt-.Q2 0k
Better than 10 B-Q2, KixB: 11_QxKt, PxP!,
12 QxQ, KtxQ; 19 R-BT, P-QKta!
J. R. Capablanca
S. Reshevsky 10.2.5 Ktxkt
A more enterprising move is 10 . . . Kt-Q5!;
11-Q-Q1, BQ2! On 11 Q-Q3 follows 11...”
P-K4!; 12 PxP?, KtxQBP; 13 Q-B4, Kt(5)-Kte;
4 QR-KU, BRA!
14 BxKt @xBP 20 QR-Q1 KR.Q1
12 P.K3 PxP 21 PKS PxP
18 QxBP QxQ 22 PxP. [Link]
14 BxQ B.Q2 28 R.Q6 xR
15 BBS P.83 24 PxRch KxP
16 P-B4 R.QB1 25 BxktP [Link]
17 BK KK2 26 [Link] BAKtS
18 K-B2 BkKi 27 B-R6 B-K3
19 PKA B.B2 28 B.B2 R-KKtl
Hoping for 29 BxP, R-KR1.
29 PRS KtQs 34 R.B5ch KKS
30 B.a3 BBs 35 BBS 4
31 BxB KtxB 36 P-KKt4
32 B.Q2 P-KR4 87 PxP Kt
33 B-Kttch K-Q4) 38 R.B7 -
Had White played R-B7 while the Kt was
still on B4, Black would have defended by
moving his 'R to the second rank.
38... [Link] 48 K-B: KxB.
39 BKid = KLKEch 49K. [Link]!
40 KK2 KtKtéch 50 R-Kt6 R.Q8ch
a1 KI [Link]! 51 K-K2 R.Q7ch
42 RxP KxP 52 K-KT K-B6
43 R-QKt7 = P-K51_— «53: R-B@ch _KKS
44 RxP K.B6 54 P-Ktd [Link]?
45 B-Q6 R-KR1! 58 R-Kach KBE
46 Bxkt RR@ch! 86 R-B&ch K-KS
47 K-Q2 ——P-K6ch Drawn
ROUND 6—NOVEMBER 14th
A, Alekhine — OR. Fine - 1
P. Keres 1 J. R, Capablanca -- 0
M. Euwe .. 0 8. Reshevsky —-- 1
8. Flohr — TY, M. Botwinnik —2---Ve
Haarlem, a town of historic significance
in western Holland, and godfather to the well.
known section of New York, the site of
this round. The highlight was the game be-
tween Keres and Capablanca in which Keres
selected an ancient continuation which Dr.
Tarrasch had always rejected as inferior. Dr.
Euwe, in his game with Reshevsky, also tried
to stray from the beaten track with his move
of 3 P-KB3. Also the game Flohr-Botwinnik
was of interest from the theoretical point of
view. The well-known P sacrifice in the Grun-
feld Defense was offered by Botwinnik and
accepted by Flohr. We do not recall any
previous example of master-play in which the
P sacrifice has ever been accepted.
Wested to get in
touch with us. We will be glad to ap-
praise any library and make a cash offer
for it in whole or in part, Address: THE.
CHESS REVIEW, 25 W, 48rd St, New
York, N.Y.
THe Cuess REVIEW
A game marked by bold opening tactics.
Resheusky emerges from the complications a
P abead, conosolidaies his position, then pro-
ceeds by shiljul end play to make his advantage
count. ‘ *
. V.R, 0, Tournament,
Sixth Round
Holland—November 14, 1988
GRUNFELD DEFENSE
M, Euwe §. Reshevsky
White Black
1 Pad KtKBS
2 P.QB4 P-KKt3
3 P-KB3!
An aggressive move. Introduced by Nim-
zowitsch in 1929, it seeks to control the center
with P-K4.
Bee P.a4
An equally aggressive answer, The passive
line is 3... BKt2; 4 P-K4, P-Q3; 5 KtE3,
0.0; 6 BK3, Kt-Q2,
4 PxP Kee
5 P-K4 KtKts
6 Kt-B3 BKIZ
7 BK3 0.0
If instead . . . KtBS; 8 P.Q5, Kt-K4; 9 [Link]
and the position is identical with the 17th
game of the Alekhine-Bogolubow Mateh, 1929.
8 P-B4! sees
Better than 8 Q-Q2, KL-B3! If now 9 P-Q5,
KtK4, 10 B-Q42, Kt(4)-B5!
Brees Kt-B3!
Inducing the QP advance.
9 [Link] KEKE
10 KEBS P.QB3!
Demolishing the White center.
11 QKt3 PxP 15 B.Q2 Q.Kt3
12 KtxP Kixkt 16 B.B3 BxBch
13 PxKkt KEQ2 17 PxB KE
14 B.K2 @R4ch
S. Reshevsky
18 P.B4
White cannot stop to defend the KBP. The
threat of... KtB4 is too strong.
We... xP
19 0.0 282 JANUARY, 1939
Black has won a pawn at the expense of
his development. He now seeks to consolidate
his position and bring his pieces into the game.
20 K-R1 KEBS 26 R-KRG @kt2
21 Q-K3 B-Kts 27 Q.Q2 P-K3
22 Q.R6 BxKt 28 R.Q3 QR-Ktt
23 RXB [Link]! 29 P-QR4 KEKt3
24 PxP Qk4! 30 QKt4 QR-BI
25 RAKA KtxP
Here the time read: Euwe, 1 hour, 40 min-
utes; Reshevsky, 2 hours, 24 minutes.
31 PRE KtQs 45 RR2 QBs
32 Q-KtS, RB4 46 R-RI P-R4
33 B.B3 RKt 47@R2 0 R-KB4
34 BxKt R@)xP 48 K-RZ P-Ktd
35 Q-R2 PxB 49 @-R4 R-B6
36 RxP Q@BE 50 QRZ P-KtS
37 R-KBI RKt? 51 PXP aka!
38 Q-R4 R-KtB 52 P-Kta RKB!
39 R(B)-@1 RxR 53 [Link] R-K7ch
40 RXR, P.QR3 54 KAS PxPch
41 P-KRS RKis 55 K.R4 R-R7ch
42 R-R1 KK 56 KxP QK7ch
43 Q-R2 Kz Resigns
44 QR4 R-KKt
Mate is unavoidable: K-B4, R-B7ch; K-Kt5,
P-BSch; K-R4, R-R7 mate.
A.V. R. 0. Tournament
Sixth Round
Holland—Novernber 14, 1988
RUY LOPEZ
(Notes by Dr. 8. G. Tartakower)
A. Alekhine R, Fine
White Black
1 PK P-K4 6 P.Q4 [Link]
2KEKBS KtQBs 7 B-Kts P04
3 BK P.QR3 8 PxP B-K3
4 BRA KtEe3 9 P.B3 B-K2
5 KtxP 10 Kt-a4 eee
Among the many possible continuations (10
QKt-Q2 or B-K3 or R-K1), the world champion
chose the one least frequently seen. In a
match game against Euwe in 1935, he first
played 10 P-QRé, P-KtS and then 11 Kt-Qt
Wesee KtxKP-
Black courageously accepts the P. An alter
native was 10... Q-Q2, 11 P-KB4, KixKt;
12 PxKt, P-QB4; 18 B-K3, ete. maintaining
pressure on both sides of’ the board.
41 P-KBS see
Stronger than Q-K2.
Weeee Kt-KB3
‘The best square for the Kt for defensive
purposes. If... Kt-Bd; 12 B-B2 and the Kt
is out of play.
12 Q-K2 :
It instead P-KBS, Black plays... BKK!
12... KtBs
Black prefers to return the P rather than
seek for complications with... @-Q3; 13 B-
KBE, KKt-Q2; 14 RK1, ete.
13 B.B2 wove
After twenty-five minutes of thought, Alek-
hine decides to maintain the pressure rather
than give Black relief through 13 KtxB, PxKt;
14 QxP, @-Q2!
BIRTHDAYS OF THE CONTESTANTS
J. R. Capablanca, b. Nov. 19, 1888
A, Alekhine, b, Nov. 1, 1892
M. Euwe, b, May 20, 1901
8. Flohr, b, Nov. 21, 1908
M. Botwinnik, b. August 17, 1911
8. Reshevsky, b. Nov. 26, 1911
R, Fine, b. October 11, 1914
P, Keres, b. January 7, 1916
Bo... Q.a2
14 Pakes Keke
15 R-KI tees
Increasing the pressure in the center,
1B... 0.0
‘The Black King wants no part In the fight.
16 BAKES sees
Still disdaining the recapture of his P.
16... KR-KI
17 Kt@2 KERG
On 17... BQB4 follows 18 Q-Q3 with tho
threat of 19° BxKt,
18 BxB RxB
19 QS P-Kt3
The weakening of the Black squares is not
important since White's QB is gone.
20 P-KKts Keke2
Both of Black's Kts are awkwardly placed.
21 PK eee
To prevent ... P-QB4: a liberating move.
ae... QR-Ki
22 QBs KERS
Black decides it is time for him to take an
active role.
23 R
24 QxQ
‘The exchange is forced. After 24 ORE, P
QB4! Black has nothing to fear.
ae... PxQ
Black's extra P is doubled and isolated,
therefore Alekhine's risky treatment of the
opening has not thrown away the draw.
2.03
25 QR-K1 R-B2
26 KteKtt
White refuses to part with his KB.
26... B.Q2
27 RxReh BxR
28 B-Kt3! KEKES
Not... KtxP; 29 R-QBI!
29 K.B2 [Link]
30 R-Qt KLKS
31 KeKe B-B3
32 KteRS K-K2
Both players maneuver for a purpose, and
ingeniously.
33 KteB2 KtLQBs
34 KEK3 P-KR3
35 P-KR4
White is in no hurry to regain his P.
8... KEKE
36 BxP BxB 10
87 KtxBeh Ktxkt
38 RxKt RBS
In order to simplify further with ... Kt-
KBB.
39 K-K3 K.a2
40 P-B4 K-B3
a1 RQ K.Q2
42 RKBI
This shifting of the battle scene took twenty
minutes of thought by the world champion.
Apparently, he does not care to draw by rep-
etition: 42°R-Q6, K-B3; 43 R-Q1 etc.
42... K.K2
43 K.@3 seee
To relieve the Kt from its duty of protecting
the QBP.
4... PK
Black starts @ sharp counter-offensive.
44 RPxP PxP
45 P.B5 KtBt
46 P-B6ch eee
Alekhine does not fear to drive an isolated
P into the enemy camp. (Nevertheless, this is
the losing move! 46 Kt-@Q4, followed by P-
QR4 would at least draw—8.5.C.)
46... K-92
47 P-Ra KEKE!
After 47... RaKKtP; White would get too
much freedom with 48’ PxP, PxP; 19 RBS,
ete,
48 PxP. KtKéeh
49 K.Q2 PxP
50 Kt-O4 KtxP
51 KtxP see
Roth horses have been fed, and the battie
is somewhat simplified.
Ble...
32 Ktad
53 K-B2
Of course not 53 R-EKtl, due to... RxKt
ch; 54 PxR, Kt-Bécn!
Keka
PK
RB! 56 R-B2 KtBe
R-KKt 87 R-K2 R-RG
-KR1 58 KtBS eee
Deserving of consideration was 8 R-K7ch
followed by KUBS,
KtLKAL
RBG
THE CHESS REVJEW
Kas RxKBP_
1 PAKS ied
After ten minutes thought, White gives his
free pawn—his sole hope—a little shot in th
arm. .
61... K.B1
62 Ktices PKG
63 [Link]
White had only four minutes left for nine
moves, but the position was hopeless. 63 Ktx
Peh, RxKt; 64 RxKt, RKt3!; 65 R-K1, P-R4;
66 K-Q3, PBS; 67 K-K2, RK8ch; 68 K-Q2,
RxR; 69° KxR, K-Kt2 followed by 70... KxP
and wins.
63... [Link]
64 RAKKt2 P-B4
65 R.QR2 cee
Order, counter-order, disorder!—Purposeless
also would be 65 KtxPch, RxKt; 66 RxP, RxP
ch; 67 K-B2, P-B5! White had only two min-
‘utes left.
6... KKt2
65 R-Q2 [Link]
67 KtxPch RxKt
68 RxR P.Kt7
Resigns
For after 69 RQL, P-B6; 70 R-KKtl, P-BT;
11 RxP, Q) there is no saving miracle
left in the position. This was the most sensa-
tional result of the first half of the tournament
(Translated irom “De Telegraaf” by IBS.)
Botwinnik demonstrates how to utilize the
2 Bishops to equalize a poor P structure.
A.V. R. 0. Tournament
Sixth Round
Holland—November 14, 1988
GRUNFELD DEFENSE
8. Flohr M. Botwinnik
‘White Black
4 Pad KEKB 7 KtxKt Qxkt
2P.QB4 PKKt = 8 BxP KER3
3 KtQBs P.Q4 9 BxKt QxKtP
4 BB4 BKt2 10 [Link] xq
5 P.K3 0.0 11 Ktx@ PxB
6 PxP KtxP
Black has the 2 Bishops as compensation for
his doubled QR Pawns,
12 0.0 B.Kt2
43 KEKS PBS
44 KLQ3 KR-KI
45 KtBS BBG
16 KtL-Kts eae
On KtxP would follow... B-K7.
16.... K.B2 22 K.K2 [Link]
17 KR-Bt QRBi 23 RBS [Link]
18 [Link] P.K4 24 P.B3 B.Q2
19 KtQ2 B.Q4¢ 25 P-QR4 BBt
20 P-K4 B-K3 26 R-B4 P-Ktd
21 P.O B-R6ch
Flohr, 2 hours, 10 minutes; Botwinnik 2
hours, 13 minutes.
27 [Link] PAKS
2B PxP BxPch
29 K.Q3 “BQ2
30 PKS, B.R3
31 B.Q6 P.B4 JANUARY, 1939
a
M._Botwinnik
JR, Capablanca —
22 R-BT! .
Not 82 BxP, PxPch! ete.
a2... K.B3! 38 P.Q6 K.B2
38 R(1)-BS RxR 30 P.Q7 BxP
34 RXR B.Q@B1 40 RxB RKB
38 RXQRP = K-Kt3 41 RXRch KxR
36 B-K7 Bxkt Drawn
37 KXB PxP “ip
Keres at his best. A beautiful K side attack
develops suddenly and unexpectedly,
A.V, R. 0, Tournament
Sixth Round
Holland—November 14, 1998
FRENCH DEFENSE
P. Keres J. R, Capablanca
White Black
1 P-Ka P-K3 5 KKtBS —- Kt-QBS
2 [Link] P.Q4 6 BKtS = Q-K2ch
3 KtQ2 P.QB4 07 B-K2 PxP?
4 KPxP KPxP
Black’s 6th move has served its purpose
(to exchange Queens or force the retreat of
the Bishop), now he should continue his de-
velopment. ‘Since the P cannot be maintained
7... QB2 was preferable.
80.0 QB2 13 Ktxkt Pxkt
9 KEKt3 B.03 14 P-B4! BK
10 QktxP [Link] 15 Q.B2 PxP
14 [Link]! KKtK2 16 BxBP BxB
12 [Link] 0-0 17 QxB
‘White has come out of the opening with two
advantages: Black's isolated and weak QEP
and free scope for his pieces.
7 KR-KH
18 3 [Link]
19 QR-B1 [Link]
20 KR-Qt KeKts
21 Kt-Q4 ReKtS
REMEMBER TO... .
RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
22 Kt-K6! QKtt
Of course the Kt cennot be captured: 22
«+ PRKU?} 28 QxPeh, KR1; 2¢ RxB and
wins,
23 KE KSI! RK
24 QKKtt aed
‘Threatening 25 RxB, QxR; 26 QxReh.
wm... [Link]
25 RBS [Link]
26 KtxBP! RKI
If 26... KxKt?; 27 R-Q7eh!
27 P-Kts. Q81
28 RXB axa
28... KtxR?; 29 QxP mate.
29 RxQ KxKt 34 R-Kté. KK3
30 R-Q7cht RQ2 35 K-Kt2 P.QR4
31 RxReh KxR 36 R.QB4 RxR
32 BxP RQR4 37 PR K.93
33 P-QR4 RQB¢ 38 [Link] Resigns
ROUND 7—NOVEMBER 15th
R, Fine —-2------- 0 P, Keres --------- 4
M, Botwinnik --.-.1 A, Alekhine -.-... 0
8. Reshevsky —..-- 1, Flohr -.
J. R. Capablanca -. 1M. Euwe
‘The last round of the first half of the tour.
nament was played in Amsterdam, the capitol
of Holland. “The center of interest is of couse,
the Fine-Keres game. Both players are young
and hotcheaded. All the players are tired and
look the part. And small wonder, the goin
has been preity rough. Particularly the ol
guard (Alekhine, Capablanca and Euwe) have
been troubled by the ‘physical and mental
strain of this ‘Panorama Tournament” (Tarta-
kower). Fine was plainly nervous under the
strain of ‘his impressive record up to that time.
Tartakower thinks that this accounts for his
move 12 QxP, which experiment turned out
disastrously and resulted in his getting a bad
pawn structure, However, it required “black.
magic” on Keres’ part to demonstrate this
convincingly. 12
_THe Curss Revisw
In addition to the regular 7th Round games,
a number of adjourne es had to be con.
_ cluded before the second-half of the tournament
could commence. The Flohr-Botwinnik game
was quickly settled without play by Mrr. Flohr
and Mrs, Botwinnik and resulted in what Tarta-
Kower calls a “HotelDraw”. The players
themselves never showed up for play, merely
telephoning their decision. “The [Link]-
sky game was settled equally fast. Reshevsky
was a piece down, but did not want to resign
without seeing the scaled move first. ‘'Plain
human curiosity, pure and simple”, says Tarta-
kower. ;
——__
Alekhine fails to. get a good queen side de-
velopment and is forced imto an tnfavorable
Rook, Ki, and P ending. He baitles sturdily,
but to no avait,
A.V. R. 0. Tournament
Seventh Round
Holland—November 15, 1938
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
M. Botwinnik A. Alekhine ©
*
White Black
1 Kt-KBS Pad | 4 KtLBS P.B4
2 Pat KtKB3 5 /PxQP KtxP
_ 3 PABA P-K3 6 P-K3 sees
‘A passive but solid continuation. More ag-
gressive but also more speculative is 6 P-K4,
KixKt; 7 PxKt, PxP; § PxP, B-Kt5ch; 9 B-Q2.
. be : KtQB3s
7 BBd PxP
= 8 PxP an
Accepting an isolated Pawn but getting as
compensation an open diagonal for his QB,
the half open K fle, and pressure in the
center.
Bo... —BK2 13 QRE KEK
3.00 0.0 14 B-KB4 BxB
10 R-K1 P.QKt3 15 QxB P.QR3
“11 Ktxkt PxKt 16 Q.R4 B.@3
12 BQKtS B.Q2
At this point the clock read: Botwinnik, one
hour; Alekhine, one hour and ten minutes.
17 BKB Q@xB 24 R-BBCh RBI
18 [Link] RR2 25 RBS P-KKtG
19 Q.B2 RK2 9 26 KtKi P-KR4
20, RxR QxR 27 P-KR4 Ktaz
— 24 QB? QxQ. 28 R.B7 R-B2
2 RQ P.B3 29 Kt-BS PAKS
23.K-Bt R.B2 80 Kt-K1 P.B4
" Botwinnik has 22 minutes left for 10 moves
—Alekhine 16 minutes.
31 Kt.@3 P.B5 36 K-B2 RBS
32 P-BS PxP 37 P-Kte K-Q1
33 PxP P-R4 38 K-K2 KEKET
34 PARA KB1 89 R-KKS wees
38 RBG K.K2
On 30 RxP follows... K-B2; 40 R moves,
KtB3!
30... K-B2
40 KtLKS KER3
41 R-Kt7ch KB1
_R-BS
42 KtB6
43 KtK7ch Kt
[Link] Ros
45 RAKES KEKES
46 KtxKt PxKt
47 RxP R.QB3
Not 47... RxP; 48 RQKt5, K moves; 49
P-KRB, ete.
48 R-OKtS K-B2
49 RxP(4) R-R3
50 R-KtS RxP
81 K-93 Resigns
A game distingnished by nothing but time
pressure.
A.V. R. 0. Tournament
Seventh Round
Holland—November 15, 1938
GRUNFELD DEFENSE
S. Resheveky 8. Flohr
White Black
1 PQs KeKBS 18 KtxP Ktxke
2P.QB4 PKS 14 Bx Kt KtBa
3 QKtB3 [Link] 15 B.B2 Kras
4 [Link] PB3 16 KR-KI RKI
5 KtB3 BK 17 B.Q3 @.a2
6 P-K3 0.0 18QR4 — RKReh
7 B.Q2 P-K3 19 RXR P-QRS
8 B.3 P-Kt3 20 [Link] @.03
90.0 BK 21 Kt R.@Bi
1OQRQ1 akt@e2 22 PRS P-R3
11 PxP. KPxP 23 B.K4 RK
12 P-K4 PxP
Reshevsky has 12 minutes left on his clock
—Flohr 25° minutes,
24 BxKt PxB
25 Kt-K [Link]
26 R-KI RKI
27 PRS RKB
Sammy has 5 minutes left.
28 P.B4 QK2 387 QxB @.Bach
29 R.QB1 KR2 38 KR2 Q.B5ch
30 B-Ktd QR5 39 K-Ktt QxPch
31 [Link] BxKt 40 K-R1 axe
32 BPxB P.B4l 41 QxKtPch = K-R1
33 R-B7ch K-Kt 42 QxPch KKti
34 Q.B3 R.QB3 43 QKt6ch RI
35 RxR BxR 44 QBéch Resigns
36 K.R1 QB7
A beautiful game, tich in ideas, and worthy
of being ihe decisive game of the tournament.
A. Vv. R. O. Tournament
Seventh Round
Holland—Novemher 15th, 1938
RUY LOPEZ
R. Fine P, Keres
White Black
1 PK PK 6 0.0 B-K2
2KtKBS KtQBS 6 QK2 PaKkts
3 B-KtS P.QR3 7 B-Kt3 P.Q3
4 BRE KtB3 @ P.QR4 BAKE
Also playable is 8,..RQKt as played
by Euwe against. Alekhine in thelr 1927 match,
9 P.B3 :
On 9 PxP follows 9... Kt-Q5! JANUARY, 1939 2B
a. 0-0 31 KES
10 Pxe : PxP 32 R-@2
11 RXR xR On 82 KixB follows it
12 QxP B2-RxB, PKU? wins,
‘This capture is bad as Keres immediately Bor Per
1 i 33. R-Q1 P.QB4
demonstrates. se nekts Be
wo... Laediead Fine had two minutes left on his clock,
Nol 12... KixP; 13 B-Q5: Also not 12 Keres 26 minutes.
WERKU; 13 QR C8 Q-BAY, BARS) a4 P.QB5 39 KLRS B.B4!
35 KI BB4 40 KxKt BxKt
P. Keres 36 K-K2 BxP 41 [Link] B.Q3
B7 KLK3 ss PBG 42 KBR .
38 KLB2 KtKa!
Nol PRs because of . . . BIBS followed by
BBS.
42. | BxP
43 RKRI ¥ BKA
44 RxP, KB2 48 RK B.B3
45 R-RI Pte 49 RKKt —P-KYB!
46 RKI K-B3 60 PXxP P.B5!
4? RKKt | K-KtS 81 P-KAS
The last hope 51... BxP?; 52 KxBP, ete,
Ba... B.Q5 55 RQKt6 — P-BG
82 RQ B-K6! 56 K-@3 K-B5
53 KxBP BBS 67 RKB K-Kt6
84 R-QEch KxP. Resigns
18 QKE
Vine thought for a long time
and decided to give back the Pawn.
‘The
alternative Was 13 Q-R5, QxP: 14 QxKt, Bxikt;
15 PXB, QxKt; 16 QxP, Qtech; 17 K-RI
Q-G6!
Wises xP
14 QxQ KixQ
15 P-4 sees
Beter (han 16 R-KL, though 16 P-Q3 was
safer, Fine is counting on the Lwo Bishops to
offset his doubled Pawns. 16 B-QI would
otherwise have been played. The Knight, of
course, cannot mover 1h KtK12, BRT!
Wiese Bxkt
16 PxB KEKKt
47 K-Kte RKtt
18 B-OB4 PxP
Ovenling another weak Pawn.
have been impossible on 16 P-Q3.
‘This would
49 PxP KEKS
20 P-Q5 sees
‘he alternative was 20 RAI, B-R3t
a0... Kee
24 kta Kept
22 RK K-Bt
23 R-K2 P-B4
24 KLKIS KEK
25 P-KI3 KixQP!
26 Kt.Q4 KEKE!
Parrying the threat. Not... KtKt3; 27
RxB!
27 B.Q2 wea
‘Chreatening 28 BxKi, RxB; 29 KLB6, ote,
We... P.Q4!
A beautitul answer
of the exchange.
involving the sacrifice
28 BxKt RxB
29 KtB6 PxB!
30 KtxR, PxP
‘The position is hopeless, e.g. 58 R-KtSch,
R7; 59 R-R8eh, K-KET; 60 W-KtSch, K-BS; 61
2, PBT: 82 WKS, K-KIT; 3 Kitsch, Ke
BG; 64 R-BSeh, BBD,
‘apablanica wins a Pawn and presses Ewe
so iyewdly that the later despairingly sacri.
fices a Ktin an ineffectual attempt to draw.
A.V, R. 0. Tournament
Seventh Round
Hotland—November 15, 1938
NIMZOWITSCH . DEFENSE
J. R. Capablanca M. Euwe
White Black
1 [Link] KtKB3 5 PxP QxP
2 P-QB4 PKS 6 Kt-BS P.B4
3 ktges BKis 7 B.Q2 orci
4 Q.B2 P.a4 .
Capablanca Mikes this variation for White.
Ke won an Interesting game with it jrom
Colle (Hastings, 1928); although against Pet-
vor (Semmering, 1837), he could not got more
than a draw.
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5 4 3
Tl... BxKt 11 QxB KBs The annual tournament of the Manhattan —
3 Rep me ee quvar C.,C. started out with thirteen entries: WW.
40 KLBS + BXKt "Adams (Boston), H. Avram, N. Beckharde,
On 13... QxKtP follows 14 B-B3! S. §. Cohen, J. Fulop, H. D. Grossman, N.
14 a.B3 Q.B7 Halpern, 1. Heitner, J. Moskowitz, Dr, Platz,
- 18 0.0 Rai G. Shainswit, J. Soudakoff, and R. Willman,
Nol 15. KiMS; 16 ERBL ORG: 17 B Beckhardt and Willman dropped out after the
QKI3! Also bad Is 15... PKS; -Kt3, :
Que Alto ad ee ae first few rounds, leaving eleven contestants.
16 BAKES R.Q4 25 K-Ki2 Q@Kis A smashing finish, remarkable, among other
V7 geet oe eee eeikd things, for the fact thal White had only fifteen
BOM Get 28 PKK QBs ‘witiutes to make bis last ten moves.
20 BxKt RxB 29 PxKt QxRPch Manhattan G. C. Championship
21 QKt5! KR-BI 30 K-K3 QB5ch New York—December, 1938
22 QxKtP. WM bates Q-QBich DUTCH DEFENSE
23 P-K4 32 K-K1 QQ6 I. Heitr R, Will
(24 P-KKt3 Q-Kéch White Black
Both players have 15 minutes left. 1 P.Q4 P-KB4 6 KtxP B-KtSch
33 Q-Kt3ch KARI 37 QK4 Q-Ktéch 2 P-KKtS KtKB3 7? B-Q2 Q-Kts
34 R-QB2 R-KBS 38 R(1)-B2 _ Q-Kt8ch 3 B-Kt2 P-KS 8 KtKt3 Kt-K5
35 R-Q2 @B4 39 K-K2 R(1}-KBI 4 KLKB3 PBS 90.0 KtxB
36 Q-B2 -BS 40 P-R6 Resigns 5 P-B4 PxP.
Cross Country
EMPIRE STATE NEWS
The annual championship tournament of the
Marshall C. C. commenced with twelve entries:
8, Bernstein, S, Bruzza, A. C. Cass, K. Dacby,
T. Dunst, M. Green, M, Hanauer, F. J. Mar.
shall, F. Reinfeld, A. E. Santasiere, Dz. Schles.
inget, and H. Seidman, Dunst dropped out
cutting the number down to eleven.
An intevesting game leads to an unexpected
conclusion. W bite sried bard but Black's great-
er experience stood him in good stead.
Marshall ©, C. Minor Tournament.
December, 1938
QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED
H. Rogosin _ Collins
White Black
1 Pas KtKB3 22 RxReh BxR
2 [Link] P-K3 28 Q.Q3 B.K2
3 [Link] P.Q4 24 P.QR4 KtKI
4 B-Kt2 BK2 25 [Link] —-P-KBS
5 KtKBS Se KES P-K4
6 0.0 27 QKté B.K3.
7 PxQP | KtxP 28 BKB B.KB2
8 PxBP BxP 29 Q.-Kta R.O1
9 Q.B2 @Kt3 30 R-QB1 BKB
10 QKtQ2 KL-QB3 31 Q-KtE B.KB2
11 KtKe BK2 32 QBS [Link]
42 Kt()-Kts KEBS 83: PP. '@xP
13 BK QR4 34 B-KA P-KK43,
14 KR.Q1 -Kt-QKtS 35 QRS axP
18 QKtl —Kt(6)-Q4 86 QxP [Link]
16 B-Q4 P-KRS 97 Q.R3 R.Q8ch
17 Keke RQi 38 RxR QxRch
1 KLKE «= QR-KtI 89 K-Kt2 Bxkt
19 KtLQE4 @-R3 40 BxP B.Q4ch
20 KixKteh — KtxKt Resigns
21 B-KS BAL
Black has succeeded in winning the “minor
exehange” but at the cost of development,
10 QKtxKt KtB3
41 P-Ka [Link]
If 12 PxP, 0-0! with play on the open KB
file. Superficially il looks good, but the jaw
is that he has no protection on the K side,
12 P-BB! QB2
12... BxP?; 13 Q-Réeh, etc.
13 QR5ch! PKKIS 21 KtBd PxP
14 Q-R6! BxKt 22 Kt.Q6 R-B1
15 KtxB. QK4 = 23 KtxKP Qkt3
16 PxP QxQBP 24 QR4ch K-B2
17 [Link]! KtPxP 25 P-Kt4l [Link]?
18 @-R5ch K.Q1 26 RxKtch!] — KxR
19 QA-B1 QB1 27 Q-K7! K.Kt3
20 KR-K1 @-B3 28 G-@éch Resigns
INTERCOLLEGIATE ACTIVITIES
The Christmas Holidays anaually witness
the gathering of the collegiate clans in a stzug-
gle for chessic honors, “The past few years
have witnessed stirring conflicts among the —
members of the H-Y-P-D League composed
of Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth;
and the Intercollegiate Chess League composed
of the College of the City of New York, New
York University, Brooklya College and Yeshiva
College. This year there was @ third group!
The Triangular Chess League composed of
Columbia, Pennsylvania and Comell who in
ptevious years were members of the Inter.
collegiate Chess League.
In the H-Y-P-D League, Harvard made a
clean sweep, winning possession of the Belden.
Stephens Trophy for the fourth consecutive year
‘The boys from Cambridge trampled over theit
rivals defeating Dartmouth 4-0, Princeton 3-1,
and Yale 214-144. The final standings were:
Harvard 914.214, Yale 7-5, Princeton 5-7,
Dartmouth 214-944. JANUARY, 1939 _
15
In the Intercollegiate Chess League the con-
test was exceptionally close, with City College
dinching the honors on the very last day. As
a result, they obtained possession of the Harold
M. Phillips Trophy for one year. The final
standings were:
Colleges Marches Games
LO ON YAM Be 16M 3h
2, Brooklyn College vide 4 5
3. N.¥, UL (Wal Sq) .212-2th 10-10
[Link] YU. (Heights) ..00.273 10. 10
3. CCNY. (23rd St) 1d 6Y13Y5
6. Yeshiva’ College dy 218
Intercollegiate Chess League
New York—December, 1998
RUY LOPEZ
H. Seidman J, Soudakott
Brooklyn College CONY.
White Black
1 PKA PKS 9 PBS B-K2
2KtKB3 KtQB3 10 B-K3 Kt QR4?
3 B-KtS P-QR3 11 Kt-Q4! 0.0
4 BR4 KEBS 12 QKtQ2 —KtxKt
50.0 KtxP 13 QxKt P.QB4
6 P-Q4 [Link] 14 KtxB Pxkt
7 BK P.Q4 18 P-KB4 KiB
& PxP B-K3 16 PxKt R-R2?
A poor move. Better was... @Q2
17 [Link]! PQS
18 BPxP R.g2
19 KtPxP BxP
20 [Link] sees
20 RxP also wins, bul this move sets a nice
trap into which Black falls headlong.
2... RxBP
Counting on 21 BxR, RxP!
21 PxB! RxQ
22 RKR @kBt
23 BxR xB
Instead 23... . QxPch_permits of more pro-
longed resistance, but Black is lost.
24 R-QBCh K.B2
26 R-KBT Resigns
First honors in the Triangular Chess League
went to Columbia. The Lions defeated Penn-
sylvania and Cornell by identical scores: 214-
14. Penn, by beating Cornell 3-1, took second
place.
NORTH CAROLINA CHESS ASS'N TOURNEY
Prof. Henry M. Woods, Jr. of Moorehead
City. North Carolina, won the annual North
Carolina Chess Association Tournament held
December 30 and 31, 1938, He won 10
games and drew 1 for a score of 104-44.
Albert Barden of Raleigh and George Wright
of Asheville, tied for second with 8.3. W.M.P.
Mitchell of Boston, Mass. finished fourth,
M3.
At the annual election of officers, Prof.
Woods was elected President; George Wright
and William Teiser of Wilmington were elected
Vice-Presidents; and R. L. Streliez of Winston.
Salem became Secretary.
TEXAS NOTES
The Texas Correspondence Chess League
became affliated with the Texas Chess Assoc
ation, of which N. D, Naman of Houston is
President.
Ft. Worth defeated Dallas in a match, 6.5.
Brilliancy Prize Game
Texas State Championship, 1938
SICILIAN DEFENSE.
J.C. Murphy G. A. Anderson
(San Antonio) (Bt, Worth)
White Black
1 P.K4 P.QB4 5 P-KB! Ker
2KLKBS P-KKtS 6 P-Q4 P.Q4
3 PBS B-Kt2 7 B-Ktich B.Q2
4 BB+ KtKB3? 8 QRS B-KBI
White threatened P-KKtU!
9 PxP KLQBs 13 Q-B2 PKS
10 B-KS KEKt2 14 0.0 P-KRG
11 QKtQ2 —--P.QR3 15 [Link] BK2
12 BxKt BxB 16 KR-QI | P-KKtd
Black cannot Castle on either side because
his King position would become too open.
He therefore tries to stay in the center and
open either the KKt or KR file for operations
against the White King. As a rule such tac-
Ues are unsuccessful.
17 KtKat P-KtS 23 KtxB Pxkt
18 Kt-Béch BxKt 24 Q.B4 R.QB1
19 PxB QxP 25 R-KI Kes
20 B-O4! Q@R3 26 RKB! K.@2
21 KEK QR2 27 P.aR4 R-QR1
22 Q.Q2 R-KKt1 28 QR-K1 R-Kt3?
29 @xkt! vane
Demonstrating the danger of keeping the
King in the center. IC 29... PxQ; 30 RK7ch
and mate in two.
2... RKt
30 @:a3 PBS
Black should resign but prefers to play to
the bitter end.
31 QxP R-Kt2 85 QxBPch Kat
32 Q.Kt7ch Kat RxPch R.Q2
33 @-Kt&ch 2 BxPch R.K2
34 Q.Q6ch 1 38 QxR mate
BOSTON CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
Weaver W. Adams won the 1938 City of
Boston title with a clean score of 12-0. This
gives him two legs on the George Sturgis Cup.
His previous victory was in 1935. The Cup
has been in competition for five years, Harlow
B. Daly having won it in 1934 and 1937,
and Sydney S. Coggan in 1936, The first
player winning it three times gains permanent
possession, 16
By Jose Massrae
(This little studied phase of the game will
be discussed in a series of monthly articles
The subject is one af great [rate value
and. should prove helpful ta all players—mas-
sert as well as amateurs, It is a special contri-
bution to THE CHESS REVIEW. We are
happy to present it, for the first time, to the
chess world, and urge our readers not to wiss
a single installment.” The Editor.)
For che purpose of these studies, the follow.
ing facts will always be assumed
4, The stronger force (King and Rook) will
always be called White.
2. White will always play UP the board
8. The Black Bishop. will always be the
Queen's Bishop (traveling on white
‘squares).
4. That corner of the board which may be
contralled by the Bishop (Black’s QR1
and KR8... White's KR1 and QR8)
will be called the Positive or “P" Gorner
and is generally the corner where the
Bishop is least effective—hence is favor-
able for White.
6. The other two corners (Black's QRS
and KR1—White's KR& and QR1) will
be called the Negative or “N” Corners
—generally favorable for Black.
It is a well-known fact that when the Bishop
and ‘his King, especially the lattes, are clear
the center of the board, the game is in theory
and practice a deaw—unless the Bishop is
subject to capture. The reason is that it is
impossible by force to sestrict the Black King
to the Positive Corner.
White can, however, force the Black King to.
the edge of the board. His method will be
similar to the elementary King and Rook vs.
King ending. He will gain the opposition
with -his King and then check Black with his
Rook, thus forcing him back. Should the
Bishop interpose on a check, the Rook will
tempo on the same rank—achieving the de
sired. result
When White has succeeded in driving Black
to the edge of the board, he will attempt to
win by mating Black ot threatening mate in
such 2 manner as to win the Bishop—after
which mate generally follows in a few moves
To do so, his King must gain the opposition.
Since there are eight squares on any side of
the board, the tival Kings can be in opposition
in eight different ways. Four of these op-
positions favor White and four of them favor
Black. In order to make a study of all of them
we must devise a method of identifying each
‘The following diagram will help to clarify
this point.
ROOK VS. BISHOP
Tue Cuuss Ravinw
(OPPOSITION DIAGRAM)
Positive Opposi-
Corner ae tion
bP Oh ae No
Negative
Corner /
We are taking the Positive Corner (White's
KRI) as a point of departure, and calling the
various. oppositions as follows: Opposition I,
Opposition 2, Opposition 3, and so on up to
Opposition 8. Id the diagram, we illustrate
Opposition 4 and Opposition 7. In the course
of these studies we shall show that Oppositions
6 4, 2, and 1 (especially 2 and 1) are most
favorable to White, The other oppositions (3,
5, 7, and 8) favor Black.
Proposition I
_ When the Kings are in Opposition 4 the
Rook will always win (with two exceptions
which we give herewith—diagrams A and B)
DIAGRAM A
Black
White
‘This diagram is intended to illustrate that if
Black's Bishop is on either his KB2 or KR2 he
can draw.
White attempts to win:
(1) When the Bishop is at KB2:
1 R-KKts eR
Best as lt confines the Black King and threat-
ens 2 R-Kt7! JANUARY, 1939
: wv
THE POOR BISHOP IS IN
FOR A ROYAL
“ROOKING"!
Tones K-R4
‘Heading for the Negative Corner. When
the King is able to reach tae Negative Corner,
and the Bishop controls the long diagonal
leading to either side of that corner (in this
case KKtl or KR2), and can be interposed
in the event of a eheck by the Rook, then
the game is a draw. :
2 R-KESch - KRB
Not 2... K-R5: 3 R-KU7 wins.
3 K-BS BAR?
Drawn
(2) When the [Link] at KR2:
__ The same procedure is followed. Black heads
for the negative corner,
DIAGRAM B
Black
This diagram illuscrates the second exception
to the rule that with the Kings in Opposition.
4 the Rook wins. Here, it is a draw, because
no matter where White moves his Rook, Bleck
plays K-R6 and White cannot gain the op.
position. <
Having presented the exceptions to the rule,
we shall new proceed to prove the rule itself
Let us examine Diagram A placing the Black
Bishop on his King's thied’ square.
According to the Rule, Wile must win:
1 RK3
Any other move by the R would permit
Black to play K-R4 and gain the Negative
Corner; ¢. g.1 ROR, KA; 2 B-Rseh, K-Kt3;
3 RRS, K-B2; Drawn.
cn B.B2
2 RK? B-Kt3
3 KS eee
8 R-KI would also win. But 8 R-K6 would
be a blunder permitting Black to draw by 3
... KR¢; ¢ R-Kich, K-R3 and Black reaches
the “N” corner.
Bowe B.B2
If instead 3... 4 RKKG, BKL;
5 RKtSch, KRI C... KR5?; 6 RKts!); 6
K-B3, E-B3ch; 7 K-B2 and wins.
4 RKKES seas
White may also win with 4 R-KBS.
ae B.QB5
5 R-OBS B-Kté
If the B returns to KB2, White wins by 6 Re 18
BT, B-Ki3; 7 RBS (taking advantage of the
faet that the B does not control that square
and also is blocking his King’s exit from the
Rook file), K-R§; 8 R-R&ch and wins the
Bishop.
6 R-QKtS BBS
7 R-Kte B-BS
The position is now similar to Problem No.
1, which we shail giv our readers at the end
of this month's installment to test their grasp
of the subject.
8 R-Kti B-Kt7
And now the Rook goes to the 8th Rank,
the quickest and simplest way to win.
9 R-KtS K-R4
10 R-KR&ch and wins.
PROBLEM NO. 1
Black
7 White
White to Play and Win
First Game of Blindfold Match
Chicago—November 28, 1938
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
M. Kahn PL H, Little
White Black
1 Pad KtkBs 9 0.0 0.0
2 P.QB4 P-K3 10 R-K1 KEK
3KtKBS = P-Q4 17 BS KC Kt)-Q4
4 KtB3 P.B4 12 R-QBt KtxKt
5 KIS QPxP . 13 PxKt @R4
6 P-K3 QKtQ2 14 PKS B-Q2
7 BxP P.QR3 15 P-KS Ktas
8 P-QR4 B.K2
Not 15... BxP; 16 BRI BxQ; 17 BxQ
BxKt; 18 PxKt, BQ1; 19 PxK:P!, ‘ete.
16 BxB KixB 29 @.B2 K-Ktt
17 KEKES PRS 30 P-KB4 —P.QKt8
18 R-KS! Kta¢ 31 RRB RBs
19 BR7ch KR1 32 QK2 RRR
20 RRS QQt 33 QR KEeBS
21 R-RE! PBS 34 QKS Kixkt
22 PxKBP @xP 35 QxKt R-KI
2 KEKE QBS 36 [Link] KB2
24 PAKS QB2 37 QxXBP QBach
25 B-R4 P.B5 38 QxQ PxQ
26 Q.B2 @K2 39 R-RI PxP.
a7 RA BxP! 40 RXP. Drawn
28 QxB KxB .
THe CHess REVIEW
The Horowitz—Kashdan
Match
‘The ‘final result of this match was a 5-5
draw. The last game -was completed on the
very last day of the old year, permitting Horo.
witz just sufficient time to ‘grab his traveli
bags and bid farewell to New York for a perio
of approximately three months.
Looking back at the match, it appears as
though the final result is just about right.
The two contestants were so evenly matched
that the slightest bit of luck would have tipped
the scales one way or the other, This does not
mean to imply that they played perfect ches:
But as a mule, in ‘the course of a ten-game
match, the clement of chance is pretty well
done away with.
‘There will be no further play-off and the
title of Champion of the American Chess Fed-
eration for 1938 will be shared jointly by both
players.
Seventh Game of Maton
New York—December 4, 1938
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
(Notes by I. Kashdan)
Kashdan 1. A. Horowitz
White ‘Black
1 Pas Pad 5 PKS BK2
2 P.OB4 PKS 6 KtLBS 0-0
3 KLQB3 KLKBS 7 RBI P.KR3
4BKIS QKta2
‘This looks wrong at this point. It creates
a weakness and allows White to take a stronger
diagonal with the Bishop. 7... P-B3 or 7
++. PQRS are more usual
8 B.B4 P.B4
If now § .. . P-B3; 9 P-H5!, since Black no
longer can play the equalizing move... P-K4.
‘The text is risky, but the only way to gain
any freedom.
9 PxaP KPxP
‘This leaves the QP weak with no compon-
sation. Better was 9... KtxP. If then 10
KixKt, PxKt; 11 B-Q3, Q-Rich; or Jl...
P-B6 followed by BKtech, with good
chances. White's St might be 10 B-
Kt3, KtxKt; 11 PxKt, with about an even
game.
10 8.98 [Link]
11 0.0 “B-KEE
12 KtKS
From this point White aims directly for
the K side, where he has definitely greater
mobility,
We... Kexkt
18 Pxkt KEK
14 QRS ene
Stronger than 14 BxKt, PxB; 15 Q-B2, Q-Q6;
16 QR, when... QRS! would save the
threatened KP. JANUARY, 1939
Wiese Ktxkt
The exchange only accentuates White’s ad-
vaniage on the King's wing. Better was 14
+++ P-B4, to be followed by... Q-K1.
18 Pxkt BAKtd
‘The threat was 16 BxP, PxB; 17 QxRP with
a winning attack.
16 BKt3
17 P-KBG
18 QBS!
The most forceful,
weaknesses. 18 P-B6,
nothing for White.
Qki
B-K2
as_ i eveates further
P-B3! would lead to
We. P-Kt3.
19 QR3 KARZ
20 PBS eee
Now this move is the prelude to a quick
break-through. ‘Phe immediate threat is 21
B-KB4, P-KR4; 22 PxPch, PxP; 23 QxPch.
202... [Link]
21 B-KB4 BxB
22 RxB axP
LA.
Horowitz
23 QR-KB1
White could win material by 23 PxPch, PxP;
24 BxPch!, KxB; 25 Q-Kt3ch, K-R2; 26 R-
Bich, RxR; 27 QxQ but Black could still put
up @ prolonged resistance in the ensuing end-
game. ‘The text, threatening both PxPch and
R-R4, is even more effective.
2. K-Kt
A. sorry rotreat, bul. there is nothing better.
It 23... BB1; 24 PxPch, PxP; 25 RxR!,
BxQ; 26 R(Q)-Byeh wins, 23... RKKU
would allow a sparkling finish: 24 PxPch,
PRP; 26 RR, QKU; 26 RBTch, RK; 27
RxPeh!, QxR; 28 BxPch!!, KxB} 29 Q-B5 mate.
24 PXP PxP
28 QxP QxPch?
‘This loses quickly, Best was 25... Q-Kt2;
when 26 QxQch, KxQ; 27 RxR, RxRj 25 RxR,
KxR; 29 BxP would be a won ending. Or 26 @
Kt5 would maintain the attack.
26 K-RI RR
If 26... RB3; 27 BxP, RxR; 28 B-RTch!,
K-R1 (or... K-B2; 29 RxReh Wins); 29 B
BSch, K-Kti; 30 B-K6ch.
27 QxPch K-81
28 @-Q6ch K-Kt1
“190
29 RXR QKéch
Te 29... QxB; it is mate in five beginning
with 30 Q-Ké6ch. ' The text only delays matters
a bit.
30 B.B1 RKE
31 Q-Ktéch RI
32 Q-R6ch K-Ktt
38 R-Ktdch Resigns
White had to play the ending well 10 draw.
Had he given up all the K tide Ps, in retnrn
for Black’s Q side Ps, be would have lost.
Tenth Game of Match
New York—December,
1938
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
1. A. Horowitz
White
1 P.a4 KtKBS
2 [Link]+ P-K3
3 Kt-KBS [Link]
4 KELB3 [Link]
5 BAKtS B.K2
6 PKS. 0.0
7 RBI P.QR3
8 PxP PxP
9 Bas [Link]
10 Q.B2 RKi
11 0.0 KLBI
42 KEK KEKES
13 BxB QxB
44 Kixkt =~ BxKt
45 KERG QR.Q1
16 BBS BxB
47 QxB R.Q3
48 KLBS RBS
19 9.93 Q.B2
20 R-B3 KEK
21 RK. [Link]
22° Q.Q2 KtRS
23 PKA! R-Kts
24 RK PxP
25 KtxP R.Q1
26 R-QI Kee
27 R.Q8 KeK2
28 KtB3 KtQ¢
29 KtxKt RxKt
30
31
32
93
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
a1
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
64
55,
66
87
58.
1. Kashdan
Black
RKI P-RS
R-K8ch K.R2
QK3 03
aK? QxQ
RxQ [Link]
RxR PxR
[Link] P-K4
[Link] PxP
RxP P.Q6
KKI [Link]
K.a2 R.K7ch
KxP RxBP
PKK! RxXRP
K-K3! R.QB7
[Link] RxP
R-Kt6 K-Kte
RxPeh K.B4
K.B3 R-R6ch
KK PKL
R.B5ch K-KS
K-R3 RRS
R86 P-KRE
[Link] KES
R.QB6 RARG
[Link] K.B3
R-B6ch K-K2
RBS [Link]
RxP PxP.
P-Kts Drawn
White did not make the most of his op-
portunilies in the middle game and ending.
Ninth Game of Match
New York—December, 1938
RUY LOPEZ
Kashdan 1. A. Horowitz
white Black
1 PKA P.K4
2 KLKB3 Koes
3 BK P-QR3
4 BRE KBs
50.0 B.K2
6 @k2 Paks
7 BK P.Q3
2 [Link] [Link]
9 P.B3 0.0
‘Up to this point the game is similar to the
FineKeres game played in the seventh round
of the AVRO Ty.
10 PRS B-R4 14 P-KKté B-Kts 20 THe CHess REVIEW
12 P.Q3 KLQRs 19P-Q5 BEI 68 R-BGch K.Q2 74 RQR3 —R-KtBch
13 B.B2 KEQ2 20 P-Ktd KtKt2 64 R-B3 RKiH 75 K-B4 R-B&ch
14 Pat 21 B-Kt2 KtKt 65 P-QKtel PxP 76: K-Ktd—R-KtSch
1s RQi 22 P-RS KURI 66 PR RQB1 77 K-B4 R-B8ch
16 QKt-a2 23 PxP QxP 67 RKRS = -[Link]! 78 K-O4 RBI
17 KtBI 24 Kt-O5 KEK2 68 R-B3ch K.Q2 79 RQKt3 RBs
18 KtKS 25 P.B4 Kexkt 89 RKRS B28 RKB R-QRS
Not 25... PxP; 26 BRI! Also not 25... 70 Rl Q2 81 R-KRS K-83
QxP; 26 QkQ, Px: 27 KUBT! 71 KK =—-RB4ch «82 RKB K.a2
26 BPxKt QQ2 39 KxB rer 72 IOP RBSch 2 KRG Drawn.
27 8.93 PR4 40 BxR RKKt !
28 KtR2 PxP 41 K-B3 KtQi
29 QxP QxQ = 42 B-K3. KB : ri
30 Ktx@ KRB1 43 PRE [Link] Women in Chess
31 QR-B1 BK1 44 PxP KtxPoh
32 Kt-K3 B.Q2 45 Bxkt PxXB End of December Jottings: .. . . A starling
33 K-Kt2 K-B2 46 FRI R-Bich was blown into my bedroom last night...
34 P-KtS 47 K-Kt P-KtS! woke me up at four-thirty ... don't know
38 * , K2 48 RR7ch K-81 which was the more startled... A raft of
38 K.B3 BRS 49 RR? R85! Christmas cards . . . Pleasant to be remem-
37 BxB. KxB 50 RxP RxKP! bored. May Marff, who is getting good practice
38 R-KKET Bxkt playing in the Boston City Chess ‘Tournament
Not 60... K-B2: 51 R-B6ch, K-Q2:; 52 R- writes, “I hope to have six or seven women
Kt6, RxKP; 53 RxKtP and wins. enrolled in the Commonwealth Club, perhaps as
51 RXxP RxP 87 R.QKt6 RxP a sort of auxiliary. We shall have a separate
32 KEG Kaa 88 RXP K-Q3 room at our disposal.” ... She may go to St.
53 PR RRS 59 R-KtS R-Ri! Petersburg (Fla.) this winter . . . Nice to get
84 RARG PKts 60 PBS R-Bich away from the cold... Reminds me that
88 KxP P.-Kiéeh, Drawn Adi ero has just returned from a long
56 [Link] P-Kt7 rest at Miami Beach . . . Seems to have done
her good... Didn’t play much chess, except
to give a couple of exhibitions for ehildren
ite im one of the parks... One six year old boy
The marathon sons, a the match. White vas" pretty good... Only. one girl played
missed a win in the ending. against her .. . Says Kathryn Slater has im-
Eighth Game of Match proved her play a Jot but shows no inclination
to engage in tournaments... Card from,
New York—December, 1038 Norma Sloane (Cheyenne, Wyo.) recalls a
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE pleasant meeting at the Marshall Chess Club
1. A. Horowitz 1. Kashdan two years ago .. . She reports, “I haven't been
White Black laying, much chess this winter, tho’ hope to
get back to it again soon. Our elub is small
fe, eS Oe ats Fete —about twenty members—but persistent.” . . .
gkees BK 34 Picket Daa Mrs. A. H, Palmi is the new president of the
goes «opts as BOS pap Jackson, (Mich.) Chess Club... From Mus-
3 Bt Bk 36 BxP Sxp catine (Ia), Jean Moore Grau writes, “There
$00 0.0 a7 Kx R.kt2 8 nothing T can report in chess at the’ present,
7 Rees KEKS 38 RBG Qe pethaps in the Spring.” ... Mary Bain cele-
3 QB2 Kiki 39 R6 -RKiseh brated the holidays by ‘getting out of that
9 Oxkt [Link] 40 KK3 R-Kt2 cast... Pauline Papp (Cleveland) won the
BRS Kees 41 KOS K.k2 championship of the Queens Women’s Chess
1 @.Q2 PxP 42 PLKtS K.g2 Club without losing a game... Mrs. Hilda
12 Ree Qe 43 PKRS KK2 Riley, second, and Mrs. Gustav Hauschild, third
18 ane! Keka 4a “K.g2 --- New champion is problem editor of the
3 BBS Ral 45 KK2 new Mid-West Problemist . . . also only woman
18 PAKS Pas 46 K-q2 in Cleveland to be chosen to play against
16 BB2 Qq2 47 K-K2 Koltanowski ... Which reminds me I haven't
17 PKA PK3 48 K.Q2 written how charming I found him and his
18 P-KRS KtB3 49 K-K2 attractive young wife ... Wish there was more
19 PB4 QRBt 50 K.Q2 sPace to enlarge on them... Raphael Me.
20 QR.Q1 KtxKt 51 R-B2 Cready has started a chess club in Hackensack
21 BxKt BxBch 52 K-K2 (N.J.) .. . Which recalls the pleasant evening
22 QxB Pak 53 K.Q2__ spent with the Kashdans when they entertained
23 PxP xP 54 R-Kt2 their chess group... Wandered out into
24 R.Q2 QBs 55 another room where several people were gather-
25 KR.Q1 = QxQch 56. ed about the chess board, just In time to hear
26 RxQ RB? 57 the leading exponent of the superiority of
27 KR.Q2 RxR 58 bishops say, “The bishop and knight are
28 RxR KB1 59 usually considered to have about the same
29 R.QB2 KK2 60 value.” ... Happy New Year, everyone . . .
30 K-B2 R.Q2 61 Wish’ you ‘would all write me your news
31 KK3 [Link] 62 —E.L.W. JANUARY, 1939
The Psychology of Chess
By H. Rocosin
‘A short time ago a Viennese Professor of
Psychology investigated 500 different games and
pastimes in order to determine which one was
“best for taking jaded minds away from the
stress of modern life’.
He found it in chess.
Such a finding helps to explain the great
populasity of the Sport of Kings. Dr, Lasker
as estimated indeed, that at least 100,000,000
people understand the moves of the different
pieces.
At the same time, however, the American
Newsweek of May 2, 1938 said that the game
of chess tequires “much too much concentration
for the average man” and implied that a great
deal of brains was requiced in order to play
faicly well.
But is that really true? What qualities or
attributes do you need to have to py chess?
A closely related question is whether or not
chess is an art or a science. A still more
engaging and controversial point is whether
or not women are intellectually inferior to
men and therefore constitutionally less able
to give as creditable performances at the chess-
board.
Quite a few years ago, Harry Nelson Pills.
bury, former champion of America claimed
that the most useful mental quality was coa-
centration..." ... the ability to. isolate
himself from the whole world and live for
the events of the board..." and believed
that chess broadened the “mind”, Patience or
the ability to wait was important, as of course
was accuracy.
In 1907, A. F. Cleveland, writing for the
American Journal of Psychology, decided that
chess was popular because people bad an
“instinct” for combat (Psychology today would
not agree with such an analysis); it was direct
and had no anti-social aspects; it was a com-
petitive game of skill; the desire to win and
the ability to plan ahead made it acquire
interest. He said: “Master players combine
to a marked degree an accurate and persistent
chess memory, quickness of perception, strong
constructive imagination, power of accurate ana-
lysis and a far seeing power of combination”.
Blackburne, the famous Englishman, in 1899
was quoted as recalling any number of games
played in 1862. In the present day, Alekhine,
world’s champion, is supposed to be able to
recall every game of note of the last 30 years,
with all their moves!
Cleveland concluded, however, “that chess
skill is not en index of general intelligence,
that the reasoning involved ia chess play
reasoning in very nacrow limits, and that 2
considerable degree of chess skill is possible
to one who is mentally deficient in almost ~
every other line.” + wed
This conclusion is backed up by the first
psyeho-technical experiments with chess at the
Moscow International Tournament of 1925,
reported by Gonzalo R. Lafora, . This tourney
was won by Bogoljubow, and practically all
the foremost players of the time participated:
Capablanca, Marshall, Lasker, Reti, Grunfeld,
Rubinstein, Yates, Samisch, Spielmann, Tarte--
kower, Torre, Dus-Chotimirski, and Lowenfisch,
Professors Diakov, Rudik, and Petroyski of
the Psychotechnic Laboratory of Moscow Uni.”
versity conducted these experiments on 'me-
mory reflexes”, attentive memory, imagination,
powers of observation, association abilities,
and affective tendencies; the development of
each “faculty” was studied and then an in-
tellectual portrait obtained. These professors
decided that the grear chess players had no
better memory than the average man; that
their masterly playing was due to professional
habit and knowledge like the memory of the
musician; that they had no greater capacity
for concentration than the average man. But
their dynamic attention was greater, they had
developed their grasping and understanding of
new situations and changes. No special talent
was needed for chess, in their opinion. but they
did say that A tendency to abstract, formal
and objective thought in which the’ general
predominates over the particular is essential
to success in chess”, Synthesis predominated
over analysis,
Reti, one of the contestants, believed that
“Chess is a purely spiritual struggle”, while
Lasker, the professional philosopher, thought
the game an outlet for the biological urge to
fight or survive which “demanded a game
requiring great mental strength”. It is in
line with this idea that William James sug-
ested chess as a moral equivalent to war.
en too, it must be remembered that the
Buddhists or ancient Hindus are said to have
invented the game as a substitute for battle.
According to Van der Linde, they believed
that “war and the slaying of one's fellowmen,
for any purposes whatever, is criminal, and the
punishment of the warrior in the next world
will be much worse than that of the simple
murderer, hence chess was invented as a sub.
stitute for war”.
Upto-date psychology would largely if not
wholly discount these ideas of spiritual stragele
and outlets for biological urges. Just how, 22
THE Cuess Review
the psychologists would ask, can a biological
urge demand anything?
Psychology today would agree in placing the
main emphasis on the building up of habit
patterns by individuals of average ability. Chess
is not a difficult game to learn, though the
individual who wishes to play well, must be
prepared to spend some time studying, How.
ever, one can learn the elements oe play in
a few hours, and it is a well-known fact that
one does not have to he a very good player to
enjoy playing chess.
Modera psychology would not countenance
the suggestion of mental qualities in which
men were superior to women: “.. . the
study of diffecences in intelligence seems com.
pletely to have destroyed the old prejudice
that women are intellectually inferior to men”
(Coleman R. Griffith). “There is no evidence
whatsoever for the theory that women are below
men in mental calibre, while it is an indispens-
able part of every psychologist’s stock in trade
that there are no sex differences in intelligence.
There is no reason on the basis of intelligence
that militates against women being as great as
men in fields of intellectual endeavor, which
of course includes chess.
In spite of the fact that women have the
requisite capacity to play, why is it that they
have so few really fine players? For one
thing there haven't been enough numbers
participating in the sport. It must be remem-
hered that millions of men are engaged in
this recreational
