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Chess by Bill Ruth Sun, Mar 29, 1953 – Page 99 · The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
New Laws of Chess
After some three years of study and discussion, the General Assembly of the World CHess Federation (FIDE) has adopted a new code to regulate international chess play. The old regulation regarding draws by agreement has been canceled. You can now make your first move, offer your opponent a draw which he can accept, legally, honestly and in the best interests of the game and its spectators. Now, all we need are rules for racing without running, pugilism without fighting and feasts without food. This is the Russian line as was so evident at Saltajobaden last September: and to think—we were critical of it!
How can we be so stupid? Perhaps the following taken from an article by Baruch H. Wood in “CHESS” will throw some light on the matter.
“Bearing in mind how intolerant a crusade Communism is — exaggerated deference is paid to them. I had a real bellyful of this in connection with the Laws of Chess for which I suggested a revised draft even before the Russians returned to the FIDE. The Assembly was afraid to pass anything in which the Communists had not some say. Finally, after weary years of debate, it became obvious that they shape of the rules had to conform to some extent to the Russian code. I am not a politician, and I saw no sense in anybody rejecting the rules because they didn't like the looks of them, without being able (or even called upon) to explain why.
“Finally I was asked to go to Prague to confer with the Czech and Russian delegates; the conference was postponed at the demand of the Russians and finally held when they could go and I could not. Russians and Czechs conferred alone and produced a draft which was virtually a translation of the Russian code of laws. In the long years when Russian remained outside the FIDE she had evolved her own code of laws, a curious and not unattractive jumble, but a great retrogression even from the present FIDE code. I think I counted 60 inaccuracies and ambiguities in the draft: I had only enumerated a few of them to Kotov when he shut up and resolutely refused to discuss the laws any more throughout the whole of that FIDE Congress.” Again we wonder—how stupid can we get?
Chess Problems Sun, Mar 29, 1953 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Problem No. 4999 by C.W....
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Problem No. 4999 by C.W. Sheppard. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN Kn6/pQp5/Rr6/p1p3P1/4R3/7k/5Pbr/5B2 w - - 0 1
Chess Problems Sun, Mar 29, 1953 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Problem No. 5000 by M. Marble....
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Problem No. 5000 by M. Marble. White to play and mate in three moves.
FEN 2B5/4p3/K5P1/pP1kBp2/N4p2/1p1Np1pq/1R5r/7b w - - 0 1
