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CHESS Sept. 29, 1940 L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 1125 By U Searle and H. Gondolphln '4 " ; p i p it White mates In two. (Wh. 91 Bl. 8.) L A. TIMES PROBLEM NO. 112S By Dr. J. J. O Keefe White mates in three.
(Wh. 7;-Bl. 10.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1121: Cooked! Three solutions. R-R4, B-B8. and RxN, SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1122: R-QB4. CORRECTION SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 111: N-N2 instead of N-N6. - We received solutions from the follow- in.,- j. q. Dodge. L. H. Rudelson. Dr. R. H. Ross C P. lord. Rev. P. Prichard. Dr. f. B. Sheldon. A. D. Remolds Sr., P. D. ! Weaver. A. G. Karn. J. P Walsh, J. C. i Drake, W. Harmon. H. J Gilmore. W, L. iKoethen. M Rudholm. J. M Meinhardt, !H. Bruhn. H. P. Matosian. D. A. Innes. !G. R. Halton. J. E. Undertown (welcome i to our ladder.) E. Bertrand. J. B. Gee. COMBINATIVE PLAT By Dr. Max Euwe (World Champion, 1935-37) 10. COMBINATIONS IN THE END-GAME. In the next example, from practical play, Alekhine i White) won in a performance given at Groningen, in 1933.
White has the better game because his passed QRP is very Strang, but Blacks position is not "hopeless because his rook paralyzes the activity of the white king. But there are other factors which make White s advantage decisive: the blRck king is cut off from the oueen's side, and the black rook has In case of necessity only one way of intercepting White's passed pawn; by R-R4 followed by R-Rl. This gives White the chance to make a delightful combination, which secures the promotion of the OR pawn. DIAGRAM 4 P-Kt4! Threatening to win by 2.
P-R3. etc R-K5 i P-R5 RxKtP . P-R6 Black has now the choice between R-Ro, Intending 4. . . . R-Rl, and 3. . . . R-K18, intending 4. . . . R-QKB. But both ar insufficient, i.e., 3. . . . R-R5; 4. R-Q811 (the first brilliant key) 4. . . KxR; 5 P-R7 and there is no defense against 6. P-R8 queening. Or 3. . . . R-Kt8; 4. P-R7 R-QR8; 5. R-QR3!! (the second brilliant key; the OR file Is blocked and White's passed pawn can queen I (To be continued) A NIGHT OF KNIGHTS By George Koltanowskl Much has been written about the chess program of Russia and about Strobeck.
that little German hamlet In which children walk to school with chess boards painted on their slates. One may become enthused with the mass chess pro-Brain at the former and one may be fascinated with the little town where everyone Plays chess from the kindergarten pupil to the sedate and rotund burgermeister. To the traveling chess master as myself all these efforts fade into insignificance when compared with the thorough and spectacular program of chess-promotion of Milwaukee by that city's Department of Municipal Recreation. This mldwestern American city with a population of over 600.000 has been a pioneer In teaching chess on Its 72 playgrounds and in its 28 social centers for the past nine years. Altogether, the game has been taught to over 38.000 Individuals, both adults and children.
This total Is astounding but the Department of Munici pal Recreation. In co-operation with the largest local newspaper, the Milwaukee Journal, conducted an all-city playground tournament for boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 16 years. Over 7a0 players participated In a tournament which began and was completed on the same afternoon. It was a success beyond all expectation But, chess activities are not allowed to reach the point of stagnation in Milwaukee! Realizing that a chess tournament has little public appeal, the element of showmanship was. added to this year's event.
What was a mere mass tournament a year ago received city-wide publicity this year as a "Night of Knights' by radio, by newspaper, by placards. The whole towr knew something big was in the air But. what It didn't know is (hat It will wake up some day to find Itself more famous for lis chess than for us oeert This time the tournament was to he held at night under the lights of Marquette University's Stadium, one of the Midwest's famous athletic fields. The show began at 7:30, with a concert band of 50 pieces entertaining the audience. At 8 1 o'clock the children, led by a colorful unl- formed band, marched from under the west, stands nf the stadium around the 1 Marquette quarter-mili track two by two HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor with each bojr or girl holding the hand of ma or her first round opponent.
Endlessly they came, nearly 900 of them. They nearly overlapped the tract onwhich Metcalf and Owens had run to lame And this In spite of a thermometer reading of 99 degrees of summer heat! Here wis a sight which would have done any chess player's heart good. Instead of 900 competitors, a million seemed a more proper guess. The impossible apparently had been accomplished. Here was the acme of chess promotion.
The spectators cheered as. the different age groups marched to their proper playing places In the form of long rows of chess boards, each row set five yard apart, from the five to the 90-yard line. Over 5000 spectators cheered loudly. The referee, fortified by a loudspeaker system, gave the signal to begin the first- round of play. This was not a mere tournament, however.
Chess had to be sold not to the chesi player but to the general public. The signal fo- the first round of play therefore was also the beginning of a mammoth spectacle conducted on a stage 40 feet square with 3000-watt footlights, flanked by the two before-mentioned bands. The first number was a chess game with live pieces beautifully costumed, which "yours truly" had the honor to Play blindfolded against one of the promising youngsters of the playground program. There followed a fast moving show a la vaudeville: acrobats, a stunning roller-skating act, modern dancers, tumblers, a chorus of 100 voices, a group of Russian dancers, and others. The finale was a huge tableau 100 feet high In the west stands of the stadium called "Americana AH." With the lights of the sta dium turned out.
a huge flag was unfurled flanked by white-clan girls accentuated in size by the brilliant light of 6000-watt spotlights. Those who tame to see a cness tourna ment were entertained, and those who came to see merely a great show because they knew no better talked chess. The show had accomplished Its purpose. What about next year s children a tour nament at Milwaukee? My readers may feel assured that this Is only a beginning in what Milwaukee will do to dramattee chess. The United States Chess Federation, which does so much to promote the game in America, tould do no better than to schedule its next annual Congress In Milwaukee, the "Mecca of Chess." Its members will enjoy Milwaukee s "Night of Knights" and besides enjoying this, the ; world's greatest chess show, will return to their homes with new concepts of what can De qone to promuic ciicm. Who Is the promotional genius behind this event? It is Donald. B. Dyer, super- visor of Milwaukees Kecreation Department, whom chess players from now on should recognize as the "Teg Rickard" of chess. Credit must also be given to Miss Dorothy C. Enderis. head of the department and a leading figure in the field of recreation, for encouraging not only this festival, but Milwaukee's entire chess program. From the Hollywood International Master Tournament. QUEEN'S TAWN (KING S INDIAN DEFENSE I Sieiner Woliston 1 8teiner Woliston White Black White Black 1- P-Q4 N-KB3 20-P-QR3 P-QN4 2- N-KB3 P-KN3 21-OR-B N-K 3- P-KN3 B-N2 22-KR-B2 P-N5 4- B-N2 P-Q4 23-PxP RxP 5- 0-0 O-O 24-B-B R-R2 ; 6- B-B4 P-B4 25-P-KR4 R(R2-N2: 7- P-B3 Q-N3 26-R-R RxP 8- Q-N1 B-B4 27-RxR RxR 9- QN-Q2 B-B4 28-R-R7 B-B3 10-PxP QxBP 2!-Rxp R-QR7 H-QxNP N-K5 30-B-KRg R-R8 12- N-N3 0-N3 31-K-B2 R-R7ch 13- OxQ PxQ 32-K-N3 ' R-R8 14- N(N3)-Q4 NxN 33-B-N2 R-R6 15- BxN PxB 34-K-R2 R-R5 16- R-R5 P-KB3 35-K-N3 R-R6 17- P-B3 N-B3 36-B-B R-R8 18- P-KN4 B-Q2 37-B-R3 R-R7 19- P-K3 KR-R 38-B-N2 R-R6ta) In the Steiner-Wollston game of Round 4, ! a position was reached which had oc curred three times In the same game, following Woliston's move, whereupon the lat-; ter claimed a draw, which Mr. Steiner , contested.
A committee was selected to decide upon the claim. After studying the rule pertaining to such a claim, the committee unanimously decided in favor of Mr. Steiner. The rule in question appears In the "Yearbook of the United States Chess Federation. 1939." and is an excerpt from the laws of the Federation Internationale des Eschecs.
under which rules the tournament was played. Under the captionk "The Laws of Chess." appears the following rule: i "The game is drawn by recurrence of, ! position when the same position occurs ! three times in the game, and the same per- , son is player on each occasion, and If such , player claims the draw before the position Is altered by . further play, otherwise no claim can be sustained." j "The player" Is the contestant whose ! turn It is to move. Mr. Woliston first; made the move and then made the claim.; (when he no longer was "the player." It Is obviously the intention of the rule j to penalize a player who makes a mistake; in permitting the same position to occur three times, by giving his opponent the privilege of claiming the draw, if he soj chooses, If Mr. steiner, wno nad tne posi tional advantage, had produced the same position, as defined In the rule, three times, Mr. Woliston's claim would have been substantiated by the committee. R. FINE. O. REINHARDT, H. BOROCHOW. RUY LOPEZ Steiner White 1- P-K4 2- N-KB3 3- B-N5 4- BxN 5- P-04 ' -QxP 7- NxO 8- B-B4 9- N-Q2 10- N-K2 11- O-O-O 12- BxB Fine Black P-K4 N-QB3 P-QR3 QPxB PxP QxQ B-Q2 O-O-O B-Q3 N-K2 B-K3 PxB Steiner White 13- N-KB4 14- NxB 15- N-B4 16- RxP 17- NxRch 18- R-Q 19- N-K8ch 20- R-Q7 21- R-02I 22- R-Q 23- R-Q2 24- Drawn. Fine Black N-N3 PxN KR-B RxR K-B2 RxP K-N3 N-C4I R-B8ch R-B7 R-B8ch 81CILIAN DEFENSE Borochow White 1- P-K4 2- N-KB3 3- P-04 4- NxP 5- N-QB3 S-B-Q3 7- NxN 8- P-K5 9- Q-N4 10-O-O U-PxB 12- B-R.1 13- OR-O 14- KR-K 15- Q-R3 18-B-N5 17-P-QB4 Fine Black P-OB4 P-K3 PxP N-KB3 B-N5 N-B3 OPxN N-Q2 Q-R4 BxN QxKP P-QB4 O-O Q-B3 P-KN3 Q-K2 P-QR3 Borochow White 18- B-R4 19- B-N3 20- R-K5 21- BxN 22- Bxp 3-RtO-K 24- Q-OB3 25- B-K3 2S-B-N5 27- B-B 28- P-KR4 29- RxP 30- RxR 31- R-K 32- B-N2 33- P-B3 34- Resigns.
Fine Black N-N3 B-Q2 N-R5 BxB KR-Q Q-B3 B-B3 R-K Q-N2 QR-Q P-B3 RxR R-Q8ch Q-02 Q-N5 BxP! Played in the Sixth Grand National recond round, Correspondence League of America. White, A. G. Pearsall; Black, A. N. Pray. HUNGARIAN DEFENSE. Pearsall White 1-P-K4 , 2-N-KB3 3- B-B4 4- P-Q4 5- P-5(a 6- B-Q3 7- B-K3 8- P-B4 9- N-B3 10- P-KR3 11- Q-02 12- Bx.N 13- B-B3 Pray Pearsall Pray ' . Black White Black; ' P-K4 20-PxB Q-N3'd) , N-QB3 21-B-R4 B-Q2 v B-K2 22-BxB NxB P-Q3 23-P-B4 R-K2 : N-N 24-P-KR4te OR-K ON-Q2 25-P-R5 Q-B4 KN-B3 2S-P-R6 N-B4 O-O 27-KR-B R-B2 R-K 28-P-N4 N-Q2 N-B 29-PxP R(B2t-K2 NxKP'b) 3n-K-N2(f) N-N3 P-KB4 31-P-B5 R-K7 P-B5 32-K-Rtg) Q-B7 PxB 33-R-ON R(K-K5 B-N4 34-PxNh BxQ , B-R3 35-KR-QB RPxPUi 0-B3 3-Rx5 RvR B-B4 37.R-NJ , RxKBP, - BxN 38-Resigns , , 14-BxBP 15-O-O-Ofo 16-P-KN3 17-PxP 1S-N-KN5 19-Q-Q4 (a) Closing this diagonal slows White's attack. ' b) Black opens his game, though not without risk.
(cl Which side would you castle on? Id) If OxP 21. P-B4, Q-R4; 22. QR-KN and will win the B. (e) R-K was called lor. Black should not be given this file. (f) R-B2 is better, to protect the rank. g Clearly the R cannot be taken. h If 34. Q-B6, N-Q2; 35. Q-Q . R-K winning. If 34. QxR or NxQR, Black mates. (IV If 35 . ; Q moves.
36. NxR. OiN: 37. PxBP. R-B5; 38. P-Q with chances. (Notes by A. N. Pray.) RUY LOPEZ Woliston Borochow Woliston Borochow White Black White Black 1- P-K4 P-K4 31-B-Q3 P-B3 2- N-KB3 N-OB3 32-Q-B2 Q-K4at 3- B-N5 P-OR3 33-Q-R4 e-K6ch 4- B-R4 N-B3 34-K-R BxB 5- 0-0 NxP 35-QxN Q-K8ch 6- P-Q4 P-ON4I36-K-R2 Q-N6ch 7- B-N3 P-Q4 37-K-R P-B6? 8- PxP B-K3 38-Q-K6ch K-N2 9- P-B3 B-QB4 39-Q-K7ch K-R3 10- QN-Q2 O-O 40-O-BSch B-N3 11- B-B2 P-B4 4l-OxKBP 5x3? 12- PxP e.p. 42-PxQ K-N4 NxP(KB3) 43-K-N2 K-B5 13- N-N3 .
B-N3 44-K-B2 B-B4 14- N-NS 0-02 45-P-KR4 B-B 15-Q-03 N-K4 46-N-Q3ch K-B4 j 16- Q-N3 N-B2 47-K-K3 B-Q2 17- B-K3 NxN 48-N-B K-K4 18- QXN BxB 49-N-K2 B-K 19- QxB QR-K 50-N-N3 B-Q2 20- Q-O4 0-Q3 51-P-KB4 K-Q3 21-N-B5 N-N4l52-K-Q4 B-K3 22- P-KB4 B-B 53-P-B5 B-B2 23- B-Q3 R-K2 54-N-Q2 B-K 24- R-B3 R(K2l-B2 55-N-B4 B-Q2 25- QR-B P-N4 56-P-B6 B-K 26- P-KR3 N-R3 57-P-R3 B-N3??b 27- B-N RxP 58-NxB PxN 28- RxR RxR? 59-P-B7 K-K2 29- RxR PxR 60-K-B5 KxP 30-P-QN4 B-B4161-KXP Resigns a) Botn players were under time pressure. Black, having 'but two minutes for the following nine moves, should have taken the draw by perpetual check, on his 35th subsequent moves. tb) After 7'i hours of play. Black s vigilance relaxed Into this oversight that loses at once. 57 . B-B2: with at least a draw, and winning chances for Black, due to the weakness of Whites king's wing. (Notes by Borochow.)
(Wh. 7;-Bl. 10.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1121: Cooked! Three solutions. R-R4, B-B8. and RxN, SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 1122: R-QB4. CORRECTION SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 111: N-N2 instead of N-N6. - We received solutions from the follow- in.,- j. q. Dodge. L. H. Rudelson. Dr. R. H. Ross C P. lord. Rev. P. Prichard. Dr. f. B. Sheldon. A. D. Remolds Sr., P. D. ! Weaver. A. G. Karn. J. P Walsh, J. C. i Drake, W. Harmon. H. J Gilmore. W, L. iKoethen. M Rudholm. J. M Meinhardt, !H. Bruhn. H. P. Matosian. D. A. Innes. !G. R. Halton. J. E. Undertown (welcome i to our ladder.) E. Bertrand. J. B. Gee. COMBINATIVE PLAT By Dr. Max Euwe (World Champion, 1935-37) 10. COMBINATIONS IN THE END-GAME. In the next example, from practical play, Alekhine i White) won in a performance given at Groningen, in 1933.
White has the better game because his passed QRP is very Strang, but Blacks position is not "hopeless because his rook paralyzes the activity of the white king. But there are other factors which make White s advantage decisive: the blRck king is cut off from the oueen's side, and the black rook has In case of necessity only one way of intercepting White's passed pawn; by R-R4 followed by R-Rl. This gives White the chance to make a delightful combination, which secures the promotion of the OR pawn. DIAGRAM 4 P-Kt4! Threatening to win by 2.
P-R3. etc R-K5 i P-R5 RxKtP . P-R6 Black has now the choice between R-Ro, Intending 4. . . . R-Rl, and 3. . . . R-K18, intending 4. . . . R-QKB. But both ar insufficient, i.e., 3. . . . R-R5; 4. R-Q811 (the first brilliant key) 4. . . KxR; 5 P-R7 and there is no defense against 6. P-R8 queening. Or 3. . . . R-Kt8; 4. P-R7 R-QR8; 5. R-QR3!! (the second brilliant key; the OR file Is blocked and White's passed pawn can queen I (To be continued) A NIGHT OF KNIGHTS By George Koltanowskl Much has been written about the chess program of Russia and about Strobeck.
that little German hamlet In which children walk to school with chess boards painted on their slates. One may become enthused with the mass chess pro-Brain at the former and one may be fascinated with the little town where everyone Plays chess from the kindergarten pupil to the sedate and rotund burgermeister. To the traveling chess master as myself all these efforts fade into insignificance when compared with the thorough and spectacular program of chess-promotion of Milwaukee by that city's Department of Municipal Recreation. This mldwestern American city with a population of over 600.000 has been a pioneer In teaching chess on Its 72 playgrounds and in its 28 social centers for the past nine years. Altogether, the game has been taught to over 38.000 Individuals, both adults and children.
This total Is astounding but the Department of Munici pal Recreation. In co-operation with the largest local newspaper, the Milwaukee Journal, conducted an all-city playground tournament for boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 16 years. Over 7a0 players participated In a tournament which began and was completed on the same afternoon. It was a success beyond all expectation But, chess activities are not allowed to reach the point of stagnation in Milwaukee! Realizing that a chess tournament has little public appeal, the element of showmanship was. added to this year's event.
What was a mere mass tournament a year ago received city-wide publicity this year as a "Night of Knights' by radio, by newspaper, by placards. The whole towr knew something big was in the air But. what It didn't know is (hat It will wake up some day to find Itself more famous for lis chess than for us oeert This time the tournament was to he held at night under the lights of Marquette University's Stadium, one of the Midwest's famous athletic fields. The show began at 7:30, with a concert band of 50 pieces entertaining the audience. At 8 1 o'clock the children, led by a colorful unl- formed band, marched from under the west, stands nf the stadium around the 1 Marquette quarter-mili track two by two HERMAN STEINER International Chess Master Address all mail to Chess Editor with each bojr or girl holding the hand of ma or her first round opponent.
Endlessly they came, nearly 900 of them. They nearly overlapped the tract onwhich Metcalf and Owens had run to lame And this In spite of a thermometer reading of 99 degrees of summer heat! Here wis a sight which would have done any chess player's heart good. Instead of 900 competitors, a million seemed a more proper guess. The impossible apparently had been accomplished. Here was the acme of chess promotion.
The spectators cheered as. the different age groups marched to their proper playing places In the form of long rows of chess boards, each row set five yard apart, from the five to the 90-yard line. Over 5000 spectators cheered loudly. The referee, fortified by a loudspeaker system, gave the signal to begin the first- round of play. This was not a mere tournament, however.
Chess had to be sold not to the chesi player but to the general public. The signal fo- the first round of play therefore was also the beginning of a mammoth spectacle conducted on a stage 40 feet square with 3000-watt footlights, flanked by the two before-mentioned bands. The first number was a chess game with live pieces beautifully costumed, which "yours truly" had the honor to Play blindfolded against one of the promising youngsters of the playground program. There followed a fast moving show a la vaudeville: acrobats, a stunning roller-skating act, modern dancers, tumblers, a chorus of 100 voices, a group of Russian dancers, and others. The finale was a huge tableau 100 feet high In the west stands of the stadium called "Americana AH." With the lights of the sta dium turned out.
a huge flag was unfurled flanked by white-clan girls accentuated in size by the brilliant light of 6000-watt spotlights. Those who tame to see a cness tourna ment were entertained, and those who came to see merely a great show because they knew no better talked chess. The show had accomplished Its purpose. What about next year s children a tour nament at Milwaukee? My readers may feel assured that this Is only a beginning in what Milwaukee will do to dramattee chess. The United States Chess Federation, which does so much to promote the game in America, tould do no better than to schedule its next annual Congress In Milwaukee, the "Mecca of Chess." Its members will enjoy Milwaukee s "Night of Knights" and besides enjoying this, the ; world's greatest chess show, will return to their homes with new concepts of what can De qone to promuic ciicm. Who Is the promotional genius behind this event? It is Donald. B. Dyer, super- visor of Milwaukees Kecreation Department, whom chess players from now on should recognize as the "Teg Rickard" of chess. Credit must also be given to Miss Dorothy C. Enderis. head of the department and a leading figure in the field of recreation, for encouraging not only this festival, but Milwaukee's entire chess program. From the Hollywood International Master Tournament. QUEEN'S TAWN (KING S INDIAN DEFENSE I Sieiner Woliston 1 8teiner Woliston White Black White Black 1- P-Q4 N-KB3 20-P-QR3 P-QN4 2- N-KB3 P-KN3 21-OR-B N-K 3- P-KN3 B-N2 22-KR-B2 P-N5 4- B-N2 P-Q4 23-PxP RxP 5- 0-0 O-O 24-B-B R-R2 ; 6- B-B4 P-B4 25-P-KR4 R(R2-N2: 7- P-B3 Q-N3 26-R-R RxP 8- Q-N1 B-B4 27-RxR RxR 9- QN-Q2 B-B4 28-R-R7 B-B3 10-PxP QxBP 2!-Rxp R-QR7 H-QxNP N-K5 30-B-KRg R-R8 12- N-N3 0-N3 31-K-B2 R-R7ch 13- OxQ PxQ 32-K-N3 ' R-R8 14- N(N3)-Q4 NxN 33-B-N2 R-R6 15- BxN PxB 34-K-R2 R-R5 16- R-R5 P-KB3 35-K-N3 R-R6 17- P-B3 N-B3 36-B-B R-R8 18- P-KN4 B-Q2 37-B-R3 R-R7 19- P-K3 KR-R 38-B-N2 R-R6ta) In the Steiner-Wollston game of Round 4, ! a position was reached which had oc curred three times In the same game, following Woliston's move, whereupon the lat-; ter claimed a draw, which Mr. Steiner , contested.
A committee was selected to decide upon the claim. After studying the rule pertaining to such a claim, the committee unanimously decided in favor of Mr. Steiner. The rule in question appears In the "Yearbook of the United States Chess Federation. 1939." and is an excerpt from the laws of the Federation Internationale des Eschecs.
under which rules the tournament was played. Under the captionk "The Laws of Chess." appears the following rule: i "The game is drawn by recurrence of, ! position when the same position occurs ! three times in the game, and the same per- , son is player on each occasion, and If such , player claims the draw before the position Is altered by . further play, otherwise no claim can be sustained." j "The player" Is the contestant whose ! turn It is to move. Mr. Woliston first; made the move and then made the claim.; (when he no longer was "the player." It Is obviously the intention of the rule j to penalize a player who makes a mistake; in permitting the same position to occur three times, by giving his opponent the privilege of claiming the draw, if he soj chooses, If Mr. steiner, wno nad tne posi tional advantage, had produced the same position, as defined In the rule, three times, Mr. Woliston's claim would have been substantiated by the committee. R. FINE. O. REINHARDT, H. BOROCHOW. RUY LOPEZ Steiner White 1- P-K4 2- N-KB3 3- B-N5 4- BxN 5- P-04 ' -QxP 7- NxO 8- B-B4 9- N-Q2 10- N-K2 11- O-O-O 12- BxB Fine Black P-K4 N-QB3 P-QR3 QPxB PxP QxQ B-Q2 O-O-O B-Q3 N-K2 B-K3 PxB Steiner White 13- N-KB4 14- NxB 15- N-B4 16- RxP 17- NxRch 18- R-Q 19- N-K8ch 20- R-Q7 21- R-02I 22- R-Q 23- R-Q2 24- Drawn. Fine Black N-N3 PxN KR-B RxR K-B2 RxP K-N3 N-C4I R-B8ch R-B7 R-B8ch 81CILIAN DEFENSE Borochow White 1- P-K4 2- N-KB3 3- P-04 4- NxP 5- N-QB3 S-B-Q3 7- NxN 8- P-K5 9- Q-N4 10-O-O U-PxB 12- B-R.1 13- OR-O 14- KR-K 15- Q-R3 18-B-N5 17-P-QB4 Fine Black P-OB4 P-K3 PxP N-KB3 B-N5 N-B3 OPxN N-Q2 Q-R4 BxN QxKP P-QB4 O-O Q-B3 P-KN3 Q-K2 P-QR3 Borochow White 18- B-R4 19- B-N3 20- R-K5 21- BxN 22- Bxp 3-RtO-K 24- Q-OB3 25- B-K3 2S-B-N5 27- B-B 28- P-KR4 29- RxP 30- RxR 31- R-K 32- B-N2 33- P-B3 34- Resigns.
Fine Black N-N3 B-Q2 N-R5 BxB KR-Q Q-B3 B-B3 R-K Q-N2 QR-Q P-B3 RxR R-Q8ch Q-02 Q-N5 BxP! Played in the Sixth Grand National recond round, Correspondence League of America. White, A. G. Pearsall; Black, A. N. Pray. HUNGARIAN DEFENSE. Pearsall White 1-P-K4 , 2-N-KB3 3- B-B4 4- P-Q4 5- P-5(a 6- B-Q3 7- B-K3 8- P-B4 9- N-B3 10- P-KR3 11- Q-02 12- Bx.N 13- B-B3 Pray Pearsall Pray ' . Black White Black; ' P-K4 20-PxB Q-N3'd) , N-QB3 21-B-R4 B-Q2 v B-K2 22-BxB NxB P-Q3 23-P-B4 R-K2 : N-N 24-P-KR4te OR-K ON-Q2 25-P-R5 Q-B4 KN-B3 2S-P-R6 N-B4 O-O 27-KR-B R-B2 R-K 28-P-N4 N-Q2 N-B 29-PxP R(B2t-K2 NxKP'b) 3n-K-N2(f) N-N3 P-KB4 31-P-B5 R-K7 P-B5 32-K-Rtg) Q-B7 PxB 33-R-ON R(K-K5 B-N4 34-PxNh BxQ , B-R3 35-KR-QB RPxPUi 0-B3 3-Rx5 RvR B-B4 37.R-NJ , RxKBP, - BxN 38-Resigns , , 14-BxBP 15-O-O-Ofo 16-P-KN3 17-PxP 1S-N-KN5 19-Q-Q4 (a) Closing this diagonal slows White's attack. ' b) Black opens his game, though not without risk.
(cl Which side would you castle on? Id) If OxP 21. P-B4, Q-R4; 22. QR-KN and will win the B. (e) R-K was called lor. Black should not be given this file. (f) R-B2 is better, to protect the rank. g Clearly the R cannot be taken. h If 34. Q-B6, N-Q2; 35. Q-Q . R-K winning. If 34. QxR or NxQR, Black mates. (IV If 35 . ; Q moves.
36. NxR. OiN: 37. PxBP. R-B5; 38. P-Q with chances. (Notes by A. N. Pray.) RUY LOPEZ Woliston Borochow Woliston Borochow White Black White Black 1- P-K4 P-K4 31-B-Q3 P-B3 2- N-KB3 N-OB3 32-Q-B2 Q-K4at 3- B-N5 P-OR3 33-Q-R4 e-K6ch 4- B-R4 N-B3 34-K-R BxB 5- 0-0 NxP 35-QxN Q-K8ch 6- P-Q4 P-ON4I36-K-R2 Q-N6ch 7- B-N3 P-Q4 37-K-R P-B6? 8- PxP B-K3 38-Q-K6ch K-N2 9- P-B3 B-QB4 39-Q-K7ch K-R3 10- QN-Q2 O-O 40-O-BSch B-N3 11- B-B2 P-B4 4l-OxKBP 5x3? 12- PxP e.p. 42-PxQ K-N4 NxP(KB3) 43-K-N2 K-B5 13- N-N3 .
B-N3 44-K-B2 B-B4 14- N-NS 0-02 45-P-KR4 B-B 15-Q-03 N-K4 46-N-Q3ch K-B4 j 16- Q-N3 N-B2 47-K-K3 B-Q2 17- B-K3 NxN 48-N-B K-K4 18- QXN BxB 49-N-K2 B-K 19- QxB QR-K 50-N-N3 B-Q2 20- Q-O4 0-Q3 51-P-KB4 K-Q3 21-N-B5 N-N4l52-K-Q4 B-K3 22- P-KB4 B-B 53-P-B5 B-B2 23- B-Q3 R-K2 54-N-Q2 B-K 24- R-B3 R(K2l-B2 55-N-B4 B-Q2 25- QR-B P-N4 56-P-B6 B-K 26- P-KR3 N-R3 57-P-R3 B-N3??b 27- B-N RxP 58-NxB PxN 28- RxR RxR? 59-P-B7 K-K2 29- RxR PxR 60-K-B5 KxP 30-P-QN4 B-B4161-KXP Resigns a) Botn players were under time pressure. Black, having 'but two minutes for the following nine moves, should have taken the draw by perpetual check, on his 35th subsequent moves. tb) After 7'i hours of play. Black s vigilance relaxed Into this oversight that loses at once. 57 . B-B2: with at least a draw, and winning chances for Black, due to the weakness of Whites king's wing. (Notes by Borochow.)
