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TO a a THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 12. 1953 iwest Is Perfect Chess North By Bill Ruth TdJE AY LCCKT SLOW-rOKES We have never considered that t1aytns slovl offered any advantage but here are a FoN Spring Vacationing two lines of the Canadian National Railways between the Rockies and the Pacific Coast, and the water-borne route between Vancouver and Prince Rupert, comprise The Triangle couple of itorles thai aeem to bell our be 0 0 0 lief. In the chronicle of the Moorish ktncs of Granada, it la related that, tn 1396. Mehemed Babb seized on the crown then worn by his older brother: but in all his enterprise he waa unsuccessful and waa finally poisoned, like Nessua.

by a medicated shirt. During the wars with Castllle. he dlspached an racer to the fort of Salobrene. with orders to put his Route which offer one of the the third leg of the Triangle ex' most famous vacation trips in tends to Jasper, following in turn brother Juiaf to death. In order to secure the the famous Skeena and Bulkley succession to his own son.

on arrivine at tne his fort, the messenger of death found the prince Rivers and finally, just before The Great Divide, the upper reaches of the Fraser River. This third leg, like the first, swings past Mount juzar engaged in a fame 01 cnesa witn a priest. The officer announced hla dread mission, but the prince bee Bed hard to be allowed to finish the game. At first the alcade waa inexorable, but, becoming interested in the progress of the game, gave the prince two hours respite. These two hours were North America.

Taking Jasper, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, as the focal point, one leg of the triangle extends westward through the Rockies, the Selkirks, and other ranges to the Pacific Ocean at Vancouver. From Vancouver, the water-borne route extends northward to Prince Rupert along the sheltered Robson, highest of all peaks in the eventful. The game went on. but during Its Canadian Rockies. This is a perfect vacation trip.

It includes incomparable rail and sea voyages: spectacular Alpine Inside Passage that lies between scenery and visits to attractive British Columbia's mainland and cities. It affords an opportunity to off-shore islands. It is a trip of see ancient Indian villages with two nights and one day, skirting a their primitive culture and to en- mountainous shore deeply indented joy the beauty and comfort of Jas-by long fiord-like arms of the sea, I per Park Lodge, one of the most progress a messenger arrived with the news 01 Mehemed's death, and Jural waa Instantly proclaimed king in his steed. A similar anecdote is related by Dr. Robertson In hla history of Charles the Fifth.

John Frederic. Elector of Saxony, having been taken prisoner by Charles, was condemned to death. The royal decree waa intimated to him while playing chess with his fellow-prisoner. Ernest of Brunswick. After a brief pause and a few reflections on the injustice of his sentence, the Elector turned to his antagonist, and exclaimed.

"At least let us finish our game before die." He olayed with his usual skill and ingenuity: and having beaten Ernest, expressed his satisfaction at the victory, and signified hla readlnesa to accompany his jailer to the place of his execution. But. during the time occupied In the game, a mandate had arrived, commuting his punishment to five years' imprisonment. So there yon have it. It does pay to play slowly at tunas.

MERCANTILE LIB It Ait CHESS ASSN. Saul Warhs repeated rile success of last season in again winning Mercantile L4brary rhesa championship from a strong field. Saul's score was 10i to 'j. Robert Snbel. with Slj to 3 1 7 finished second with Hans Freed a close third.

Fourth and fifth place waa shared between Deis Schrader and V. Romanov. all along the way. famous summer resorts in the Eastward from Prince Rupert, world. Tours and Travel Tours and Travel WARREN KRAEMER General Traffic and Sales Manager of the Scandinavian Airlines System, who announces Scandinavian's most exten-siva program for the spring and summer months.

A high peak of 20 weekly flights will be reached by Scandinavian around May 1 5. HM 'I I II HI HI Willi Ill p-. iilorjf) i1 7 GERMAN-TOWN T' CHESS CLCH At last reports. Mrs. Mary Selenskr was leading in the championship tourney of the Oermsntown 'Y'.

with W. L. Arkless. Dale Srhrarler. Alvln Saxer and Wallace Neweomb following closely.

A number of upsets have rccured. In this category we have D. A. Oiulo drawing with Bert Lunar, playing through and Mrs. Selensky win over Dale Schrader.

Neweomb's defeat of Ben Ash and OUbert Raichs' draw with Arkless are also noteworthy. As of now. It appears that Schrader and Lubar will qualify from Germantown for the finals of the Philadelphia Metropolitan SAS Limits Seat Sales For Comort The most intensive spring and Robert Sobei. one of Philadelphia' leading playera scored for the Franklin C. tn their recent match with the Marshall C.

of Mew York. Bob is developing fast. Recently he played four tournament games In one afternoon, winning three and drawing one. This should be a record. Following is his game sgalnst Eliot Rearst in New York.

The exclamation and question msrkg are Bob the comments ours. summer program in the history of Scandinavian Airlines System, will go into gear April 19, Warren E. White: E. HEAR8T Black: Kraemer, SAS general traffic and K. SOBEL K-B4 B-K2 1.

P-K4 2. N-KBJ 3. B-NS sales manager, announces. P-K4 QxP N-QB3 9. O-O P-QR3 10.

B-NS N-B3 11. B-KB4 KxQP 12. BxN PxN 13. Q-K3 O-O N-K3 QPxB 4. B-R4.

5. P-QA NxN 7. P-K5 N-K3 Reaching a high peak of 20 weekly flights around May 15, the intensive flight program will feature four "Royal Viking" and 14 "Globetrotter" tourist flights per week plus two weekly "Skytrader" cargo services. SEAT SALE LIMITED In line with SAS policy of keeping their flights the most luxurious and comfortable on the North At 1 lSS 1 Black's thirteenth move was certainly bad Tt creates a hole at Q6 for the white forces Better would have been F-QN4 followed by B-N2. Then when white plays QR-Q black can counter with Q-Q followed by Q-B3 with counter threats.

14. N-B3 B-Q2 19. KP-K P-QN3 15. QR-Q Q-B2 20. R-Qi QR-N IS.

N-K4 K-R 21. Q-QN3 KR-QB" 17. B-N5T B-N4 22. P-KB4 B-B3! 18. BxB QxB 23.

KxBPf? Make If a Shipboard Vacation SPECIAL CRUISES tav sn 9i i ill it.j JL scad tv5V lantic, "Royal Viking" flights will I utilize DC-6 aircraft, keeping thej number of seats for sale to a mini-! mum. "Globetrotter" travellers will enjoy the comfortable roominess of the giant DC-6B super-clouds-! men. with passenger seating: limited to 71 persons. The DC-6B is capable of carry-! ing 81 passengers but the 10 addi-1 tional seats were ruled out by the airline, not only to afford tourist passengers the comfort more room will provide, but the additional! pleasure of hot meals served fromj Actual Siz fSBsl -ST WITH A's AND PHILS PICTURES cwm a iuu gauey, wnicn win oe set up in some of the additional space. LUXURY SERVICE The "Royal Viking" will continue its renowned luxury service with vA fPAnfraie an istTrirtflP fhA Tactful HEARST White evidently expected PxN to which he would reply RxB with sn overwhelming game.

Actually 23. 24. RxB PxN! And black wins easily with a rook plua. 38 Days Afloat and Ashore vfing TRINIDAD BARBADOS BAHIA KlU de JANEIRO comfort of full-reclining "dormet-: i tes," superbly prepared full-course. SANTOS SAO PAULO MONTEVIDEO BUENOS AIRES Dr.

Schmidt's end game, published 3-22 seems to have given our readers considerable trouble. The solution: 1. KxNP. P-: 2. KxP (on white's B4.

PxP: 3. K-Q3 draws. If black promotes the pawn to either or we have a stalemate while promotion to a or would allow white to eliminate black's remaining pawn. The idea of stalemate) la well concealed in the original setting. FREE WITH THE Everything you've dreamed a holiday should be big, comfortable ships joutdoor.

tiled, swunming pools; broad sun decks a joyous round of parties, entertainment, sports su tttum champagne dinners and famous SAS hospitality and service. Flight frequencies, which will begin increasing on April 19, reaching their peak in May, will include a minimum of two daily departures from New York. climbing to the all-time high of three daily flights, four times weekly. This intensive program will allow the airline to offer the public a total seating capacity of 1300 seats per week. DIRECT SERVICE All SAS flights will offer direct service between the United States, Denmark, Norway, Germany, perb food every facility for rest and play.

s. s. URUGUAY s. s. ARGENTINA Jane 11 and July 23 Jane 27 and Ang.

7 s.s. BRAZIL July 9 WACHS WINS AGAIN Saul Wachs once again captured the Man-! hattan Chess Club's weekly rapid transit! tournament. He finished with a lead of l'i games over a very strong field. Philadelphia! has a number of experts at this style of play. Isaac Ash.

playing for Franklin, scored a draw with his veteran opponent. Rudolph i Emlrka of the Marshall Club. Accepting his opponent's queen's gambit. Ash took the lnla-tive early, an attack that Smirka traded right EXTRA! Prediction by RED SMITH "PHILLIES TO WIN PENNANT" Read Red Smith's exclusive article in The Inquirer Base- ball Guide! on tne Board, wnen black started to put tne pressure on. A draw was probably the only equitable result.

A White: 5 MLR Black: ASH lfxN B-B4 IS. IS. Q-B3 CJR-Q i Also 38-DAY SPRING CRUISES S.S.BRAZIL S.S.URUGUAY S. S. ARGENTINA Ajfrfl 16 nd May 30 May 2 May 11 Fortnightly sailings throughout the year from New York B-QN B-B2 17.

18. R-K 19. TUESDAY, APRIL 1 4 B-K3 RxB 20. 21. 1.

P-Q4 2. P-QB4 3. N-KB3 4. N-B3 5. P-K3 6.

P-QR-i 7. BxP 8. O-O 9. PxP 10. Q-K2 11.

R-Q 12. P-KR1 13. P-K4 14. B-R2 P-Q4 PxP N-KB3 P-K3 P-QR3 P-QB4 N-B3 B-K2 Q-B2 BxP O-O P-QN3 N-K4 B-N2 22. R-Qfl B-03 Q-B4 BxB R-Q7 KR-Q Q-KN4 RxR N-K QxR Draw 23.

R-Kl Sweden and Great Britain with direct connections to every major city on the continent and to more cities in Europe than any other transatlantic airline. The combination of intensive SAS flight frequencies to major points, plus carefully-planned connections to the Middle East, Africa, and the Far East, on its world-wide route RxR 24. Censult your 1 ratei Agent or 25. R-Q 28. RxR, 27.

Q-Q i IIMOOREM CbUiliVliibll network, permits the Scandinavian PROBLEM NO. 5003 BY B. ALBERT SnBourse Bldg. 0rti PhUadelphia 6 Airlines traveller to plan as flexible an itinerary as possible, keeping Phone LOmbard 3-9610 connecting time to a minimum, As though these SAS features were not enough, the tourist fares on the North Atlantic and those which shortly go into effect in Europe, combined with the now famous SAS Stopover Plan, will assure the SAS passenger the maximum itinerary flexibility, more comfort and service for his travel dollar than he has ever been able to purchase before. r.

-t Acsommedatfcns I Sy, Is V'sss Hot Springs Ready For 121st Birthday HOT SPRINGS. Ark. This dual White to play and mate in two moves. PROBLEM NO. 5004 BY C.

D. r. HAMILTON Sf 'vfi'st -jsftir available IS is-si- OW Vv ttktiiii JJ. a "xJ "3 A 2 ft rC: 1 s.w. -y-t "6 i uiriVi iiMWiHin imiTi tk.

v. Aiaiu mmi. Wy" 2 TXS a. on Coronation and PSf So that you can really know and en joy, this great American game, The Philadelphia Inquirer will distribute a Baseball Guide FREE with all editions of The Inquirer on Tuesday, April 14. This convenient Baseball Guide, printed in Colorgravure, comes to you in time for the opening of the 1953 Baseball Season, and will be interesting and useful throughout the entire season.

The 1953 Inquirer Baseball Guide includes many important articles and features by outstanding writers and players. You will like especially the individual portraits of the A's and Phillies players IN FULL COLOR. And 'to keep you well informed on Baseball, the Guide features the rosters 6f all teams, playing schedules, prospects of the teams in 1953, many incidents and anecdotes about baseball, and reams of batting, fielding and pitching statistics. It's a complete, separate Baseball Guide that you can keep at your side all season long, and it's included at no extra charge with your copy of The Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday, April 14. DON'T BE DISAPPOINTED ASK YOUR NEWSDEALER TO RESERVE YOUR COPY OF lte fiitebelpfe Inquirer WITH THE 7953 BASEBALL GUIDE IN THE APRIL 14th ISSUE THIS TUESDAY! tsi I I II II I Willi 1 1 Ml I Mil lll-a-a-a-MM -a.

ViiVVSrW- National Park and Spa will observe its 121st birthday anniversary on April 20. The date will be celebrated with the opening of a 13-day $5000 Fishing Derby on adjacent Lakes Catherine and Hamilton. While out-of-State anglers can fish every day during the event, three days, April 21, 24 and 30. have been set aside exclusively for visiting Izaak Walton followers from other States. Since April 20, 1832, the date this scenic Ouaehita country was set apart by special act ot Congress "as a health and recreation center for the people of the United States for all time, Hot Springs has become one of the Nation's best-known vacation meccas.

Airplanes, buses, trains and private automobiles bring more than 500,000 visitors here annually from every State in the Union and, last year, from 34 foreign countries. White to plav and mate tn three moves. Solutions: 5001 Q-B7; 5002 K-R8. 8r r't xs jnidsummer sailings CHESS NOTATION We have had a number of requests for Information regardinc the notation used to record games. There ia not now nor ever has been an International code tor recording, countries have notations peculiar to their language.

Fr example. Knight to King's Bishop's third In English would be written N-KBJ: in Spanish C3AR: In Oerman 6-13. etc. A definition of the English code follows. O-O-Caatles Klnr O-O-O-Castles Queen side means Moves to means Capture 4- meana Cheek: p.

means En Passant P-Pawn N-Knlght B-Blshos It-Rook -Queen K-King An Empress sails from Montreal every Friday and from Liverpool every Tuesday i See spring bloom on the SL Lawrence Riverl Take the landscape route that saves 1000 miles of open ocean crossing! Enjoy a week of uncramped comfort on a spacious Empress. You'll luxuriate in Canadian Pacific service! EgPXESS OF SCOTLAND EMPRESS OF FRANCE EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA FIRST CLASS FROM $220 TOURIST FROM $152 2 ACCORDING TO SHIP AND SEASON Miami Motels Offer I Free Vacation to Vets The Greater Miami Beach Motel Association is offering free vacations to Korean vets. The associa-will provide accommodations for an average of 10 servicemen per week for at least 10 months of the year. Veterans desiring these free vacations should write Robert Mernlt. executive secretary of the Greater Miami Beach Motel Association, 230 Sunny Isles blvd Miami Beach 41, Fla.

We hope that this brief summery will be of help to our readers. Safari Organized Into Peruvian Jungle The lima office of Panagra (Pan American-Grace Airways) has organized a full scale "safari" into the Peruvian jungle May 1. The 31-day excursion will travel by road from Lima to Pucallpa, and will then proceed by launches up the Ucayali River, one of the rivers which feed the mighty Amazon. The destination will be Puerto Inca, far another tributary river. jj See your local agent or Canadian Pacific, Room 1038-123 S.

Broad Philadelphia 9, Pa. PE 5-0612 ii.

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