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Ift in 5 on a. oo o- OJ -a Championship Chess Stevens By BLAKE W. STEVENS Teams State Chess Champion Last week's problem illustrates an astonishing smothered matel 1 Q-N5I, K-K3ch! (if 1 BxP; 2 N-B4 followed by 3 B-R5ch Or, if 1 Q-K2; 2P-Q8 queen); 2 K-N11, KxP (not 2 BxP; 3 B-N4ch, K-B2; 4 N-K5ch, K-K1; 5 BxB a 3 N- B5ch, K-B1 (if 3 K-Q3; 4 Q- N3 ch, K-Q4; 5 B-B4ch, KxB; 6 Q-N3ch and wins the Queen); 4 B- R6ch, K-NI; 5 Q-N3ch, K. Rl; 6 B-N7chl, BxB; 7 Q-Q1 (to guard the threatened male by 8 N-NG or 8 Q-N8); 8 QxQ; 9 N-N6 mate, The San Antonio Chess Club which meets Thursdays at 7 p.m at Lions Field Club House, plans to have George Koltanowski, the well known chess master, give a simultaneous exhibition at the club early next month. Watch announcements for exact date and playing time.

The Chess League is in lull swing, and a majority of the club members are participating. This match pits players of approximately equal skill against one another. One of the most Important games is being played at the lime of Ihis writing, between Maurice Perea and Morley Paslinsky, two team captains. A new approach to annotating a game is offercd-a running comment as the game unfolds. White, Perea, plays 1 P-K4.

Black follows suit 1 P-K4. 2 N-QB3 (do you want to play the Vienna?) N-KB3 (suit yourself); 3 B-B4, B-B4; 4 N-B3, N-B3; 5 P-Q3, P-Q3 (now the opening has transposed Inlo the realm of the Giuoco Piano); B-KN5 (the Canal Variation), P-KR3I (Blatk has avoided 6 N-QR4- 7 BxN! PxB; 8 N-KR4, NxB; 9 PxN, 10 NxP, BxN; 11 PxB, Q-R5; 12 QxBP; 13 QxP, K-Q2; 14 Q-N3 with a plus. Cortlever-Trifu- novich match Holland-Yugoslavia 1950). Back to the game, 7 BxN, QxB; 8 N-QS, Q-QI (8 Q-N3; 9 Q- K2, B-N5; 10 P-B3, B-N3; P-QR4, P-B4 can be played. Folly s-Keres, Munich 1336); 9 P-B3, Both players have been making a few light comments (not necessarily about the game) during the course of the game (a sign of but now (here is silence as they begin to study the position in earnest.

They are still following baok lines. Pastinsky, on his last move could have played 9 N-R4- 10 P-QN4, NxB; PxB, N-R4; 12 PxP; QxP; 13 P-Q4, N-B3 equal (Tartakover-Araiza, Nice, 1930). The game is being played at the rate of forty moves in two hours 10 P-QN4, B-N3; 11 NxB, RPxN; 12 N-R4 and it is White who first varies from the book Chess Openings, 8th Edition prefers 12 P-Q4, PxP; 13 NxP with a slight plus for White, according to Kercs). 12 P-Q-1; 13 NxP; 14 Q-B3, B-K3 (While has consumed 30 minutes, Black 20); 15 0-0, P-QB3; 16 Q-N3, Q-N4! (if 16 0-0; 17 KR-K1, P-KB3 with several holes in his position); 17 KR-K1, QxQ; 18 RPxQ, NxBPI (undoubtedly prompted by the fact that 18 K.KB3 is met by 19 P-KB4); 19 BxB, PxB; 20 N-N6. Black otters a draw at this point.

(It should be noted that a player must offer the draw when it is his own turn to play.) White refuses and Black plays 20 KR-N1; 21 KRxP (at first glance 21 NxKP looks better as Black car not win the Queen Rook Pawn. For instance 21 RxRP; 22 RxR, NxR; 23 K-B2; 22 N-B4 draw Here Black has Ihc edge, but with careful play a draw is the likely outcome. Problem While lo play and win Winning Contract By HOWARD SCHENKEN and RICHARD L. FREY If the weal: no-trump has nn advantage in providing a bid for the 12-14-point hands, it has the disadvantage ol requiring that 1018-point hands be openei with a bid of one In suit. Yet (his is just the kind of hand that is most easily and most safely opened with one no-trump.

Against the argument that it is just as safe to open such hands wilh a bid of one in a suit, see what happened with this deal. Vul: Both WEST S. 6 H. 10 3 I. 9 7 3 2 C.

9 5 North (D) S. J7 4 H. A 5 D. 6 5 C. A 8 4 EAST S.

A 10 8 H. 4 D. 10 8 4 C. 10 6 SOUTH S. 9 5 2 H.

8 7 2 D. A C. 7 3 2 Ntmh dob P.ll. 1 hurt Sonlh I N.T. 3 N.T.

All Cluk Tlie most lucrative and effective penally doubles are based upon th3 near-certain knowledge thai the cards are stacked against Ihe opponents and Ilial their suits will break badly. In this deal, East had no very robust hand, but the halting way which the opponents staggered into their no-trump game convinced him that West must have heart suit and that declarer was in for trouble in trying lo develop any suit that would provide a lot of tricks. Permitted to hold the opening lead, West continued i anolhcr club lo dummy's king. Declarer tried for the hearts by leading the five toward his queen. West, charmed by this development, won the trick and returned a low heart tc dummy's ace.

When East dis- corded a diamond, declarer realized that he was in serious trouble. He cashed two top diamonds and led a spade toward dummy. West stepped in with his king a cashed three good hearts, forcing dummy to find three discards. Two came easy a low spade and a low club. But Ihen the discard had to be made from the club ace, Uie diamond queen or the queen-jack of spades.

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Yet the combined total of 25 points in high cards, plus a five- card suit, was enough to justify a I tempting game at no-trump. However, that attempt could have been made much more cheaply it North had opened with one no- trump and South had raised to three. Neither opponent have found a double and, at very least, North-South would have saved 700 points. PLAN MUSEUM BONN-(Reulcrs)- The Brothers Grimm Society in Kassel, West Germany, is planning to build a museum dedicated to (he memory ct the collectors of fairy talcs, Jakob and Wilhclm Grimrn. It will- contain mementos, books and i.