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Championship Chess Stevens By BLA1CE STEVENS Texas Sfafe Champion The results of two recent San A i Touinamenls are in. Croup A Tournament with 20 participants was topped by Maurice Perea with four points, lOV-j median points, and 17 Solkoff points. Second with four points, SOV4 median points, and 16 Solkoff points was Stevens, and third place was John B. Payne with 4,10,15. Stevens beat a scored against Perea, who bested Stevens in a merry-go-round.

Henry Davis and W. C. Taylor garnered points each; the median tie-brcakinj; system put a i fourth, Taylor fifth. Five players earned three points each, with R. P.

Cotter finishing sixth, Cliff Jewell seventh, Dr. A. A i a eighth, and Dell Cclani ninth. The group Tournament also consisicd of 20 players and Ger- arx' Vcta won every one of his to easily take first place ith five points, A three-way tie for second, third and fourth was by the median lie-breaking syulcm, and S. W.

Church was high man. followed by Dob l.atta" and William 1), Miller, each netting four points. Five men (jaihered three points apiece with N. H. Moses fifth.

F. W. Foster sixth, Don Moyc sev- enlh, Forest Dinn eighth and Cle- rnunte Falbo ninth, Leo Warshaw a directed, and was assisted by W. N. Wells.

Positional Sacrifice Definition--A positional sacrifice is one in which a player gives up maltrial with no immediate prospects of recouping, but with a fluid position play for his pieces) and pressure against the enemy. Probably the best example of this lypc of sacrifice is found in the following game, familiar to the "older gcnenuion" of chess players, but perhaps unknown to most 3'ounger players. P.K3 n-tvi 7 N-IKI 0-0 a 10 r.QM n-Ki rj Kit-Ki 1.1 (d it n.Km 15 QU-11 Ifi (e) IK Kxlt 10 K.1CI It-KJ 21 N-N O. (II r-Kiii N-uni I i tvo 3 B-TtJ Position after 17 21 K-NJ Ilx'nch 55 B-S13 (k) F-NS 26 i I 21 Kin! ch P-K4', 30 K-N1 jj Kir I (1) Q-KtI2 i b) (a) The Dutch Defense brings en active game. (b) A wasteful move, totally unnecessary.

(c) While has developed everything except his Queen Rook, but docs not threaten anything, and his pieces have no future. (d) Guarding against 13 DxPeh; NxB, Q-R5. (e) Having little choice. 1C N-Q2? Q-N4 menacing 17 Q-R-I. and IE QxPch with a winning attack.

11 16 17 I'xR, QxKP. (f) Judgment and courage go inio such a move. Black gels 3 u'ns, free piece play, and an exposed King (o work against. (g) On ID B-N2, QxPch with B-Q2, R-KB1. (h) The key to the combination, ti.reatening N-R-t a NX Pel).

(i) A lull. Ulack docs not hove enough strength to deliver male and must pause to bring up rc- crr.orccmenls. While's respite must be spent In intensive re-grouping for the second onslaught. (j) Black is still minus a Rook, but his Knight is well into the fray and White's pieces are still pjrtially paralyzed (notice the Knigltt and Queen Bishnp). (k) Mnroczy chucks ballast for freedom.

(1) 32 R-Q2, PxQP; 33 KPxP, P-KC! (m) With double threat of 33. KPxP; 34 KPxP, NxP, by 3E N-nCch; and 33 QxRch. (n) White resigns for if 36 K-N1, N-RScli. One of Tartakoiver's best early games. Contract By IIOWAUD SCIIENKEN nnd KICIIAUD L.

FUEY Tile single disadvantage ot preemptive bidding is that it may shut out your partner as well as your opponents. Since you have two opponents and only one partner, the odds in fr.vor ot a liigh bid would seem to bo two io one except for such hands where you don't care whether your opponents enter the bidding ns lony as you can be sure that your partner will do so. With tliis type of hand, rather than open with a. pre-emptive bid to make sure you reach game, you open with a game- forcing, strength-showing bid, However, when jiarlnor has passed, and the chances are heavily 'ajjalnst your side mak- ing a slam, it may be excellent strategy to open with a prc-. emplivei bid on what is actually a powerful hand, Here's an almost perfect example of how this strategy succeeds.

Both WEST (D) S. 7 5 4 H. 7 (i D. 6 5 2 C. 10 3 2 NORTH S.

2 II. 10 9 8 3 D. 9 7 3 C. 8 7 0 4 EAST S. 10 H.

A 5 D. 10 C. 5 SOUTH S. A 0 8 0 3 II. 2 A 4 C.

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But this was one time when timidity would have paid off. East's double was obviously for penalties, and West did not intervene. He opened the seven ot hearts, won by East who continued the suit. South trumped, cashed Die ace of spades nnd led another trump. South ruffeci the next heart and played a third round of spades.

Rast won and continued hearts, forcing Soiith's last trump. Declarer made four trump tricks and two aces, but went down four for penalty of 1,100 points. To rub it in, had Bast played four hearts would have been defeated handily. North would trump a second spade lead ami put South buck with a diamond to lead a third round of spades. After ruffing, another diamond lend by North would establish South's diamond Jack wlille he still held the aco o' clubs.

The result would have been a three Irick set--and, hud East opened with one bid, his final four heart might have played doubled..