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CHAMPIONSHIP CHESS i 1 i GAMES By BLAKE STEVENS United States Expeit. Last week's problem was composed by M.B. Newman, circa 1914. I (if Black replies 1 QxP; 2 P-K4ch, KxN; 3 B-N5 Mate), KxN; 2 P-K4 (threatening a e), P- 3 B-N7ch, K-K3; 4 P-B5ch, KxP; 5 B-B8ch, oV Q-K2(now White i everything by 6 BxQch); 6 P- QxB Stalemate! Stevens The following analysis of the Slav defense was submitted by J.B. Payne.

It purports to knock a big hole in a popular book line. This is a real, vital contribution to theory. i Gi 1 I'-QBI F-QBJ This is (he Marshal! Gambit in the p. 215, ceil. 43.

Old hat is 8 N-K2, 9 B- B3, N-K21; 10 BxP, N-N5! 11 Q- Q6(lt BxR, N-QCch; 12 K- Q2. N-KB4! (equality) The point of departure. The textbook gives Black's Tast move as a satisfactory defense. While has two choices: A 9 Q-Q6, N-Q2; 10 0 with oven a 9 B-KB3. It is this second variation Ihut Payne questions.

This, then, becomes our trunk line continuation as it is a forcing move. NI Slill the book line (note k). To be considered is 9 Q-N4! 10 N-Kl More pointed appears 10 right away. 10 N-Q2; 11 R-Q1, P-KM B2 We see now that on 9 White plays 10 N-K2 threatening 11 R-KN1 followed by strong play. Black in playing 10 was attempting to make an escape hatch for the Black Queen.

The play has been pretty much forced up to 12 B-Q2, where 12 N-Q2 may be a i Improvement. The stage is set for Payne's refutation (the book gives-equality here). I I N-B1 eh III RiB ch X.Kt 19 RUMEl K-B1 White wins easily here (20 R-K1; 21 QxNP elc). Back to move i is HIP ch 1C QsP ch 17 BIN B-QS Annihilation! This leaves final variation. NaFP! a.Kt 15 ch K-qi If 15 QxN; 16 Q1(1G K-B2; 17 B-R5ch etc); 17 B-R5ch, P-N3( 17 K-B; 18 R-K3 chl); 18 19 BxB.NxB; 20 BxPch.PxB; 21 QxP ch and mate next move; or 15 K-B1; 16 QxB, NxB; 17 B2; 18 B-R5 Mate.

Finally, if 15 16 B-R5 ch, KxN; 17 Q- N3ch etc. Therefore 15 K-QI is forced. le QXQ ch ch KB Ift KIUK1 ch K-qi 19 I I 20 ll.H ck a R.Q And with two pieces for a Rook, plus the initiative, White will win. A i ncing demonstration. Can any one find any loopholes in this argument? WINNING CONTRACT By HOWARD SCHENKEN ond RICHARD L.

FHEY Knowing your opponenls' bid ding habits, and bearing in mind the auction and vulnerability, will often allow you to throw away the book of "probable" distribution and work on a i a certainty. The picture of the opposing hands is sometimes quile clear as early as trick two or three. What niifilit have been (he right percentage play under different circumstances must he discorded, and a different line of attack planned. The deal below is a pertinent example. Vul: NORTH E-W S.

A 6 H. 5 D. 8 7 4 2 C. 10 4 2 WEST EAST 9 5 4 1 8 7 3 H. H.

9 8 7 D. 10 9 5 D. 3 C. 9 7 C. 5 SOUTH (D) S.

2 H. A 10 4 3 2 D. A C. A lit Soulh Wet North 4 IteiiH 4 Kpades 5 a 2 a Pasfi 3 tints 3 I hearts All i DUmar.4 A spade lead would have made the hand a walk-over. South would simply surrender a.

trump trick, and claim the rest. The diamond lead made it tough. South won the ace and led the heart ace, West failing. Normally, declarer would try the club suit, hoping to find East with at least two clubs so that South might eventually sluff his losing i a mond. But the bidding marked East with a seven-card spade suit, and Ihe play showed he also held four hearts--leaving him just two cards in the minors.

East had already followed to OUR diamond, so the club play obviously could not succeed. If East held two diamonds, he was void in clubs; at most, he could have no more than one. So by far Ihe best play was to assume that East began with only one diamond. South therefore led the heart king and another heart. East won the queen, and with no more diamonds, he led a spade.

South look dummy's ace, ruffed a spade, drew East's last trump, then 1 his diamond loser on dummy's high club. As long as declarer remembered East's vulnerable three-spade bid, and bothered to count to 13, Ihe winning method of play became quite obvious. ACROSS 1 Float 5 Long Roman outer garment 10 Retail stores 15 God of love 19 Scamp 20 Head ol trlho 21 Lawful 22 Animal 24 Entertain 25 Unit of electrical reluctance 26 Enemy 28 Philippine negrlto 29 vestige 30 Involuntary muscle contraction 31 Arllclo 32 Babylonian deity ot alcoholic drinks 34 Pronoun 35 Distribute In portions 30 Mischievous snrite 38 Angers 40 Pouch 42 Member of armed forces 46 Check 47 Icy precipitation 43 Title of former milU tiry Governor of Japan 54 Heine indebted to 55 Sharpen, as razor 56 A stripe 58 To rub out 59 Spreads for rtfying GO Bmlcllitst church in Japan 61 A direction 62 Russian hemp 64 Stinging insects 65 Worm 66 Evils 67 Amulet 70 Recess in a shore 72 Beast of burden 73 Tranquil 74 Skull of a vertebrate animal 7B Thin uicco of fired clay 78 Polsa 81 Malo sheep 82 Alloy of gold or silver 84 Countries near eastern Mediterranean 88 Bestow upon 89 Pronoun 91 Sumalran squirt el shrew 93 city of Italy 94 Changes 06 Hebrew measure 08 Swordsman's dummy stoke 99 Swooned 101 Line of juncture 103 First in order 105 Worry IDS FWne mammal 109 King of Boosts 111 Smudges 112 Period of time (pi.) 113 Lovo (Anglo-Ir.) 11G Kind of horse 110 Plunder 120 A direction 121 Chaffy pait of grain 122 Swing loosely and noisily 123 Memento 125 Pastellke candy with nuts 128 Disclaim 129 A diagram (Pi.) 130 Teutonic god of light and Peace 132 Have information about 133 Body of water (pi.) 134 cherished dislika 135 Hard- shelled fruit 137 Sloped 139 Short for Sault Saint Marie Canal 140 Lire boat crano 144 Belonging to 14(5 Reveiio 147 Cent (abbr.) 148 Grain to be ground 153 Winged 154 Among 156 Lnir 157 Fourth cnlif 158 Roundup 159 Money hoarder 160 Intrude 162 Polito 164 Take na one's own 165 Covers with pitch ICG Sediito 1G7 storehouse IC8 Liquefy with iient 13OWN 1 Frolic toad 3 Needless bustle 4 Abounding 5 Discard 6 At that time 7 Lubricating liquid 8 French article 9 Ratify 10 Sly artifice 11 Greeting exclamation 12 S. American wood Borrell 13 spongy tlssuo 14 Pigpens 15 Official at an embassy 1G Earthy, crumbling deposit 17 Jewel 18 Puerto -19 Ethiopian title 23 To, soak 27 Ailo- Saxon coin 32 To cut. after snick 33 scorch 37 Pronoun 38 Heating vessel 39 Pintado fish 41 while 42 Small particle 43 Fills with respectful fear 44 Frees of 45 Those In office 46 Rail 48 Not clerical 50 Sphere 51 Earth as a goddess 52 Employs 53 Headland 55 Protective head covering 56 Irish for John 57 Nautical mile 60 Powdered soapstone 61 Pretense 63 Wicked C6 Shaft on which ob- Ject rotates 117 To offer 67 Cup-shaped 119 Casks hole i volcano (Pi.) 68 a inlet 69 Assembles as troops 71 Poem for the dead (Pi.) 73 Worries 71 Hamper 75 B'arin- 110 Secluded spot 112 sea eagles 113 Happy 114 sounded clearly uncj resonantly 115 Projecting part of a church 121 ornament 122 short for an acuto Infectious disease 124 Football position ticeous 77 Occurrence 78 Cry of sheep 12G Precious mclal 127 Bestowed 128 Think 123.

Plan of future procedure 131 Symbol for ruthenium I I 79 Shoemaker's 133 Posture tool 80 Buddhist pillar 83 Symbol for mansaucso 85 Emmet 86 Son of Lantech (Bib.) 87 Small boy 90 Chinese measure 92 A brawl 05 Cruise 97 Spanish for river 98 IVnn 100 Isles off Ireland 102 Recently 134 Depart 136 Graves 138 Sienitying maiden numo 139 steps, over a. fence 140 Stream obstruction 141 Came to earth 142 Ducts 143 Roman road 145 Authoritative decreo 147 Cut 149 Was borna by Pb.otOEranticdj.50 Heathen heavenly delty iy lfn DOB Star 104 Place where 152 Small money is coined 106 Part of fishhook 107 of a 108 child 155 Measure of Tripoli 157 Topaz i 161 U.S. soldier 1C3 Pronoun For Solution to Puzzle, Turn to Page 8 Sorcery, Weird Customs Still Strong in New Guinea PORT MORESBY, New Guinea (Reuters)--Sorcery aad weird customs retain a grip on many native minds in Papua-New Guinea, in spite of civilizing influences spread hy Christian missions and the Australian administration of Ihe territory. Slrongest among the less civil- ized of the tertilory's 1,800,000 native people are the traditions of "puri puri" (sorcery) and ancient tribal customs which still tug at the thin veil of civilization of even the more advanced natives. The ancient rites aad customs of the hundreds of ethnic and linguistic groups in the territory range from ritual murder to methods of agriculture.

In the rugged, remote, upper reaches of the Purari area of Papua recently, a band of cannibal hillmen down on a village and killed and ate the native village constable. According to native affairs officers, they were inspired hy tribal tradition rather than cannibal lust. 5n their trite, a woman had died, and period of mourning lor her could be ended only by her relatives kilting a man of another tribe..