The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 67

The Ottawa Citizen Entertainment Page 11 Country rambles Stamp column Saturday, March 16, 1963 A canoe has personality Relieve world hunger drive postal By W. M. Arnott It takes very little to send memory back-tracking down the stream of time. An old, battered, birch bark canoe lying along the top of a car parked on a city street did it for me the other day. I could hardly believe my eyes.

But there it was, old, bat Chess for fun tered, but a veritable Ojibway birch bark canoe such as the Indians made when I was a boy, many, many years ago. Its bow was burst, there were gaping spots along its bark sides where the spruce gum used to waterproof the seams, had worn away. I hoped its owner was not con- Black: 10 White: 10 White to play and mate in two moves (Solution below). geles was the greatest discovery of the tournament and surely deserves the title of International Master. Grandmasters Evans and Reshevsky managed only to tie him, but Benko, Rossolimo and international masters like Robert Byrne and James Sherwin actually wound up with fewer points than he.

Right in the first round of the U.S. Championship top favorites bit the dust: Fischer lost to Mednis, Evans lost to Steyn-meyer and Reshevsky lost to Addison. Here is son game White Black 1.P-Q4 the Reshevsky-Addi- William Addison Sam Reshevsky N-KB3 P-KN3 B-N2 0-0 P-Q3 QN-Q2 P-K4 P-B3 PxP(a) R-Kl P-QR4 N-B4 KN-Q2 Q-K2 NxN B-Bl(b) B-K3 PxN(d) N-K5(e) BxRP Q-B2 QR-B1 P-R5 RxR RxRch Q-Q2 PxP e.p. Q-N5 Q-QSch B-N5 if -a mm mm Pi Pi Ml m. mm mm sat isi if a 2.

P-QB4 3. P-KN3 4. B-N2 5. N-QB3 6. N-B3 7.0-0 8.

P-K4 9. P-KR3 10. NxP 11. B-K3 12. Q-B2 13.

QR-Q1 14. N-N3 15. NxN 16. Q-Q2 17. KR-K1 18.

N-Q5(c) 20. BxN 21. B-Q4 22. Q-B3 23. B-Q3 24.

RxR' 25. R-K1 26. QxR 27. P-QN4 28. PxP 29.

Q-K3 30. K-42 through By W. M. Gladish Philatelists who can assemble all commemoratives in aid of the "Freedom From Hunger" campaign sf the Food and Agriculture Organization will have an attractive collection. Something like 140 countries are participating this month in the postal promotion for the drive by issuing pictorial or symbolic stamps in a wide range of designs but each depicting stalks of wheat to represent the anti-hunger theme.

The official campaign list comprises 21 countries in Europe but not including those behind the Iron Curtain, 35 colonies of the British Empire, some 30 free countries in Africa and many in the western hemisphere, the Near East and Asia, exclusive of China. P4 Typical of stamps with a symbolic motif are the two commemoratives issued by Ireland which feature the wheat emblem with a representation of the world in the background. Stamps of other countries show a baby drinking milk, a mother and child, harvesting and portraits. The Swiss design uses the wording "Fight against hunger" in French, Italian and German languages as stems for the wheat. tant rivers and lakes.

The brilliant blue waters of the north-lands reflecting azure skies. The dance of the sun on foam crested waters, of rapids racing from the height of land toward Superior and the other great lakes. Almost could be felt the lift and surge of the canoes that were our only means of transportation in the pre-railway-pre-car days in our particular corner of the earth. There came recollection of the deep quiet pools at the foot of rapids we had shot, of the camping grounds where we pitched our tents at the end of the day's travel, and of the pleasant hours spent fishing for the deep-chested trout that lurked in the crystal clear waters at the rapid's foot. They had been reared to fight the fast-rushing streams and, once struck, proved their fighting worth until the moment they were landed.

And be it said we lacked landing nets, fancy fishing poles, the paraphernalia the modern fisherman needs to land his take. Ours were poles gleaned from the nearest tag-alder thicket or hand lines tossed far out into the swirling waters where the fighting trout lay head up to the stream, waiting lesser and more unwary creatures. Recollections of long-g one companions of wilderness trails came flooding down the years and it was with a sense of loss we left the old canoe, on its way to some far-off harboring, and went about the ordinary work-a-day duties of the city-dwellers all around us. veying it to some dusty museum to rot away into dust but had visions of repairing it, again as a light-floating entity on far northern waters. What did it cost, this old, canoe? It probably cost as much today in its decrepit state as would buy a dozen or so in the days when it was first fashioned.

In 1911 how the years have flown Indians of the Gros Cap Indian reserve, some 120 miles north of the Sault on Lake Superior where the shoreline wheels westward toward the lake head, would make one for just 10 dollars. I have known one to be bought for five dollarsbut then it was second hand and cranky, too! Birch bark canoes have personalities. They reflect those of their builders. Some there were that floated like swans on the water. They responded to the lightest touch of the paddle, were responsive in every way, ran true and sweetly as though barely touching the water surface.

Such a canoe was built by a master craftsman, by someone who put into every touch of his blade, the love he had for a perfect creation. There were others that rode unduly high. Others that sat low, had strange imperfections that made them cranky, unstable, likely to tip over at the blink of an eyelash. They were vessels that had to be handled with infinite care and woe-betide the unwary person who essayed to test one out without the necessary skill to control it. They were light, too.

One man could easily sling a birch bark canoe to his shoulders and carry it speedily over the lake portages. But when one became water-sogged it was as heavy as lead and became a burdensome bother. In the woods, when damaged, they were easily repaired. Birch bark peeled from the trees, a bubbling tin of spruce gum, some roots to make a binding, and the keen woodsman's knife or axe were all the materials required to make repairs. The state of a man's canoe, the condition in which he kept his rifle, told you much about their owners.

When you found a man with a tight, water-worthy canoe, a clean, well-kept rifle, you could be sure you had found someone you could trust in, almost, all circumstances. Looking at the old canoe the other day dispelled the wintry March scene. In the mind's eye came pictures of far-dis- (a) Could also try 9. and 10. here.

(b) Wishes to hold his Queen's pawn without complications. If 16. 17.N-K2 etc. or 16. 17.QxB, NxP; 18.

BxN, QxB; 19.B-R6, Q-K4; 20. QR-K1 wins. If 19. 20. P-B4, BxP; 21.R-B2 wins.

(c) Well played. Black is now in a curious bind. (d) If 18. 19.B-N5 and it's all over. (e) If the Bishop in K3 moves, then 20.BxN.

(f) Protects everything. (g) A fine win for Addison. Solution to the problem above is: l.PxP, RxPch; 2.RxR mate, or 1. 2.PxN mate, Three countries of Europe have brought out stamps for important sport events. Sweden honored the world ice hockey championship Tournament with a pair of pictorials which show players in action.

Portugal has printed two stamps in celebration of the victory of the Lisbon club in play for the European association football title, the one design having a combination of the cup and club emblem. Monaco turned up with two commemoratives for the automobile sport. One is for the Grand Prix d'Europe and it shows cars racing on the local course. The other is for the 32nd Monte Carlo rally. New Cayman series A new series of 14 regular stamps for Cayman Islands, British possession in the Caribbean Sea, provides interesting pictures of animal and bird life and scenic features -which one writer described as miniature travel posters and probably are for encouragement of visitors.

Also interesting is that the new Cayman set was introduced in connection with the opening of a post office called Hell. We haven't been there but we understand there is another Hell in Norway. As for Cayman, it's the first, postal series in a decade. Greenland, the Danish colony which has 29,000 inhabitants, has had few stamps since the first set in 1938 which showed King Christian and a polar bear. An entirely new series has been printed featuring King Frederik IX, the Northern Lights and a bear.

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FRASEK CO. OC. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y, By George Koltanowski "Chess is too much game to be a science and too much science to be a game." Leibnitz Problem By Dr. Luis A. Garaza, Uruguay Robert Fischer of Brooklyn has won the U.S.

Championship five times in the last six years, all the greater a feat when one realizes that Bobby is only 19 years old. And probably the only reason he did not win the championship the sixth time is that he did not defend his title last year! Every chess fan in the United States sees him as a possible world beater. Who knows, one day he. may yet win the coveted world title. But Bobby did not have an easy time of it this year.

Arthur Bisguier of New York was in the lead up to the ninth round and tied with Bobby in the 10th. The deciding battle was played in the 11th and final round between the two leaders. Fischer, with the white pieces, exchanged Queens early in the game, and it looked like an easy draw when on the 23rd move Bisguier blundered, permitting some forceful play by his young opponent. Bisguier had to resign on the 37th move. Both are now eligible for next year's inter-zonal tournament.

Here is the deciding game: White: R. Fischer Black: A. Bisguier Ruy Lopez 1. P-K4 37.NxP 2. N-KB3 P-K4 3.

BN5 N-QB3 4.0-0 N-B3 5. P-Q4 NxP 6. BxN N-Q3 7. PxP QPxB 8. QxQch N-B4 9.

N-B3 KxQ 10. N-K2 K-Kl 11. N-B4 B-K3 12. NxB B-Q4 13. P-KN4 PxN 14.

B-B4 N-K2 15. KR-K1 P-QB3 16. B-N3 N-N3 17. P-B3 B-B4 18. P-QN4 N-Bl 19.

K-N2 B-N3 20. N-R4 N-K3 21. P-KR3 P-KR4 22. PxP PxP 23. R-R1 P-N3 24.

N-B5! B-Ql(a) 25. N-Q6ch RxR 26. RxR P-QN4 27. P-KB4 K-Nl 28. P-B5 N-Bl 29.

P-K6 P-B3 30. N-B7 B-K2 31. B-B4 R-N4 32. B-Q6 R-Kl 33. BxB RxB 34.

N-Q8 R-Kl 35. NxP NxP 36. PxN RxP Black resigns (a) K-Q2 would have been better. William Addison of Los An- 31. B-K4(f) 32.

Q-QB3 33. Q-N2 34. Q-B3 35. Q-N2 36. Q-R3 37.

Q-R8ch 38. B-K3 39. BxB 40. K-N1 41. B-R6 B-R3 B-Q7 B-B8 B-Q7 P-KR4 B-R3 B-KB1 B-B6 QxB P-R5 Resigns g).