Woodpusher's Wit, Wisdom, & Wiles

Mid-South Chess Advocate - Volume 14, no. 2 1993

Psychology of the Openings

There are those who believe that human personality traits are determined at birth by the location and alignment of the heavenly bodies. You know, ". . . when Jupiter is aligned with Mars" and all that kind of stuff. . . Whole books are written on this subject. Is there anything to it? Is this really a valid way to determine a person's destiny and personality makeup? Of course not! As chess-players, we all know that much more can be determined about an individual from the way they open the game with the White pieces. I'm not talking about any particular opening system - I'm talking about their very first move . . . move numero uno!


Can you find your chess personality below?

A Little Effort, A Lot Of Chess, A Lasting Legacy

THE XIII UNITED STATES

JUNIOR CHESS

CHAMPIONSHIP (1978)

PRESENTED BY:

MEMPHIS CHESS CLUB, INC.

AND

OPTIMIST CLUB OF NORTHEAST MEMPHIS

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF:

THE U.S. CHESS FEDERATION

JUNE 18–24, 1978

MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER

WILLIAM FAULKNER LOUNGE  6: p.m.

1978 Program Guide:

It is a great honor that Memphis has been chosen once again as the host city for the U.S. Junior Invitational Championship.  Memphis first held the U.S. Junior in 1976.  Prior to that year, a national tournament had not been held in the Mid-South since the U.S. Open Championship was played in Memphis in 1914. (Editor's note: The U.S. Open Chess Championship was also in Memphis in 1920.)

The participants in this tournament will be the top eight U.S. players, ages 19 and under.  It is one of the three championships chess tournaments held annually in the United States and is the qualifying tournament to determine the young person who will represent the U.S. at the World Youth Chess Championship in Graz, Austria in September 1978.  The top four players will represent the U.S. at the Pan-American Junior Team Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil in December.