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Ilaingunoflicially adoptcd a. l lyeaFold eirl and<br />
paid lor her upbringing, he proposed mariage<br />
whcn shc sas 21. She rejec&d his offer and o.e<br />
cvening in Brooklyn he shot hcrlour iimes nr the<br />
head. junped in<strong>to</strong> rhe rivcr io drown himseu,<br />
found $e iide out, climbed our, and shot hinsell<br />
t{ice in the hcadi muddy and freezing, he was<br />
ar(cstcd, interogated. and uken lo hospital. His<br />
inju.ieswerenolnece$ailylatal, bulhediedten<br />
days later, lacking thc wiu <strong>to</strong> live. <strong>The</strong> wonan<br />
SERALDRY, asubiectnuch invaded <strong>by</strong> the use ol<br />
<strong>chess</strong> pieces as symbols. <strong>The</strong> rook and knieht are<br />
often used on coals of ams. Parls ofwhich nay be<br />
ehequered alrhoxsh rarrl! /( an N N squdre<br />
Ma;, tamrlies throughout Europe tho ha!e rhc<br />
cquivalenr oI root as part olthei.naoe snow such<br />
a device on ooc of then chaiges. sometimes lhis<br />
takestheformolanedielalbiiur.ated rookrather<br />
ih,n ? .rdle bwer which has led ro ,alsc<br />
conclusions about thc nalure oi rhe chargc. Sone<br />
hxve ltgucdthat theuse of<strong>chess</strong> picces as he.aldic<br />
dc,ices indicates tbe widcspread playing ot <strong>chess</strong><br />
anong rhe nobililyi bui only the pieces that have a<br />
naturai aiinity with chivalry and ils ho6es and<br />
cast les are Io und ireque n1ly, ard suc h <strong>chess</strong> pieces<br />
have been used <strong>by</strong> families wilh no special inleresl<br />
IIERBSTMAN. ALEXANDER OSIPOVICH<br />
(1900 82). Sovict $udy .ompose.. International<br />
.,udge of <strong>Chess</strong>Conposilions (1956), International<br />
Master lor <strong>chess</strong> compositions (1959), prole$or<br />
of philoiogy. He spent nuch oihis childhood ncar<br />
Lucern€ where he learned ch.ss. and in 1923ahile<br />
sludying in Mos.oN be.ame interested in <strong>chess</strong><br />
{udre\. l,brdr,}e Shakhntart) Et) udt (l'tba),<br />
(onrcrnrng I20 ol turnudre\and a b0 paec $ei nn<br />
study composilion, is orc of his several books.In<br />
Dec.1979 he lefi rhe Soviet Union and afterasbdn<br />
period in Rone seuled in S\-veden- where he died.<br />
(see sauAR, vAcAIoN.)<br />
wt<br />
A study <strong>by</strong> Herbsman fiat won irsr prize * ae.luo<br />
in thc MaAlal Sarhri8 <strong>to</strong>urney 1927. Il Whitc<br />
IIE)i{GONAL CHESS 143<br />
playsl dxcThispassedpawnsrvillbe loslorhisking<br />
wilt be hnnteddown. Firsr henakes a n.rcHr ar h7:<br />
1Bg8+ Kcs 2dxc?Bd4+ I Kh2 hxgS+ 4Kh3<br />
N1l2+ 5Kh4Bl6+ 6Kh5Nl4+ 7Kh6Ng4+ 8<br />
l{h7. and noN8. . . R\b7 9Nl, RxcTstalcmatc.<br />
EERZTEI-D DEFENCE. 591. sonetines called<br />
the Portuguese or Vienna Defence, analysed <strong>by</strong><br />
Sebastiatr Herzfeld (.182!1906), a Viennese<br />
Dhrj(un. in r870 In 1889sErNrr7 rishdJ cdllcJ ir<br />
;# +..n,e deren.e ro thc Sahio Gambrl d.d rn<br />
thc sane_year the Vicnnese player Adof Csnnk<br />
published his analysis in 1he Ch.sr n D,rr).<br />
SETERODOX CHIiSS, see u<br />
HI:TERoDOX PROBLEMS. $e omcial FIDE<br />
rem for h'RY PnouLEMs.<br />
IIEXAGONAI CIIESS, unorthodox plat on<br />
boards divided in<strong>to</strong> hexagonal sp acc s. <strong>The</strong> earliest<br />
knoNn veision sas sugSested <strong>by</strong> lhe Viennesc<br />
ensineer Siesmund wetlisch in 1912. Hc chose a<br />
hexaeonal board as the nost logical shaPe for<br />
cl...s and 91 hexagons as tbe<br />
neare$ equivalcnt (Ior 1hree playea) ro the 6+<br />
\Lruare' uscd <strong>by</strong> tuo plcy(^ n orrhuJu\ che* \o<br />
rh;t no adiacent hess.n\ are ur,he \,oc c.lour a<br />
$nd hue isneeded. and hechosered. <strong>The</strong> diagram<br />
on page 1,14 shows lhe aray<br />
Tie kifle is nored 10 onc of six adjoining<br />
h€xagons, the inight <strong>to</strong> the nearesl hexagon ol1he<br />
sane colour (and so three knighrs arc needed <strong>to</strong><br />
coverlhc boardl. lherookin straisht lines throush<br />
thc sides oI hexagons. Thcre are oo bnhoPs. TIe<br />
queenconbineslhepoNersoltherookandknight.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pawns lrc advanced tbrongh thc sidcs of<br />
hexago.s lo a.rive or caPlure on one of lhe l*o<br />
In 1949 Wl.dys1aw Clinski (192tr ). a Pole<br />
re\ident in l-ondon. nsed lhe same board somewhat<br />
illogi.ally fo. a two handed gamc, thc playeE<br />
sitting ai opposile angles. Thc knighl is moled<br />
ihroueh the sides oftwo hexagons and then <strong>to</strong> one<br />
oi lhe lqo hexagons oD either side, alvays arriving<br />
on a nexagon oI a difleredl colour 'lhe bhhop is<br />
moved i. siraiehr lines thronCh the comeis oi<br />
bexagons, alNays rcmaiDing on hexaSons ol thc<br />
same slour(and so threebishops de nccdcd)ithe<br />
rook is noved as in Wellisch\ game. <strong>The</strong> queen<br />
combines the poqeis olbishop and rook. TIe tine<br />
isnoled likc thc queen bul only oneslep atatime.<br />
Each side has nine pawns.<br />
In 1975 Antbony Pat<strong>to</strong>n (1942 ), an English<br />
nan thenliving in Australia, independenily fonnd<br />
the hexaeonal board <strong>to</strong> be the nost logical for<br />
three-ha.ded <strong>chess</strong>. His ti-<strong>chess</strong> board has 217<br />
heugons, ihe men moving inlhe sanenanneras<br />
those oi Glinski. <strong>The</strong> array n akin <strong>to</strong> orthodox<br />
.besswith a lhnd bishoP placedbelwecn king and
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