New chess players often ask who Dullea is. They haven’t seen him play and wonder if the name is used for appearance.

Gerry, and George, founded this column a generation or so ago. He was a member of the English Department, and George (now emeritus) of the Mathematics Department, of the University of Maine.

In 1978, Gerry joined George to help manage the U.S. Chess Federation National office in New Windsor, N.Y. The next year, Gerry was executive director of the federation and remained there about 10 years. During the entire time, each has written chess columns and revised those of the other.

The 1992 Women’s Chess Championship will be held Aug. 19-30 at Bentley College, Waltham, Mass. The 10 chosen by the U.S. Chess Federation based on ratings will play for $5,000 in prize money. The two high scorers will play in the International Zonal Tournament later this year. Top players will become Women’s World Chess Champion official challengers.

Those playing in Waltham will be Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya of Washington; Anna Achsharmova of New Jersey; Irina Levitina also of New Jersey; Esther Epstein of Massachusetts; Julia Tverskaya of California; Vera Frankel of California; Leslie Pelech of Arizona; Beatriz MacArthur of New York; Yuliya Levitan of New York; and Alexey Root of Texas.

The strongest female player in the world is 15-year-old Judit Polgar of Hungary who gained the title international grandmaster when she was nearly 15 years, five months old. Bobby Fisher was little more than a month older when he won his title.

Solution: White has an easy forced draw by 1.g4-g5! h6-h5, 2.Kg3 Ke4, 3.Kh4. Now the white king cannot be dislodged from his haven. If 3…Kxf4, the result is stalemate and the game is drawn. If Ke3, then the white king goes to g3. The position actually occurred in the 1953 U.S. Championship in the Aronson-Mednis game. Aronson didn’t see this possibility and resigned.