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APRIL, 1969 97 that, on 34 ... PxPt 35 KxP, R-B2 36 BxP, RjlJi:P 37 RxR, RxR 38 P-B6, R KB2 39 RxB, White ought t o win and that 37 ... P- K7 38 PxR(N ) t, RxN 39 R-Kl , RxP prol ongs B l ack's resistance. And this game was ranked tenth with 14 points. Spartakiad IV, Moscow 1967 Miniature games are the hors d'oeuvres of Chess KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE Mikhail Botvinnik Lev Polugayevsky Soviet Union Soviet Union THE GREATEST GAME - 4 1 P-QB4 P-QB4 16 P-N3 P- R4 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 17 K-N2 P-RS LAST MONTlI, some of Ule ten best Here the Informant suggests that 9 ... 3 N_QB3 P-KN3 18 B-N1 QR-N1 games from Chess Informant IV, that i s, B-N2 gains equality, that 12 QN-Q2, 4 P- K3 B-N2 19 Q- K2 Q-Q2 of the l ater hal! of 1967, were presented NxN 13 NxN, PxP favors Black, that 12 5 P-Q4 P- QS 20 B-Q2 P_QN4 (page 82, March) as possibilities in con, ... N-B6t is met by 13 NxN, QxN 14 6 B-K2 N-BS 21 N-Q1 N-N2 sidering what was The Greatest Game R- Ql, that 14 PxN, QR-Nl 15 QxQP, 7 P_QS N-R4 22 P-B4 N-NS Ever Played, KR--Ql favors Black, that 17 R-R2 is 8 P-K4 0-0 2S P-KR3 N-B3 Those games (skipping any previously correct, that 21 N--Q3 is better and that 9 0-0 B-NS 24 N-B2 RjN-K1 In CHESS REVIEW) ran through the 33 N-B3 is better. 10 B_K3 BxN 25 R/B-K1 R-K2 third and fourth ranking, rating 38 and 11 PxB P-K4 26 Q-BS R/1-K1 34 point s respec.tlvely as compared to 58 The following game was ranked ninth 12 P_B4 p,p 27 R-K2 N-R2 and 53 for first and second. with 20 points. 13 BxP Q-K2 28 R/1-K1 B-Q5 As choi ces three and four are already Sousse 1967 14 B-QS N- Q2 29 B-B2 P-N5 a l ong peg below the top two, It seems 15 R-B1 N-K4 30 K-R2 N-Q1 pointless to present m ore of these games KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE 31 N-Q3 K-R1 as candidates f or the Greatest. Samuel Reshevsky Robert Byrne It does seem fitting, however, to dIs· play the rest of the "ten best" games United States United States from Informant IV, Some rooders may 1 P-Q4 N-KBS 17 BxN P-KR3 prefer them. 2 P-QB4 P- KNS 18 BxN R,B 3 N_QB3 Q,P Just to close oU, here is Smys]ov B- N2 19 QPxP 4 P_K4 Gufeld, the nearest to cavIar length (ex P-QS 20 R-B1 B-K3 5 B_K2 cept Flscher-Myagmarsuren whIch has 0-0 21 P-BS QPxP 6 N-B3 B,N already appeared In CHESS REVIEW). P-K4 22 N- QS 7 B-KS Q_K1 This game rated fifth with 30 points. QN- Q2 2S PxB 80-0 N-NS 24 PxP P- K5 ENGLISH OPENING 9 B-NS P- KB3 2S Q-N3 R- N1 10 B-Q2 P-B3 26 P-Q6§ K_R2 Vasslly Smyslov Gufeld 11 P-KRS N-RS 27 KR-Q1 R- KB1 32 P-K5 Q-B2 36 RxR RxR Soviet Union Soviet Union 12 P-QN4 P-KB4 28 B_NS Q-K4 33 K-R1 p,p 37 B-B4 R-B4 13 B-NS Q_K1 29 P-Q7 P-KR4 White Black 34 PxP BxP 38 BxQ RxQ 14 P-QS N-B2 30 R-Q6 P-K6 35 RxB 39 BxN R-K6 1 P-QB4 N-KBS 7 QPxP p,p 15 B- B1 N-BS 31 Rj1_Q1 QR-Q1 RxR 40 K-N1 Resigns 2 N-KBS P-KNS 8 P-N5 P-QRS 16 N_KNS N,N 32 Q-K6 Q,Q S P-QN4 B-N2 9 P-QR4 N-K5 33 R,Q B_B3 The I nformant suggests that 16 . . . 4 B-N2 0-0 10 BxB K,B Q-B3 or 16 ... P-B4 is better and that, 5 P-KS P-N3 11 Q-Q5 Q-R4t on 37 ... P-B3, White has 38 Q-N3, 6 P-Q4 P-B4 12 K-K2 • • • • N-B2 39 QxP winning. J. S. Battell
34 B-R6 PxB 36 P-B7 K-B2 S5 P-B6 K-N2 37 R-B6 R_B1 12 • • • • B_N2 24 P-B3 R-N7 38 RxBt Resigns 13 QxB N-QB3 25 R-Q1 P-KS The Informant suggests that 7 . • . 14 KN-Q2 R-R2 26 P-B6 Q-BSt P-B3 8 Q-Q2, QN- Q2 9 0-0, Q-K2 10 15 PxN R,Q 27 K-K1 Q-Q6 B-N5 favors White only slightly, that 13 16 PxR Q-NS 28 B-B1 QxPt _ .. Q- B2!? 14 B-K7, R- Kl 15 PxKP, 17 NxN Q-N7t 29 B-K2 P- QR4 QPxP 16 B- Q6 favors White, that 17 ... 18 QN-Q2 Q,R 30 P-B4 P-BS NxKP 18 NxN, PxN 19 PxP favors 19 NxP R-QN1 31 P-B7 R-B7 White, that 19 ... NPxP Is met by 20 20 P-N3 Q- R6 32 K-B1 R,P P-N5, that 30 ... P-B5 31 Q-K6 favors 21 NxQP R,P 33 N-B4 RxN/S WhIte decisivel y, that 32 ... PxPt 33 22 B-RS Q-QS 34 BxR Q-B6t K-Bl, Q-N6 favors W hite only slightly, 2S P-B5 Q-Q4 35 K-K1 Q-B6t "Well, I guess that spikes any notion Resigns i ::::: check; * :::; db!. check: § :::; dis. ch. he was going to be a child prodigy ... " 98 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 CHESS Vol. 37, No.4 REVIEW APRil 1969 "It '1C'lIlIr f"'U "'A'U'I'fI
INTERNATIONAL School on first board. The event was at· tended by eighty.nine players from twelve Women's Tournaments schools in the Chicago.Milwaukee.Rock. ford area. Two international events marked a re cent upsurge in women's chess. At Em. Laurels to LeClerc men, Holland, the Danlon International In the sixty.two.player Hartford (Con. was won by E. Polihroniade of Roumania necticut) Amateur and Expert Open, with a tally 5%·1'%. Arenys de Mar in Pierre LeClerc won the Expert section, Spain saw C. Vreeken of Holland predom. followed by James Bolton and Robert inant with 10·1. Dickinson in a tie for second. Robert Capobianco Memorial Mitchell took the Amateur section.
In the Sixth Capablanca Memorial ·COLORADO Tournament at Havana, Cuba, R. Khol. mov of the Soviet Union scored a 12.2 There was a three.way tie for first first, half a point ahead of his compa· among Jim Fisher, Walter Novak and Bill triots, Leonid Stein and Alexei Suetin. Riley in the Colorado Open in Denver. As highest.ranking state resident, Riley Dutch Sink English was declared state champion. The annual double· round match he. tween England and Holland went to the NEW YORK latter by 14·8, including two victories by In the always powerful Manhattan Holland's hest woman player, C. Vreeken, TIGRAN PETROSYAN Chess Club Championship in New York over the British women's champion, D. with the garland for his victory over City, perennial titleholder Arthur B. Big_ Dobson. On first board R. D. Keene of Boris Spas6ky in 1966. Will he retain it, guier again demonstrated his mastery England broke even with J. H. Donner. this year? with a first.place 10·2. In hot pursuit was Spain vs, Cuba Rev. William Lombardy, 9%.2Y2, while a tie for third and fourth was gained by Spain defeated Cuba by 7·5 in Madrid, The fifty.six.player tourney was held in Dr. Kart Burger and James T. Sherwin. where the Cuban team stayed briefly be· Indianapolis. fore proceeding to the Chess Olympiad at WASHINGTON Lugano, Switzerland. GroundhoCJ Special The Washington Open was won by The forty.one.player tournament in Viktors Pupols with a clear first of UNITED STATES Charlotte, North Carolina, imaginatively 5%·%, haH a point in front of Kent known as the "Groundhog Special," was INTERSTATE and REGIONAL Pullen and Peter Biyiasis. There were 57 credited to John Timm with a clear first participants. Liberty-Bell Open of 5·0. He is a New Yorker studying law at Duke University. Five players who In the Liberty·Bell Open in Philadel. were bracketed at 4·1 placed in the fol . phia, sponsored by the Philadelphia Chess lowing order on tiebreaks: Vernon Robin. READERS' FORUM Association, B. Alberston swept five son, Ronald Simpson, Dan Richman, AI Once every few decades a world cham· rounds to top a field of 110. Scores of Jenkins and Richard Smith. 4lh·lh were made by R. Lunenfeld, C. pion comes along who bestrides the chess Kalenian, R. Durkin and R. Szendroi, world like a Colossus. But present world who finished in the order mentioned on Student 'Contest titlist TIGRAN PETROSIAN is obviously not liebreaks. Four slates were represented. The Fourth Annual Guilford High destined to enter that select circle. For School Invitational Tournament in Rock· as we can see by anagraming his name: Success for Smittl ford, Illinois, resulted in a triumph for P. IS NOT RARE GIANT Kenneth Smith of Texas, 5·0, won the Lane Technical High School of Chicago, FRANK ASHLEY Indiana "500" Open, followed by T. which won all five of its matches. Run. Spokane, Wash. Pehnec. A sextuple tie for third involved nerup was Marquette High School of Mil· B. Parham, E. Isaacson, A. Tschetter, H. waukee, 4·1. Best individual showing was • Doubt the anagram works out the way Hontzer, R. Schellenberger and R. Fraser. made by Philip Cobert of Guilford High in Russian, let alone Armenian!-ED. CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 99 ROSIS •
The Women's world chess championship is also to be contested this yeaI'. Nona G;a,pdndashvili, the popular champion (left) takes on Alia Kushnir again. The two world championships al"e thel"efore curiously pal"allel "repat" matches: like Tigran, Nona must try again to turn back her Challenger of last time.
LOCAL EVENTS by Ronald Elmquist in another similar event. California. K. Kahyai proved invincible in the Los Angeles County Open with a .!I'ew York. Th.e sixty-two-player First 6·0 shutout. J. Blackstone, C. Henin, A. Annual Niagara Falls Open was annexed Kanamori. D. Bicknell and R. Klein fol. by G. Olto after his 5·0 tie with K. Rogoff lowed with 5·1 scores. Seventy.five con· had been resolved by a tiehreak. testants took part. Winner of the Brooklyn Open at the A match in Los Angeles between Wal. Brooklyn Chess Club was Harald Hohen. ter S. Browne and Jim Tarjan, remini· berger with a score of 5-1. William scent of the hypothetical clash between Goichberg was runnerup. the irresistible force and the immovable Walter Buehl captured the Elmira_ object, ended in an appropriate 3·3 tie. Corning Chess Club title on a tiebreak Be a healthy, informed Browne is twenty years old, Tarjan only over Robert Donald. chess player. Read the chess 16. In the Fourth Annual Greater New column of The New York Times, Idaho. In tbe match for the Boise aless York Junior High. School Championship, where chess expert AI Horowitz Eleven.year-old Paul Jack!yn distinguish annotates the strategies and Club Championship, defending titleholder Dick Vanden'hurg turned hack challenger ed himself br compiling a first.prize 7-1 tactics of international masters, showing. Jon Jacobs, a nintll.grader, also and gifted amateurs, three Max Wennstrom with a 2·0 tally. times a week. scored 7·1, but was relegated to second Minnesota. C. Brasket and T. Nelson on a tiebreak. There were 126 contestants. AI Horowitz explains the both won four games and drew one in point of view of the better the Sixth Minneapolis Open, with the Pennsrluania. The Keystone State Open players, and writes so chess nod for first going to Brasket on a tie· in Philadelphia went to Dr. Leroy Dubeck. buffs can easily follow the flow break. The field comprised 33 competitors. D. Heisman, who participated in a quad. of play. The New York Times ruple tie for second, was runnerup on a chess column also covers more In the St. Paul Winter Carnival Grand than 400 major chess tourna Championship, John Anderson bested Mil. tiebreak. ments every year ... from ton Otteson on a tiebreak after both had Texas. The fifty.nine.player Region VI Moscow to Brooklyn to Buenos scored 4%-7'2 in the regular tournament. tourney of the Texas Chess Association, Aires. Thirty.six players attended. nicknamed the "Alamo Open," was won So move with the masters. Jerome Nolte won two reeent "torna by Eric Bone with a 5·0 sweep. Scores of Read The New York Times chess does" with. 4-0 scores. He was emulated column. 4·1 were made by Hugh West and Tom Snow.
.(AmaurosisScacchistica,the Latin name ON THE COVER forchess blindness, results in making New Reformatory Project incredible oversights, such as leav In a recent international tournament. ing a vital piece en prise.) at Malaga, Spain, Pal Benko won !lrst The Wisconsin State Reformatory in place, or at least shared it with Borlslav lvko\'. 11·3. Levente Lengyel, Garcia A. Green Bay has started a chess club which Medina and Arturo Pomar were next looks forward to instruction sessions, tour_ with 9%·4%. And Junior World Cham naments, matches and other forms of pion Julio Kaplan ot Puerto Rico was chess activity. Outside competition will be sixth, 8%·5%. sOl4:\ht and invited.
100 CHESS RfVIEW, APRIL, 1969 Italy Gyoso Forintos of Hungary and Bruno Parma of Yugoslavia each 7.2, shared first place at Imperia, followed by Baum· gartner, 6%.2%. Vietnam The Championship Tournament in Saigon, attended by 22 players, was won by Ken Clayton with a perfect score.
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CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, t969 103 An outstanding recent game, annotated by SVETOZAR GLiGORICH by an outstandIng Grandmaster.
ments. Its purpose Is to Improve the THE END OF ONE MORE VARIATION position of Black's minor pIeces and especially to strengthen his grip on the WHEN Black tries to maintain the same space in the center as White center as the main fight will soon center and so limit White's further progress toward his own camp, we speak on his crucial K4. of the "classical defense." In this style, Black meets I P-Q4 with I ... 10 P-Q4 8-83 P- Q4 and 1 P- K4 with 1 ... P-K4. A Keres Idea Is the activation of the For a while, Capablanca believed that it is a rather simple task Queen-side Pawn mass by 10 ... N-R4 11 B-B2, P- QB4 12 QN- Q2, BPxP 13 for Black to keep the balance and, during the period of his invincibility, PxP, N-QB3 which g:lves more play tor prophesied that one day recurrent draws would kill the game of chess. Black's minor pieces. Atter 14 N-N3, P-QR4 15 B-K3 [15 B-Q3 is less clear], We are now almost in the seventies, but no such danger yet appears in however. 'Whlte maintains the tension In spite of the tremendous growth of knowledge of the openings. Actually, the center, and the initiative as well. Botvinnik, disappointed over the inadequate ability of human beings, Black can try to prevent White's en· suing move In the game by 10 ... looks to the invention of a computer which may better memorize and col N- N3. But WhIte obviously stands beUer late all world experience in chess. after 11 B- K3, R-Nl 12 PXP, NxP 13 So far, however, the "best moves" have not been defined for either NxN. PxN 14 Q-R5, Q- Q3 15 N- Q2 side with the exception that Fischer knows the best initial move for (Tal-Darga, Munich Olympics 1958) . White. And it is true that the King Pawn has been an especially dan gerous weapon in the hands of Keres, the young Smyslov and young Boleslavsky, and later Tal, Spassky, Fischer and Stein. So much so that it has become a philosophical problem as to whether Black can de fend at all successfully. After having practiced the sharp lines of the Sicilian, French and the like for years, many grandmasters are tending to return to classical methods for Black in the Ruy Lopez. They are getting tired of taking too many risks and now strive for safety and solid tournament results in stead. The best thinkers, with Smyslov in the fore, have found a num ber of interesting systems; but, strangely enough, the greater part of these The move played by Portlsch Is a logi lines have been refuted by White, sooner or later. cal consequence or the idea of activating Black's passive King Bishop and or So the question of what Black ought to play is again becoming securing a central Pawn on his K4 as a cogent. The game for this month will not help to obtain the answer. rirm barrier against White's ertorts to penetrate there. Usually, Portisch prefers Breyer's 9 WiJk am Zee 1969 11 P-QR4 • • • • . . N-Nl and certainly did not count RUY LOPEZ here on Geller's preparations. In Moscow Only this move can maintain the Yeflim Geller LaJos Portisch 1967, be tried 9 ... P-KRa and was de initiative. "Normal" development by 11 QN-Q2 inflicts a hanging Queen Pawn Soviet Union Hungary teated surprisingly quickly by GeUer. on White. 11 B- K3 makes little sense White Black versus 11 ... N- R4. 11 P- Q5 is prema 1 P-K4 P-K4 ture because 11 ... N- R4 12 B-B2, P- B3 It is characteristic of many experts on 13 PxP, N-N3 very efficiently activates King Pawn openings to choose no other the backward Black Queen Bishop Pawn. move tor Black. Keres, Unzicker and And 11 B-Q5 accomplishes nothing at all many others have maintained such an after 11 ... B-N2 and 12 ... N-N3. opinion clear to today, Smyslov, Spassky, With the text, White Is probing the and but lately Portisch, join that group Black Queen·slde weaknesses. The re whenever they teel "moments of respoll grouping or the Black minor pieces has slbility." taken up the time which really was 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 6 R-K1 P_QN4 needed for consolidating Black's Pawn 3 B-N5 P-QR3 7 B-N3 P-Q3 structure there. 4 B-R4 N-B3 8 P_B3 0-0 11 • • • • N-R4 B-K2 9 P_ KR3 N-Q2 50-0 The text has been successfully employ· Black covers the Rook me though only t :::: cheek; ;: :::: dbl. check; I :::: dis. ch. ed by Averbakh in recent Soviet tourna- temporarily and blocks his QR4 since 11 104 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 ... N-N3 allows White to exert pressure years until after 1 P- K4, P-K4 2 N-KB3, with 12 P- R5 , N- Q2 13 B-Q5. On 11 ... N-QB3 3 B-N5, P-QR3 4 B-R4, N-B3 5 N-N3, White also has pressure after 12 0-0, B-K2 6 R-KI, P-QN4 7 B-N3, PxNP, PxNP 13 RxR, Nl:R 14 N-R3, P-Q3 8 P-B3, 0-0 9 P- KR3, N-QR4 10 P- N5 15 N-B4. B- B2, P-B4. 11 P--Q4, Q- B2 12 QN--Q2, The simple prophylactic 11 ... R-Nl B--Q2 13 N-Bl, KR- Kl, Geller discovered changes Ole position greatly but in the qUiet 14 P-QN3! which makes it dif· White's favor. For, after 12 PxNP, PxNP, flcult for Black to solve tile problem of Black no longer has R4. for his Knight, his divagating Knight on the edge ot the and White continues 13 B- K3 while board. Black has ditficulty in finishing his de velopment. The only alternative left seems to be 11 ... B--N2; but, after 12 P--Q5! that Bishop is not well posted for the posi· This pOSition Is critical and has come tIonal struggle to follow and so Black about almost by force. will have troubles on the Queenside. 15 N-R3 (Note that White obtains nothing from • • • • 12 PxNP, PxNP 13 RxR, QxR 14 N- R3, This Is the natural, developing con P-N5 15 N-B4, PXP 16 PxP, N-R4! tinuation. (Matulovich- Gllgorich, Yugoslav Cham· In Fischer-Matanovlch (VinkovcI1968), pionship 1965). White was successful with a sharper line: 15 B-N3, hP 16 PxP, P-B4 17 12 B-B2 N-N3 B-B4! PxNP 18 QN- Q2, P--Q4 19 PXP, Black has to protect his Queen Rook NxP 20 B--Q6! NxB 21 QxN, R-Kl 22 Q-K1 because of the threat: 13 PxNP, PxNP 14 B-B7! R.xRt 23 RxR, QxB 24 R-K8t, 20 .••• 21 P-Q51 P- QN4. N-Dl 25 QxP, D~K2 26 RxKB, Q-Ql 27 • • • • N-K5, N-N3 28 N- B6, Q-Bl 29 Q-B51 White blocks the position as he has P- QR4 30 R- B7, Q-Kl 31 P- Q6, B--Q2 a clear plan of action for the Queenside 32 N-K7t, K-Rl 33 P--Q5, P-R5 34 N-Nl, while Black -cannot do anything without N- Bl 35 N-R3, P-B3 36 R-N7, Q-R4 37 weakening his position. NxP, P- R6 38 NxP, Q- Q8t 39 K-R2, N_B3 Q-Q7 40 Q-K3, Q-R4 41 N-B4, Q-R3 42 21 .... Q--QN3, B- R5 43 Q-N4, N--Q2 44 N-N2, Here Black realizes that 21 . . .. P-KB4 Resigns. still fails against 22 N-N5 - 20 . . . That was a very fine victory in which Q-K2 immediately would have made two doubled, central Pawns proved in sense. collaboration with other pieces, to be 22 P-B4 p,p stronger than Black's two connected, 23 BxP Q_K2 passed Pawns on the Queenslde. There were, however, too many com· 23 . . . N-R4 is playable since, atter plications in that game, and it is quite 24 P-N5, PXP 25 BxP, P--QB3 26 PXP, BxP, Black can hold the position one 13 P-QN4! • • • • probable that Portisch knew of the game and had (ound at home some improve way or another. After the text, the Before the last Hoogoven Tournament ment (or Black. strategic task becomes simple tor White. began, former world champion Botvinnik N,N gave the sllrprising statement to the 15 . . . . Dutch press that he considers Geller to 16 BxN P-N3 be the best player in the world and that Black was obliged to trade off his his only drawback is his lack of Spas· strong Knight, though it may be said sky's "reallstic approach." f!·om another aspect that shedding a This unexpected blow is one of Gel· piece in a cramped position may have ler's inventions, first tried against favored him. His main trouble, however, Matanovicll In Skopje 1968. As Portisch is a permanent one: he cannot play ... was there, he must know of the move P- QD4 and, without tllat move, he Is and Its repetition here must be attri doomed to a passive role in the center. buted to a poor judgment of the coming With ihe text, he aims to improve the posItion by the Hungarian grandmaster. position of his King Bishop, then open At first glance, it seems lllogIcal to the way (or his King Bishop Pawn. drive Black's problem Knight to his QB5. 17 Q-Q3 B-KN2 19 B-N3 K-R1 In truth, however, Black wHl be unable 18 QR-Q1 B-N2 20 B-B1 .... 24 B-KN51 • • • • to retain a firm hold Oil that square, and Black has been trying to prepare some White vacates the Queen Bishop file White Is gaining plenty of space with counter tilreats, but in vain. White has for his Rooks and also gets rId ot ,.. no loss of time. posted his pieces on the best squares, potentially active Black piece. Also, it ought be added that 13 to and Black can do nothing in the center. 24 . . .. KR-QN1 26 BxN I Q,e PxNP, PxNP 14 QN--Q2, P- B4 allows 20 ... P-KB4 fails against 21 N- N5. 25 R-QB1 P-R3 27 B_N3 • • • • Black sufficient means to hold the bal And, with White's heavy pieces already ance as in Tal-Averbakh in one of on the center files, Black can move none White's pressure on the Bishop file Soviet championships. of his other Pawns either. will give him a decisive advantage. 13 . . • . N/4-B5 ThIs pOSition is an entirely logical con 27 . . . . Q-Q1 29 B-B6 B-N2 sequence or the preceding moves, and 28 B-R4 B-QB1 30 B-R4 B-QB1 In that GeJler--Matanovlch game, the result is obviously unfavorable tor 31 R_B4 B-Q2 Black, fearing the loss of a Pawn as Black as White has a clear advantage In fails against 32 B--B6, he realized the Knight would lack sup 31 ... P-KB4 bOUl space and development. R-R2 33 Q-K3. port on B5, played 13 ... N-B3; but he It is curious that Geller has refuted 32 BxB Q,e had only difficulties after 14 PxNP, anoUler important variation in the Ruy PxNP 15 RxR, NxR 16 P-Q5, N-R2 17 33 R/1-QB1 R-N2 Lopez also with a move of the Queen 34 R_B6 B--K3, N-N3 18 N- R3. Knight Pawn. The following line of · . . - 14 P-R5 N-Q2 Smyslov's was a very solid weapon for (Concluded on page 111)
CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 105 1 White to move and win 2 Black to move and win THE RIGHT ROUTE TO ASCENDANCY Query your right route Unless you can mate, you first with a sharp try for take your win as you can. A speedy solution obvIates long endgames, sometimes. an early mate. If it's at In chess, almost anything Is Playing for a winning ending can be the right response in hand, YOll've got it! It not, possible; but that keen try a quiz, too. But clinching the issue at once, instead of you've been appraising the for the mate may well help! maneuvering for positional or even dubious advantage, can tricks and lures in the In· We kId you not. So work at key your victory. Check for a quick win in each of these terim and are ready to tlnd what you will, of course; teasers. Rate yourself superlative for ten proper solutions; the true solution. Study to but, still and all, he who worthy for eight; and passing for six. Then verify your solve, peruse to use tricks works with threats of mate precision VS. Ule answers on page 109; later, to be fair! and snatch your triumph. is trIcky.
S White to move and win 4 Black to move and win 5 White to move and win 6 Black to move and win In this posItion, the In· Can you mate here is not Kinetic motion in this al You may not have found a struction runs the same but of course always the right most even position must be great many mates so far. If with the usual reservations. question-except as we've decisive, and you do have not, though, hasn't your Mate it you are capable but been trying to say, a mate Is the move-that helps! So probing evolved into some win in any event! Your true your very first objective, It put your cherished Initiative thing sharper than usual? route, do remember, is to that possibility does exist. artfully to work and hope We think it must and we do properly assess the possl· So what else is new? Just fully toward a proper pro asseverate that, at the very, b!llUes as they exist. So be the situation on the dia gram. With due deliberation, very least, urgIng you to realistic as to what's on the gram. Can you handle It, you may succeed In turning hunt for the mate Is not just diagram! mate? up all the tricks, a gag!
7 White to move and win 8 Blaek to move and win 9 White to move and win 10 Black to move and win Mostly, mate Is a fall' and All positions may not in· The fellow who quits and End this session with one true objeetive In any quiz deed yield to mate threats. peeks at the solutions can last, good try! You won't position. I~ there is none, And any old win of a Pawn, only be cheatinG" himself! It regret phlgging once again you've still instilled useful if deelslve, can be the sub· is the do or die spirit which If the solution evades you. practices and habits In good tle solution. Mainly, you con· wins over tile board. So do (Maybe, you have It solved chess sense. And you may quer, though, with a will for here and don't die. Just already!) Certainly, this have learned, too, not to any win; and cultivating crack away at this' position particular problem cannot press unduly lor what's not that "will" Is part of the old until you have It won, pon thwart the truly determined. there but to go for what Js game of chess! So rack up der till sure you have the So whack it for that one sure and clear. a good score! true idea. last point!
106 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 By WALTER KORN FIDE International Judge
"COMBINATIONAL" AND "POSITIONAL" STUDIES AS this department has dealt in great detail lately areas" between a "didactic-analytical study" and a with the evaluation and comparative examples of "study-like endgame." prize-winning end-game studies, it may be opportune Constructionwise, an end-game composition may to add a few words as to their classification. basically be either "positional" or "combinational" or may even change sometimes from one to the other_ In some instances,O historical or stylish terms are empIdf oye as or lllstance "JOl"c asslCa versus " roman- There are also various subdivisions of the positional tic" study; but such are not actually acceptable as study: natural type, "artistic" type or thematic-that definitions of content or construction. is, "rhythmical"-motifs. ]n very many instances, It is apropos, in the first place, to stipulate what though not in all, the typical positional study will be separates an ending or endgame from an end-game of a defensive nature: as for example, a draw against study or composition. Briefly, the difference is one apparently ovenvhelming odds. The combinational between utility: codified functionally and well struc study may mostly be a win based on one or more sur- tured within the body of end-game theory,* and prio se maneuvers. beauty: codified by artistic comprehension in its From the point of judgment and evaluatio.n, how variegated tastes. Without going too deeply here into ever, mere breakdown into such categories is mean nomenclature, an end-game study is, in its simpler ingless and sheds no light on the value or originality sense, a final phase (of a game or an assumed one) of a work_ But insight into the mechanism of it helps with an exceptiofUll content. Exceptional, or unex to separate its components_ TItuS, for instance, the pected, because its setting seems contrary to the utilita "introduction," which often precedes the main play in rian result as warranted by the available forces_ Thus, some studies, is often combinational. Such an intro it contains an element of surprise, shown in the most duction may be organically justified, or only super economical form and with a modicum of synchronized ficial and, on closer inspection, an unnecessary pre stylization_ All these factors combine in creating an amble to a "natural" ending. And that natural ending impression of beauty. Precision in or by itself is no may again be anticipated, that is, non-originaL All criterion for a study, it is only an axiomatic prere these factors have to he measured individually or in quisite. But there are, indeed, of course "gray conjunction.
The llrst composition to be examined This opus 15 formidably protracted and H Is by Alexander Hildebrand ot Up this month happene to give special point esthetic enough and contains quite an psala, Sweden. to the remarks above. It Is the winner original turn. of fifth and last honorable mention III 1 B-N6t K-K2 the "New Statesman" tourney discussed 2 B--Q4 last month. It is by the Roumanians V. -. . . Nestorescu and E. Dobrescu. And here It The threat is to win a piece by 3 B is with ilie promised tale. nst, K-B3 4 B-R5_ 2 _ _ . _ Nestorescu and Dobrescu P-NS 10 B-Q7 P-B!5 S B-R5 N-R3 11 B-N4! K-K1 4 B-KS! N_Nl 12 B-R5t K-K2 5 B-NSt N_B3 13 B_B3 K-K1 6 BxN t PxB 14 B-B6t K-K2 7 P- N5 P-B4 15 B-K4 K-Kl 8 B-B3! K-K1 16 B-N6t K-K2 9 B-B6t K-K2 17 B- R5 ! • • • • Here at Ia&t is the clincher. White to move and win 17 • _ • • p-e, 19 B-R5t K-K2 The solution has the to-be-expected 18 BxP K-Kl 20 B_N6·· parallels. After 1 B--Q7t! Black has to shut In his own Bishop just as in the By an unfortUnate co-Incidence, how· ever, at this editor's very doorstep, the , We would IIII': what may be expected to be all-Important original turn had been re uUUU!d In practlca] tournament p](l.y .- E(1. produced in its nuclear form as a "min ,. We teel 19 B-BH and 20 B-Q7 IS the White to move and win more preCise. But. If Meming to skirt the imal" In CHESS REVIEW (page 174, abyss Is more esthetic. then 19 B-R5f a.nd t ;:: checlr.; , ;:: dbl. C.becll; • ;:: (1UI. ch. June 1967). And it is a. sledgehammer_ 20 B-Bi tits the bUL-Ed. CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 107 Roumanian opus. For taking the Bishop Handbueh. The Betting was put together The similarity In this and the v.d. obviously loses. With 1 . . . K-B2 2 by the editor, v.d. Lasa. Lasa after 1 ... K-R7 appears, or rather BxP, K- B3, Black gives up his Bishop Actually, the v.d. Lasa of 18013 was set the difference does atter these moves. expecting to capture White's Pawn. But with colors reversed, stipulating Black 1 K-S5 K-R5 White's "surprises" prevail: 3 B-Q7t!! to move wins; White to move drawl. 2 K_S4 K-R6 K- BZ 01 B-N5, K-Bl 5 B-RSt, K-BZ 6 Tho solution, In our form, 1 P-N1, R 3 K-S3 K-R7 B-N1!!! Bl 2 P-B1, R-N1t S K-R6, K-B3 01 P- N8 In the v.d. Lasa, the tempo move, 8 This judge must wonder how thll mini or P- B8 (Q), looks rather elementary. &-QN1! puts Black Into a deadly Zug_ ature would have been placed In the But, at tho time, It served v.d. Lal a as zwang with the dlsagleeable chotce of Ne.... Statesman Tourney, had this or a a comparative specimen both to show 8 ... K-R6 9 R-Rl ma.te or 8 .. , P- R7 more sophisticated veralon appeared that ... RxP draws and to luggeat that 9 RxP with check, also winning. there (Instead of In Its actual publica counterplay by attempting to mate, In the current position, White's Rook tion). Alternatively, he wonders how the which falll In this instance, might work Is already on QN1, and White has to Roumanian opus would have been placed on others. As it happened, the mat.rtx seek another device to save the game. It this chronological precedent did not started a ball rolling. 4 K_KS! K-N7 exist or If at least a. bibliographIcal ref· In the second edition of the Handbueh Here 4 ... K-N6 Is also possible but erence had accompanied the submission. In 1864 , v.d. Lasa changed his diagram answerable with Ii R-Nlt, K-R7 {or 5 Also, it Is conceivable that the Rouma.n and altered his veroict to a win for ... K-R6 6 K-BS] 6 R-QNl with a draw. Ia.n piece was concocted Independently Black whoever has the move. Or 4 ••. K-R6 6 K-BS, K-R7 6 K-K3 is with its author9 unaware ot the Hilde possible a. shown below. brand precedent, or that they meant it to be a technically more Involved trea.t 6 K-QS K-S6 ment of a known antecedent. Finally and 6 K_S3 P-R7 most unsettling to tace Is the prospect 7 KxP of meetInl In one and the same tourney Thus, to the possIble saving clause or two mOlt meritorious but almna.r l ub perpetual check (or timely mate), the missions and to decide whether to throw luccessful march of the King to reach them out (why actually?) or award the Pawn. :Is added. them pril6S jointly or a.ward the better looking one only to have to Here Is another configuration which face an uproar by the other composer appears In the collecUon of "Chess with proof that he had (Injudiciously) Studies" by Horw1tz. It Is by D. Harr communicated the Idea to his colleape! ,,1bl as of 1862. Horrible to contemplate as thil latter White to move and draw contretemps Is tor a judge, It il a per manent nemesis among composers who His opinion was obviously based on try to protect their Ideas as jealously the beUef that, as the Rook doesn't here as fashion designers Ull the unveiling. atlack tile Pawns, White has lost a precious tempo and so Is helpless against Previously, a study by A. Koranyi ap their advance. But his simple practical peared with a combinational defense shift caused him to mIss the point that mechanism in a positional draw by Rook this didactic ending contains a surprise 'IS. Queen. He referred to precedents of maneuver. At that historical moment of a Rook defendln~ "verUcally" against a theoretical underoevelopment, his setting queening Pawn (page 81, March). Re could have earned the acclaim of a tine examination of that and ItI companion study had he discovered the solution. example may aid In the ensuing study here of a very Intriguing constellation of 1 R_B1 ! P_N7 4 K-B4 K- R6 Rook against two Pawns Uned up "hori· 2 R- N1t K-R4 5 K_B3 K-R5! White to move and win 3 K_B5 K-R5 6 K_B4 K-R6 zontally," a theme of particular attrac· This, Uke many other "Kling and Hor tlon to many composers despite the tact Actually, it Is surprising that v.d. witz" positions, poses a puzzle as to the that It II a borderline case between an Lasa-very far from being a weak and copy right. The first edition of "Chess analytical study (previously full of sur Inaccurate dilettante; truly a giant of Studies" was published In 1851 jOintly prise) nnd, with the march of time, his period- overlooked a pRI'a!lel already by that pair wllo were analysts, individ a didactical theoretical ending. As for provided by another famous pair, Kling ual authou or co-authors of many of the many previous bombsbells such as the and Horw ib. But then Germany and studies and endings quoted In this work, Reti maneuver, this has by dint of England were oceans and decades apart the prominent forerunner of our con numerous lllumlna.t1ons become almost In olden time! temporary books on end-game theory. In "book theory." The pioneering examples of that patr 1884, after KHng's death, W. Wayte One of U\e first tender attempts at show why 1 K-BS, K- R7 Is as fuUle as published "Chess Studies and End systemtzatlon Is found In the 19th cen 1 ... K- R6, and might even lose. games," in Its major part containing tury compendium, P. R. v. Bilguer's later works by Horwitz and also parts Kling and Horwitz (1851) or the 1861 edition but altogether under the sole authorsblp of Horwlbl. In 1889, a second revised edlUon appeared, r& vised by W. Wayte, (our years after Horwiu' death. Most essayists, hO'IVever, quote both the 1884 and 1889 edltions as by "KUng and Horwitz." So does Niemel jer's catalogue of his extensive collec • tion of chess bOOks (which Ie unfor tunately Inconsistent and scanty and no longer kept up·to-date). The Harrwltz piece Is correctly at tributed In many booke on endIngs, al though It Is Included in th e Horwitz com· pllatlon of 18801 without relerence to the author and is conse(Juentiy in some oUler White to move and win White to move a nd draw eHUS REVllW, APRIL, 1969 108 books quoted as an auillentic "KUng and 3 R- QR1 K_B7 PORTABLE ROLL UP Horwitz• .. as lor instance by Tattersall For those not conversant with this (1910). DEMONSTRATION BOARD type of endgame. it may be of interest WITH TRIPOD and BASE Here Is how White wins in the Harr- to note another facet: 3 ... P-N7 yields witz work. tactically to 4 RxP as Black's remaining 1 R-B7t K-N1 ! Pawn is caught in an absolute pin. S •.• 1 ... K-R3 loses a.t once of course to K-R6 makes no headway against 4 2 R-B2; and 1 ... K-Rl, to 2 R-QN7, R-Rl t, K-N7 5 R-Rl. P-R6 3 K-N6. 4 K-K4 K-K7
2 R-N7t • • • • Now the reader can safely be left to But this move sets up a tempo gain work out for himself the implications of whereby White wins also. various Black tries: some lose, the best 2 • , • • K-R1 draw. 3 R-N7 P-R6 5K-Q4 K-Q2 7 K_N4 K-N7 Letting the Pawn go with 3 ... K-Nl S K-B4 K-B7 8 R_KN1 4 RxP Is just another way ot losing. The composition is quite a gem, and 4 K_N6 not the least so in that it winds up with Black in such a "study" of utter frustra· And now, ot course, White threatens tlon. In fact, he is very close to losing Convenient tab mate; so 4 ... P-N8(Q)t is forced. and New heavy·duty and can do so, after S ... P- RS(Q) 9 leg design with closes legs in 5 RxQ leads 10 a mop up White win. R-N2t, K-NS?? by the well known 111111 up tab a jitry - finesse ending with 10 KxP. And, of no juggIlng There were a. few more experiments in course, S . . . K-B7 loses to 9 K-R6. no folding this fi eld ot "natural end·game study," Bla.ck's one way to draw Is S . . , as it might well have been defined at P-R8(Q) 9 R- N2t, K-Bl whereafter that time; for new turns were frequently White can draw at will by 10 R-Nlt and discovered until the field became In· Rugged, stable leg con. a perpetual or by 10 ... K-N7 11 RxQ. struction, stays when set creaslngly codified. One of tllOse who KxR 12 KxP. thus experimented was the Russian D. Next month, this department turns to Lightweight, compact, with DOD.warp.. S. Urusov. He provided one of the the advances in the treatment of this ing metal roller. Convenient carrying ma.trIces of a later study by the modern theme during this 20th century. case. Height adjustable. No club can at. USSR compose)', I. L. Maiselis in the ford to be without one. The screen Is ot later ·50's. MaJselis and his countryman Ilul'able vinyl, with bonde~ backln&: A. Gerbstman may be counted among the Solutions to CHESS QUIZ (over.all size 40" x 40"). Grey and white most profound composers and at the No.1 Who's for 1 N-B3? and, on 1 ... !lqllares, 4 Inches. Visible from distance. QxP, then 2 R- R2, Q-N3 3 N-K7t, ete. same time most scrupulously objective No installing. Just set it UP and use. and Informed theoreticians of cosmos· or 1 ... Q-R4 2 NxNt and 3 P-N4, etc. politan fame. Maiselis' book, Rook VS. No.2 We'd say Black wins a piece by 1 Pawns ("'I os cow 1955). has an excellent . .. NxN 2 BxN, NxB. summary of this topic. No.3 Win with 1 R."
Needless to say, I was far from a state ot tranquility at that moment. It OPENING SURPRISE isn't much of a pleasure coping with a. special analysis, carefully thought out In a calm atmospliere at bome. Even it By BORIS SPASSKY, International Grandmaster th is analysis has a slight Inaccuracy. finding the latter durIng a vital game, The following 31tide appeared in Soviet Life (March issue) , a Rus wh ere time tor thinking over moves 18 limited, Isn't easy at all. No wonder I sian magazine published in En glish. The ga me is one which CHESS pondered over my reply tor exactly an REVIEW never had. And we feel the presentation will be of interest to hour betol'e tlnally making up my mind, CHESS REVIEW readers. Our text fonows Spassky's exactly, except for differences mainly of punctuation and spacing (see note* below). The article appears of course by courtesy of Soviet Life.- ED.
I suggest that Soviet Life readers study Vladimir Bagirov, playing the White the following game. wbicb I played with pieces against D. Marovic, his Yugoslav Dragoljub Ci ric· in the Ninth World opponent, preferred at this poi nt to re Students Cbess Team ChampIonship tn ply with. 5 N-K4. A different course was Marianske La.zne, Czechoslovakia, In tlle shorUy ·taken on the third. Sicilian board summer ot 196 Z. In a game between D. Mlnic (Yugo We met on board Number 1 In the slavia) and E. Gureld (USSR), Their USSR versus Yugoslavia match. Our two moves were the same as mine and Clric's teams were cotavorltes for the title, and until Black's sixth reply. was the outcome ot this match vital In 5 • • • • PxN 13 QxN • • • • the battle for top honors. 6 P-Q4 N_B3 This was unQ.uestionably the most SICI L.IAN DEFENS E At this paint, Gu reld played 6 . . . crucial moment ot the game, By accept B. Spassky D. Ciric P-Q3. ing the sacrifice I. thereby. had to live B, P 9 B_K94 up to this bold challenge. A continuation Black 7 PxP BxPt White 8 QxP Q-N3 10 K_K2 0-0 of 13 NxBP. NxN 14 RxN, Q-K3t 15 P-QB4 3 P_K5 N-Q4 1 P-K4 Dragoljub Clric Is a cool·headed, QxQ (a sharp reply of 15 B-K3 also N_KB3 4 N_B3 2 N-KB3 • • • • steady chess player wllo usually em· merited attention) gave me a somewhat Atter maki ng this fourth move, I de ploys reputable and dependable opening better ending and a guarantee agalllBt cided to go around and see how my systems. His selectlOIl of such a sharp all unpleasantness. teammates were making out. To my sur variant caught me "flat·tooted." I felt I would feel more constrained it I prise, I saw the identical positioning as that my partner had prepared a surprise were to play this game now. First of the one in my game with Ciric on two ot some kind, but It was too late to reo all. 1 would take Into consideration the other boards. Three Sicilian Defenses treat. Atter 8 QxP, White, if lie naturally circumstances that I was playing in a out or fou r encounters! It became clear wants to fight tor an advantaG"e in the team competition and on board. Number to me at that moment that the Yugo opening stage, can hardly refrain from 1 at that, meaning that this contest slavs Intended to put up an uncomprom· tactical complications. would be of creat psychological as well as sporting slgnltlcance. Very often the ising tight with us. 11 R-B1 B_B4 4 • • • . P-K3 "duel" between the team leaders serves 12 N-N5 Nx P as a kind of barometer showing the com· This is a surprise, indeed! Black bat spirit of Ihe whole team, Naturally, usually replies with 12 ... N-Q5t, with In this case, one should take the leut the objsct at moving the Knight back possible risk, or practically no risk at to K3. Instead or this na.tural maneuver, all. he now sacrIfices the piece. I would aiso take Into account that the Issue of who would receive the gold • We commonlY give this nnme as Chlrlch medals largely depended on the match (\s the "C"8 carry an ac ce n~ to Indlca~e pronunciation as by oILr ··ch." 'Ve are fol between our tea rna. In the event of a lowing Grand m as t~r S pank)·', a rticle Ver_ victory, the Yugoslav students would be batim. howeVer ( except for stylilltic tech in a very strong position to capture the niC: (l.I1. the Spassky arUcle \lUll Kt for top laurels. Kn ight; eh for check; an(l more punctua tion lin note 10 13 Qx :s-; "A (;On lln\l(l lion of It was possibly this sense of responsl· KotP(KB). 13. Kt."P(KB). KtXKt: H. RxKt, bility for the success of our team that Q·K5ch; etc.l a nd we are al!!O adding dl a' would now torce me (naturally. If I 5 NxN • • • • J;rams), and $0 W e retain his spellings. par(lgra phinl1 and all that rna)' be hi s per could not !lnd a clear-cut plan of action t = cheek; ; = dbl. check; f = cla. ch. sona! preferences.-Ed. after 13 QxN) to select a calm. contlnu· 110 CHUS 'EVIEW, APRIL, tNt aUon: 13 NxBP, and, thereby, avoid a Therefore, a continuation of 14 BxP 18 NxB A,N rather risky opening board debate with did not seem so convincing to me, and a well·prepared rival. I switched my attention over to a re But I must admit ,that at that time ply of 14 QxP. Studying the variants I was far from such reasoning. I was connected with this move, I did not engrossed by the situation, and it even discover any particular danger for seemed to me that I was obliged to ac· White, because, In the event of 14 .. , cept 'the challenge. I, of course, was B-NSt, White had an excellent reply of aware of all the dangers this decision IS R-B3. Should Black now conUnue entailed. If "calm" Ciric sacrifices a with 15 ... B- N3, the next moves would piece, It means that he has analyzed be 16 K-Bl, BxR 17 QxB, and White in detail all possible continuations. And fends off the attack and retains his yet intuition prompted me to think that material advantage. A continuation of my opponent's scheme was not correct. IS .. , QR-Ql 16 Q-K4, BxRt 17 PxB, It was precisely Intuition that guided my P- N3 would be a little better for Black, judgment and made me work intensively but UIls continuation would probably 19 QxB , , . , for a whole hour untll I finally fathomed give him only pl"(Wtical chances of the pOSition. salvation. This is the deciSive blow, which wlll I think that, even If I failed to solve It truly is remarkable the way a chess most rapidly lead to a win, all the problems on the board to the player's brain works during a game! I 19 .. " Q-N3t 24 B-N3 Q-K4 end at that time, I still would not have arrived at 14 QxP, having rejected BxP. 20 R-N4 R-K6t 25 R-K1 P-KN4 made a reply of 13 NxBP with a transi· Why, then, did I study 14 BxP first? 21 BxR QxQt 26 R-B3 K-N2 tion to a somewhat better ending. A Was it because it looked like a more 22. K-B2 R-K1 27 R-Q1 P-B3 decision of this kind at that time would natural reply than 14 QxP? 23 R-84 R-K2. 28 K-N1 P-N5 have been equal to my backing out of 14,.,. R-K1t 29 B-Q4 Resigns the fight, ,equal to the recognition of This excIting game, as well as the my helplessness In the face of my ad· whole match, ended successfully tor our versary's design. team. We defeated the Yugoslav students I accepted the Yugoslav player's chal· 3 to 1, and were the recipients of the lenge not so much because I had figured World Championship gold medals. out all variants, but more because my We found out after 'the match that the intuition told me that I was right. This variant with th-e piece sacrifice had been confidence, in the long run, helped me prepared by the Yugoslavs especially for overcome an unexpected obstacle en· the contest with the Soviet players. The countered in this game. main expert. was International Master 13 . . . , P_Q4 Dragoljub Mlnlc, who tinally persuaded mistrustful Ciric to employ this "secret The idea behind this sacrifice of a weapon." But the surprise, as you can piece is that Black swiftly mobilizes hi9 see, had both its merits and dements. forces and attacks the rIval KJng strand· ed In the middle of Ule board. 15 K-B3 , , . . This is a stronger reply than 15 N-K4. 14 QxP , . . GAME OF THE MONTH . For instance, a possible continuation Studying the varIants arising after COUld be 15 ... B-K3 16 QxKB, QxQ 17 (Conclude<:l from page 105) 14 BxP took up most of my time. It NxQ, BxBt 18 K-B2, BxR 19 KxB, QR was clear to me that Black's reply to QBI, with Black's position not being such a move would be 14 . , . B- N5t. worse than that of his rival. How should White play then? 15 . • , • Q-B3t In the beginning, I regarded the pos· 16 K_N3 • • • • sIbllIty of moving my King back to Kl. It would be wrong to play 16 B-B4, In The main variant 15 K-Kl, QR-Kl 16 view of 16 ... R- K6t. BxPt, K-Rl 17 BxR (I rejected 17 QxR in view of 17 ... RxQt 18 BxR, Q-B2 as, 16 . . . . B-Q3t despite his material advantage, White finds it hard to prove that he has real chances of winning), Q-R4t! convinced me that, In this event, the picture looks sad for White. Indeed, the sIde Queen check is fatal for him. If, for Instance, 18 P- B3, the reply can be 18 ... B- B7t, The situation 1s extremely difficult lor Black. On the passive 34 , , , R/2-R2 35 whereas a decisive continuation to 18 Q-B4, he has no good continuation. So Q- B3 can be 18 ... RxBt 19 K-Q2, B-N5. he allows penetration of White Rooks Instead of making a retreat 15 K-Kl, to the seventh and thus enters upon a I began studying a reply or 15 R-B3, but hopeless position also. I did not like the continuation of 15 ... Q-N4t 16 P-B4, QR-Kl! In the event 34 " " A,P now of 17 N-K6, the continuatiOB can be 35 RxBP Q-N4 17 ... PxN 18 BxPt, BxB 19 RxRt, BxR 17 R-B4 . . . , 3S ... Q- Kl 36 R/I-B6 Is equally bad 20 QxQ, BxP:, and Black wins. Evidently, th'is reply was overlooked for Black. Giving up 15 R-B3, I concentrated my by my rival In the analysis he made at 36 QxQ P,Q 38 R/f-B7 B-B1 thoughts on variants springing up in home. He, probably, only reckoned on 17 37 RxP RxKP 39 P- N3 P-N4 case of 15 K-Q3. But here, too, after 15 B-B4, aUer whIch 17 ... R- K6t would Black tries to prevent the Knight from ... QR-Kl 16 BxPt, K-Rl 17 BxR, RxR, bring him a victory, penetrating but only prevents 40 N-R4, a. completely unclear position would arIse. And, lastly, I, in general, did not 17,... B-K3 40 N-R2 K-N1 consider a reply of 15 K--Q2 at all, be· It is impossible to see how Black can 41 N-N4 RxN cause I realized that it would also per keep up the dying flame of lLttack, be 42. PxR Resigns mit Black to build up quite unpleasant cause the danger to the KB2 spot is most So Black did keep out the KnIght but threats. unpleasant. at too great a cost.
CHESS REVIEW, APRIl., 1969 1\1 Activities of CHESS REVIEW Postal Chess players: game reports &. ratings, names of JACK STRALEY BATTELL new players, prize.winners, selected games, Postal Chess Editor tourney instructions &. editorial comment,
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transfer the steed to K3 whence It can THE PARIS ATTACK support the advanee ... P- KN4. Un fortunately, there Is no time, for WhIte EVERYONE is looking for something new-and usually finds it in begins to expand too quickly. 10 P-K3 N-K3 some tome a hundred or more years old. Such is exactly the case 11 P_Q4 P-K5 here. The writer's good friend, Abell Rudy, should have prided him Apparently, Black bas succeeded in self in his early chess career on being an expert theoretician. Several shutting out White's King Bishop. Only years ago, he discovered the debut: 1 N- KR3. 2 P-KN3, 3 B- N2, 4 apparently-for soon we shall see the value of the Knight at KB2. P-KB4 and 5 N- B2, perhaps in Cooke's Synopsis of the Openings. He 12 P-Q5 N-B4 called it to the writer's attention, and the fun of analyzing began. The 13 P_QN4 N-R3 opening, dubbed the Paris Attack, was thought to have merit. But 14 P-QRS • • • • neither Aben nor this wriler ever till now quite worked up enough nerve Not only has White gained more space, he has also imprisoned Black's. Knight. to test it in serious competition. * Now it is White who will ultlmately In a world of evolution, now is the hour of experimentation. So launch a King-side attack. here we are in uncharted waters which buoy the Paris Attack in varying 14., •. P-B3 aspects in the following games. Black cannot delay this break. For example, on 14 • . . N-QNl 15 B-N2, QN-Q2 16 P-KN4! N-N3 17 Q-Q4, Manhattan Chess Club mains in control of the long diagonal, White's attack is irresistible. Championship 1968 thus permitting control of Q5. Second, a Rev. W. Lombardy Dr. K. Burger break with P- KB4 Is readily avaUable. White Black Third, after such a break, the Knight 1 P_KN3 P-K4 can retreat to KB2 whence it can de fend the points, KN4, K4 and QS, which The dictum used to be: Ponder care frequently remain weak with a Knight I fully over any Pawn move, for a Pawn developed at KBS. Finally, though this ' advance leaves behind weaknesses that may really not be the last word, one Pawn can no longer defend. Here 1 ... should conSider that, even when the P-K4 commits Black to a singularly nar· Knight goes to Its natural KB3, inevita row course of action void of sufficient bly, it must still seek a mora effective choices. Naturally, it remains to prove post with the loss of valuable tempi. whether Black's system is really bad. This writer has employed it successfully. But, for the more cautious player, 1 ... P-KNS has the advantage of allowing 15 P-N4 • • • • Black time to discover White's plan. With one stroke, White crumbles the After all, the initiative ot the first move Black center. The play becomes some still counts for something for White. what tricky; but, with an extra Pawn 2 P-QB4 N-QB3 4 B-N2 P_B4 In the center, White Is now well on the 3 N_QB3 P-Q3 5 P-Q3 N-B3 way to victory. How ironic that Black 6 N-R3 .••• must pay for his waiting move, 8 • . • K-Rl in that he cannot now support his Here, under somewhat special circum King Bishop Pawn with ... P-KNS. s'tances, Is the "Paris move." and the plunge into uncharted waters- more so 15 . . • • PxQP for Black than for White, however! 16 PxQP NxKNP What are the merits or that move? Black is wise to exchange a pair of White's objective is primarily strategical 6 . . . . 8-K2 8 N_B2 K_R1 Knights. He is cramped and so, by dis and only secondarily tactical. The 7 P-B4! 0-0 9 0-0 N-Q5?! criminate exchanges, achieves at least Knight certainly is ineffective on RS, some freedom of action. Soon however, Black had stared at the position for he will be c()mpelled to an undesirable but there are virtues in this develop· some time. His eighth move was a walt ment. First, White's King Bishop re- exchange of his King Bishop. leaving hIs ing move. With no such move available black squares permanently weak. now, he seeks to activate his pieces, a difficult task In view of White's domi 17 NxN PxN • Prot. E. B. Adams. M we haooen to 18 NxP B-B4 know. employed these moves for l.>o th 'Vhlte nation of Q5. Black realil!:es that bis and Black constantly over many, many Knight cannot remain at Q5; and, envi· Black banks on his ability to restrain years. He caBed them the Crazy Cat Open sioning a King-side attack, he wishes to the White Pawn center by pressure along Ing.- Ed.
CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 117 the King rue and the use ot the pin orIty as another old dictum might have along his QR2-KN8 diagonal. This pres· forewarned: beware a Queen near·adja sure cannot endure, however; so it may cent to ),our King it any other adverse be that he might do better with the piece can also approach. diversionary maneuver, . . . N- B2 and 33 • • • • PxN 36 QxR P-N6 ... P-QR4. S4 QxPt K-R3 37 PxP P-R7t 19 N-N3 8-.3 22 RxB Q-N3 35 RxR RxR 38 K_B1! • • • • 20 R_R2 P-KN3 23 R-K2 QR-K1 Black has had his last stab : the queen· 21 B-N2 ••• 24 Q-Q2 • • • • ing square Is held. 38 ••• _ Q-N4t 40 QxQt K-N2 39 K·K1 P-R8(Q)t 41 Q-R5 Resign,
Manhattan VI. Marehall C. C, Match 1968 Rev. William Lombardy Edmar Mednis Manhattan CC Marshall CC 1 P_K4 P-QB4 3 P-KN3 P-KN3 2 P-QS N-QBS 4 B-N2 B_N2 5 N-KR3 • • • •
24 . . • . P-R4 No.1 Visa Klvl Here's the next step. Black intends White to move and win not so much to attack ·White's King as to force White's pieces away from their control of K4. If his idea works out and he can subsequently occupy that vital SQuare, then he may proceed leisurely to bring his horse out of pasture: ... N-QNI-Q2-KB3. Too bad all this is mirage. For, without Immediate and per manent blockade, the White Pawn cen· ter must erupt. 25 R/1-B2 • • • • Now the "Paris maneuver" Is seen In White breaks the pin and prepares a a new light. White's Pawn structure Is retreat for his Knight. already shaped with the spea.rbead at 2~ . . . . P-R5 27 P-K4! R/1-K1 K4 instead of QB4. Yet the Idea Is Promotion cum laude. 26 N-B1 R-K2 28 Q-B3t K-R2 strangely Similar, From KB2, the Knight 29 Q-B6! wlll delend the base (Q3) and strengthen No.2 Vitaly Halberstadt • • • • Now it is White who employs the pin K4 while supporting the advance of the White to move and wIn and with devastating e!fect. The King King Knight Pa.wn. Once that Pawn Pawn Is immune: 29 ... BxP 30 N-Q2! reaches N5, the Knight leaps into action via KN4 from which post it will pound 29 . . . . P-R6 the enemy black sQ.uares, Put simply: 30 B-R1 N_B2 White desires to attack the King. It's too late for chivalry despite the Compare the setup to ,the Black side threat of 31 ... NxP. 30 , . , Q-B2 or a Closed Sicilian 01' King's Indian prevents 31 N- K3; but, after 31 N- N3, Reversed. In either instance, Black's B-Bl 82 P-K5, R-B2 33 Q- R4t, K-N1 pla.n, more often than not, Is to clear 34 P- K6, R-R2 35 QxNP, there Is no the black sQ.uu'es on the long diagonal more play, by advancing hIs Queen Knight Pawn. 31 N_K3 BxP In those openings, he can achieve his 32 BxB R•• objective thanks to a ready target on the White QB3, a Knight or a Pawn. Here he has no such targets and must con· Net nets King or Queen. front White on the Klngside, the area in which White will have most of his No.3 Bondarenko forces. Queen·side play is thus cancelled White to move and win or at least considerably delayed in this reversed opening of a reversed opening. 5 • • • • P-K3 Black is preparing to restrain any White advance to KB5. 6 P-KB4 KN_K2 7 N-B2 P-B4 Here, even though a loss of time Is 33 N_B~! • • • • thus Incurred, 7 .. , P-K4 Is interesting. White's P-BS is prevented. For, on 8 The final chapter. Strange that just N-BS, 0-0 9 P-KN4, there follows 9 when the White center seems collapsing, . , . PxP! 10 BxP, P-Q3 11 P-N5, N- K4! a rude combination, rather simple, puts Thus, Black stymies White's Intended. Black to sleep. Mate threats take pri· N-KN4, applies pressure on White's My kingdom for a check. Pawn chain and clogs up the diagonal Solutions on page 121. t = check; +: = db!. check; I dis, ch, at White's King Bishop, Of course, White 118 CHISI REVliW, APR.IL, 1969 may modify his plans and continue with P-QN4, ... Q-N3 and ... B - NZ. Once 2} 22 N-Rl, QR-KNl 23 R- K2, B-Q5t; N-B3, B-K3, Q-Q2 and QR-Kl. Black has played ... P-Q5, however, he 3} 22 K-Rl, R-N6 23 Q-R5, B-B5, and 8 N-Q2! must be careful to recapture with a White may politely resign. • • • • Pawn on KB4 in order to control his K5 This move is not sparkling but is the 22 .... R-N6 and KN5. In reply to NPxP, either Pawn 23 Q-K2 N-K6! best method of developing the Kn:ight. recapture is adequate. Since It cannot profitably occupy Q5, it This move was tearfully anticipated. is headed toward the Ringside. 12 NPxP NPxP 14 PxP NxP Having no way to stop it, White could 8.... R-QN1?! 13 PxQP NxP 15 NxN BxN only hope that Black In his kindness 16 Q-B3! B-K3 would not play it. Too bad. Now Black The charge Qf the Queen Knight Pawn Stop! 16 .. N-N5 is colorful but is gains the time necessary to double is still attractive in this configuration. Rooks. 8 • . . P-Q4-Q5, however, is a better smeared by 17 B-B4. 24 BxN QR-KN1 idea and Quite playable as White will 17 B-R6! • • • • not have K4 for his Knight. 25 N-R1 • • • • The crucial stage. White here is mak 9 P-KN4 A last trIck, 25 B- N5, opening the • • • • ing an aboutface, for he had already King file again and temporarily mask· The text precedes castling so as to planned 17 R-Kl. (The mystery of the ing the King Knight file is repulsed by retain the option of marching the King mind when the hand reaches out to 25 ... B-Q4 or ... Q-Q4! Rook Pawn while the Ring Rook is still play something totally unexpected, even In support. 25 . . . . RxBt to the player himself!) During the game, 26 QxR RxQt 9 . . . . P-Q4 White had expected 17 R-Kl to be a 27 KxR B-Q4t This move is possible since time has winner; but Black comes out on top after 17 ... Q-Q3 18 P-B4, Bxpt 19 'Vhlte's forces are entirely too disor not already been wasted on a previous ganized to put up much resistance. . . . P-Q3. Black hopes to entice either K-Rl, N-B2. 18 RxB is met by 18 ... 28 K-B2 P-KB5 31 K-Q1 BxNP KPx.QP (or BP) or P- K5 in order to QxR 19 Q-KSt [to prevent 20 B-B4} 20 29 B-Q2 Q-KB3 32 N-N3 B-R6 play ... P- Q5 and ... N--Q4 taking ad E-Bl, N-B3. vantage of White's weakness on K3: 10 30 K-K2 P-86t 33 P-B3 BxP 34 N-K4?? P-K5, P-QN4! 11 N-B3, P- Q5 12 Q- K2, N- Q4, and Black has the initiative. 10 0-0 .•.. Now 10 P- KR4 is met by 10 ... P-K4. 10 _ . . . 0-0 11 N-B3 .•••
Now White really does threaten 18 R-Kl. So Black's next Is forced.
17 . . . • Q-Q3 Manhattan Chess Club 18 QR-K1 • • • • Championship 1968 Between moves nine and eighteen, Rev. William Lombardy Dave Daniele White had stewed long enough to con· sume an hour and twenty-eight minutes. 1 P-KN3 N-K83? 11 . . . . P-K4?! Taking too much time allows the cob Black is unaware of White's plan! Attack on the flank is properly met webs to gather. And here the webs cloud 2 B-N2 P-QB4 4 N-KR3! B-N2 by a break in the center-but not a the obvious, for the Exchange ought to 3 P_KB4 P-KN3 5 N-B2 N-B3 hasty break. be accepted. True, Black gets a Pawn; Of the possible dangers in the posi· but he is obliged to amass tremendous tion, the real one lies in not finding the counterplay to compensate fully for the correct plan. There perhaps is the rea Exchange with White's Rooks coming son why Black consumed a fair amount instautly into play. By refusing the Ex ot time in the early stages-no guess· change, White gets into deeper time work for him. pressure and accepts apparently insolv· He prefers not to weaken his Ringside able problems. with ... P- KR3 though that prevents 18 . . . . R-B3 N-KN5. Neither is the exchauge of 19 B-N5 R-N3 Queens to his liking: on 11 ... QPxP 12 QPxP, QxQ 13 RxQ, R-Ql 14 RxRt, Now 19 ... BxPt is also playable. NxR 15 P- B3, N- B2 16 B-K3, P-N3 17 20 P-KR4 P-KR3 R-Ql, White has the Queen file. Then 21 B-81 K-R2 again, arter 11 ... QPxP 12 QPxP, P-N3 22 P_R5 ..•. 13 Q-K2, White prevents ... B-QR3. White has missed Ws chance. So he 6 P-B4 • • • • What to do? 11 . .. Q-N3 Is a reason· plays his last trump. He hopes to obtain This is another method. Of course, able alternative. For it can be followed play on the King file and, as a last reo White may continue with 6 P-Q3 pre· by a redeployment of the pieces: ... sort, to trade in his Queen for two paring P-K4. Then Black can play ... N-QI- B2 and . . . B-Q2-B3. There Is Rooks, thus enabllng him to fight on. P-Q4 and, on P-K4, exchange Pawns, ample time since White's attack, if any, Unfortunately, Black Is already too well equalizing without much difficulty. A cannot suddenly build up steam in such centralized. forthright 6 P-K4 is probably WhIte's a closed position. Various other tries all lead to dIs· best in this position. The idea in the Yet, after all this discussIon, the text aster: game is simple enough: to take advan· may be the best choice. 12 P-K5 is an 1) 22 R-K2, QR-KNI 23 N-Ql, P-B5 tage of the open diagonal of the White swered by 12 ... P-Q5 followed by ... 24 Q-R5, B-Q5t 25 K- Rl, N-B3 26 BxBP, King Bishop and thus to gain a grip on N-Q4 and a gradual buildup with . . . Q-Q2, and there is no more; the important Q5,
CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 119 6 , , . . R-QN1 S P-Q3 P-QN4 23 PxP PxP Even agaInst this system, the Paria 7 N-Bl P-QRl 90-0 0-<> 24 Q-N2 • • • • Attack comes in! Is -there nothing to 10 R_N1 . . . , discourage this mad debut? The studerrt s hould note the slmllarlty Defore White can proceed with any ot the Wblte deployment here to one ot plans, the Queen·slde tension must be Black's methods ot detense In the resolved. On 10 ... P-KS, White llas Closed Sicilian." 11 P- K4 threatening P-K5 and N-K4. Apparently, with White or Black, the 10 . . . • PxP 12 P-N8 P-Q3 configuration dIsplayed by Rossollmo is 11 PxP B-N2 13 B-N2 N-Q5 too passive. But then prejudiced opin White has better control In the center. Ions. more than most, are subject to cor· So Black heads for simplification to r~ reetion. lieve the slight congestion of his forces. 7 . . . • 0-<> Remedies lor minor Illnesses, however, 8 0-0 B-Q2 orten bring on worse complications. 13 9 8_Q2 • • • • . . . N- Kl followed by . . . P-B4 Is Another plan lor White is 9 Q-Q2 fol· slightly better. 25 .... N-K3 lowed by P-QNS, B- NZ and QR-Kl. 14 8xB RxB Ot course, 25 .. K-R2 encounters 26 9 • • . . Q-B1 15 P-K3 N-K3 N-S.f. Eventually, Black wishes to play ..• Here Black places his Knight In an 25 QxP N-Q5 29 RxR R_KB1 P-B4 while avoiding the incurs1.on of awkward position whence It has IItue 2f.i N_Q5! N,N 30 Q-K6t K-R1 White's N-KN5. future. 15 ... N-B4 followed by ... 27 BxN ! PxB N-B4 R-B3 10 N-B2 N_B4 P-KR4 is logical sInce White cannot 28 KPxN RxRt "32 N-N6t K-R2 11 R-N1 PxP drive away the Knight with P-K4. 83 RxR , . . .
Black's main tdea Is to dominate the 16 P-KN4! . . , . 83 . . . . Px. black squares a nd, more especially, to The exclamation mark Is more for DJack Is still in trouble whichever way anchor a KniglJt at Q5. By threatening strategy than tactics. White pl'oposes to ile I·eakes. On 33 .. . BxR Sol Q-B7t, to occupy K6, whel'eby White will have gain more space while avoiding ex· K-U3 [01' 34 ... B-N2 36 NxP] 35 N-B8, to part with Bishop for Knigilt (how un· changes ot minor pieces. K- N4 S6 K-D2, with ills Queen cornered. Important!), he Ilopes to Induce P- K4. 16 • . • . N-B2 Black cannot long resist the mating at 12 8xP R-K1 17 Q-B3 Q-R1 ta
The tournament was conceived of as only to such. Then the tournament would the ehance. Bronstein had to pia)' with a great and important che" event bound have rated with the greatnes;\ and signi. that areal drawing artist Burkhard Malich 10 attract the attention of all the chess ficance of Lasker of past chess. And of East Germany and had to be satisfied world, corresponding 10 the ITeal name there'd bave been no diHiculty as to cate· with a draw while Uhlmann won easily to which it was dedicated. But it was gory requirements and number of grand. from the Cuban mISter Ortega. born under an unfortunate , taT, and masters. Likely, however, it was Wolfgang Uhl· everything went backwards. AI nearly Nonetheless, the toumament do« merit mann who de!t'rved to win the touma· the same time, three great tournaments atten tion for the names of some of the ment. He di3plared good play. were organized, all with the intention of competitors and their fighting qualities. The other rCi ults can be seen from the attaining an FIDE lA category. The Grandmaster Alexei Suet in of the tournament cfl)sstable. othe~ were that in Palma de MalloTea Soviet Union started vehement ly, takina: and the "Acropolis" international in b1fJ of the first B points and ranging be· Athens. And the variou. organitert found fore such grandmasters as hi s country· Th. Main Meetln4J th.emselves in difficulties II it Wat very men David Bronstein and Eugeni Vasyu. kov and Wolfgang Uhlmann of Eut Here Grandnlaster Wolfgang Uhlmann -hard to assemble enough arandmutera ma.y be seen in excellent form as he all at the same time. So the Luker Cermany, who each had 51!.! points. In turna back Grandmaster David Bron· Memorial suffered to the ex tent that it the later half of the tournament, however, stein, his principal rival for nrst place attracted but six grandmasters, when eight "miracles" (as Suelin declares) began In the tournament. is necessary for category IA. Thus, the to happen. The first "miracle" befell tournament lost in reput.lion .nd im· Suet in himself. Whereas it had seemed BOGO·INDIAN DEFENSE portance and was unable even to award no one could hope to overtake Suetin', W. Uhlmann D. Bronatein or confirm grand. or international mu· locomotive, it suddenly lost its stearn and East Germany Soviet Union ter titles. Therefore, also, another aim of was stranded. He lost in round 9 and 11 White Black the organiurs fell flat : the tournament to Reinhardt Fuchs of East Cerman)' and 1 P_Q4 N-KBS 3 N-KB3 B-N.5t could promote home players to the rank to Dragoljub Minich of Yug:oslavia. Too 2 P-Q84 P-K3 4 QN-Q2 P-QN3 of international muter. great an ambition and a little fog in hi s The normal eonUnuation. , ... P"'(H, The tournament', greatest loss WII in head brought him the result which he Is considered better. the unexpected refusal of former world could easily have avoided if he'd sensed S P-QR3 • • • • champion Botvinnik. He cancelled his en· il in time. So Bronstein and Uhlmann Black muat concede the Two Bishops try shortly before the tournament began. surpassed him and took the lead. Tile)' as now 5 ... B-K2 permits 6 P-K4. And his participation WII of ,pecial in· met in round 12 for what seemed the 5 • • • . B)(N t lerest: Botvinnik is one of the few livin, decisive fight for first place. And Uhl· 6Qd • • • • chess players who met Lasker in .several mann, playing excellently, defeated his On 6 DxN, Black follo\\'5 with 6 • • tournaments. main rival. N-KS, 7 ... P- KB-l and 8 ... B-N2. At the last moment, also, Milko Bobot. Now of course first place was decided. 6 . . . . P-QR4 sov of Bulgaria and Wolfg.ng Pietnch of But, no, Uhlmann began to play in· 7 P-QN3 •••• East Germany, grandmasters both. The securely and thoughtlessly. He outplayed White prevents II. blockade of tournament organizers wero frultrated, in. Alexander Zaitsev of the Soviet Union in Queenslde br 7 ... P- RS! deed. round 13 but didn't succeed in clinching 7 . . . . B-N2 So the great tournament, In itl con· his advantage and 50 lost a half.point al· 8 P-K3 0-0 ception, became, in reality, a raLher small ready in his pocket. So the distance be. s ... BxN gives WhIte two powerful one and a hardly noticed chess event. tween him and Bronstein narrowed to half D1 8hop8. Such dHficulties surely can euily be a point. Then, in the penultimate found. i B-K2 P-Q3 11 B_N2 Q-K2 avoided. Shrewd management through the Uhlmann took chances against Laszlu 10 0-0 QN-Q2 12 Q-B2 • • • • office of the FIDE could permit more Barczay (the young Barczay, not lhe White moves to prevent 12 ... N-K5 knowing timing or even regulate the hid· veteran Laszlo Barcza) of Hungary and and 13 ... P- KB4 while also preparing ding for the appearance of the grandmas. lost. Thus, Bronstein came unexpected) ' to light lor his K4 by N-Q2. ters. It merely needs someone to devote alone on top. But the last round equalized 12 . . • • B-K5 care to such problems. Yet, on reconsideration, this writer can see that the tournament merited its dis· East lerna 1968 appointments. The orianiun are not at , , 3 7 , to 11 1314151' PoInt, P.lace fault that Botvinnik failed to participate, • • • • " , Uh,m ... nn • , 1 , , 1 0 I I , I , , , , , "I ,-, hut are for another mistake. Lasker was , Bronltein , • I I I , , I I I , , I , , , 'OJ ,-, indeed born in Germany i but, in hi, ca· , Suetin I 1 , I , 0 I , 0 , I I I , , OJ 3 Ba,.g:... y , ,• , , , , reer he &urpused the borders of his coun. • 1 • I 0 I I I I I I Vuyukov , I I , • , , I 0 I , , I I , , • .-,.-. try and became the chessplayer of the • Z ... ' tuv A I 0 , 1 , I I , I , , I , I , II• '_7 Fuchl , , , • , world. OIess doesn't recognize border&. 7• , 0 0 I • I , I I I 0 '1 '·7 Malich • •• I 1 1 I 0 ,• I I I I I• , "Gen.s una summu.s" i, the motto of the • Czom 0 , 0 0 •, , , , 0 • .-. 1 • 1 1 s .• TIDE. So the organizers should have in. • Minich ,• 1 , •1 1 1 I 0 •0 1 0 • 0 , , • Henningl , , , • , , 11.12 vited to the Lasker Memorial the leading " 1 0 0 1 1 • • 1 " " Zinn ,• ,, 1 1 , 0 •I I 1 , • I I •, 0 "• 11 • 12 players of all countries, not, as it did, I'bdovich , 1 , 1 0 I •0 • I I 1 • " Schoeneberg • • , •• only representatives of Eastern Socialist " 0 0 1 , I •, I 1 •0 •, I •1 I I , , 14·15" " Elpig 0 0 0 I 0 I I I , 0 I 0 I I , 1 , 14·15 countries as though Luker had belonged " Ortega , , 0 , 0 0 , 0 1 0 0 , I , I , " '1 " 122 CHISS IUVllW, APRtL., 1969 Here 12 ... P-K4. 13 PXP, PxP 14. 29 BPxQ P-B3 57 . , , . K-B2 59 R-N4 R-N7 KR-Ql, P-K5 15 N-Q4., N-K4. 16 P-R3! With this move alone can Black pnt 58 K_K5 R-N3 60 RxPt K-B3 allows White the better play. up resistance. 61 KxP Resigns 13 Q_B3 P-B4 30 PxB P,N 14 QR_Q1 P-R5 31 P-Q6t K-K1 Here 14. ••• KR-Bl is correct. The 31 ... K-Q2 runs into 32 R-B7t. Successful Hunt text allows 15 P-QN4. and an active 32 KR_K1 K- Q2 34 RxNP KR-N1 It is told that Bronstein Is not so Pawn lonnatlon on the Queenside for 33 R-K5 QR-QB1 35 R-N4 , . , . successful as a hunter of ladies. But White. White needs to play very carefully never believe it! Observe how foxily he 15 P_QN4 KR-B1 since he has two weak Pawns. hunts down Madame the White Majesty 16 QPxP NPxP 35 .... P-B5 in this game. 16 . . . QPxP permits the dangerous 36R-QB1 P-B6! CARO_KANN DEFENSE 17 N-N5, B-N2 18 B-Q3 [with threat of The text is Black's only chance. 19 BxPtl. P-R3 19 B-K4.! R. Fuchs D. Bronstein 37 RxRP · , . 17 P- N5 . East Germany Soviet Union · . . , Even though White has two Pawns 1 P-K4 P-QB3 4 P-QB4 N-KB3 This strong passed Pawn in addition plus, he still has difficulties. to the Two Bishops gives White a con· 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 5 N_QB3 P-KN3 37 . . . • KR-B1 siderable advantage. 3 PxP PxP 6 Q-N3 , , , , 17 . . . . N-N3 37 ... KxP is met by 38 R-Q4t, K- B4 This dangerous move renders the 39 R-Q3, etc. And Black errs. 17 B-N2 is right. Black Uanchetto variation dubious. • • • 38 R-QN4 18 N-N5! B_N2 6 , . . . B-N2 8 P-N3 QN-Q2 39 P- N6 • • • • On 18 ... B-N3 19 B-B3, P-Q4, White 7 PxP 0-0 9 B-N2 N-N3 Now that line of 39 R-Q4t, K-B4. 4.0 10 KN_K2 " .. wins a Pawn in a better position: 20 R-Q3, KxP 40 RxP, RxR 41 RxR, R-B2! PxP, PxP 21 BxP! QNxB 22 fuN! The Queen Pawn is well defended, and requires still more work from \Vhite. it is a great question U Black has enough 19 'Q-Q3! P-Q4 39 . . . . R_QB4 compensation for it In the free play of Now Black is forced to yield a Pawn, Black intends to bring his King near his pieces. anyway. On 19 ... P- R3 20 QxP! QxQ the Queen Knight Pawn while prevent· 10 . . . . B-B4 21 RxQ, NxP 22 BxN, PxN 23 BxN, PxB ing P-QR4-5. 11 0-0 Q-Q2 24. KR-Ql! White has a positionally won game. 40 R-N3 P-B7 44 R- N4 R- QB4 11 ... B-Q6 seems strong; but, after 41 R-N2 R-QN1 45 K_K2 12 P-Q6! PxP [12 ... QxP' 13 BxP, 20 BxN Q,. 22 Q-R5 K-K2 K-B3 42 P- QR4 R_N2 R-Nl1 14 B-B4] 13 BxP, R-Nl 14. B-B3, 21 QxPt K-B1 23 PxP N,P 46 R_N2 R- K4t 24 B_B3! 43 K- B2 R_Q R4 47 K-Q3 R- Q4t KR-Kl 15 Q-Ql! though Black retains • • • • good piece play, he still does not have Here this Bishop works powerfully. enough compensation for his Pawn. 24 . . . . R-R1 12 R-K1 ..•• 25 Q-N4 Q-R3 26 Q-N3! It is better to work on one attacker • • • • of the QUeen Pawn by 12 B-N5. This pat move stops the mate threat 12 . . . . P-KR3 whlle threatening an eventual Q-B7t. Indeed, Black thinks so, too, and acts 26 . . . . Q-R5 to prevent B-N5. As 'White's Queen is so strong, Black 13 P-QR4! is obliged to seek a trade of Queens. - . . . This move usually cOmes into consider ation In this variation. 'Wh1te takes ad vantage of the bad posItion of Black's Queen Knight.
48 K_ K4! • • • • 13 . . . . QR-Q1 14 P-Q6! \Vhite can win only If he secures the • • • • Black King Knight Pawn and so he The text is the correct line for White directs his King thitherward. On 48 KxP, who thus trades one of his doubled RxP 49 RxRt , KxR, White Is still con Pawns for Black's sound Queen Rook fronted with a very difficult problem If Pawn. he Is to win. 14 , . . . QxQP 48 .... R,P 50 RxRt K,R On 14 ... PXP 15 P-R5, White gets In 49 R/1xPt K_N2 51 R-N2t K-B3 16 QxNP, etc. White wins on 51 .. K-R4 52 R-N5t. 15 N-N5 Q-Q2 27 BxN • • • • 52 R-N4 R-Q7 15 ... Q-Nl is not possible because of This combination wins in any event. 53 R-B4t! K-N3 16 B-B4, Q-Rl 17 N-B7, Q-Bl 18 P-R5. 27 • • . . .,. As White wins also on 53 ... K-Q3 16 NxP N/N-Q4 27 ... QxQ fails against 28 BPxQ as 54 R-Q4t, he has maneuvered the Black 17 N-N5 B-K5! then 29 RxPt for an easy win impends. King far from the vital Kingside. Black continues successfully to main· 28 P-K4 , •.. 54 K- B3 R-Q6t taln active counterplay. The text does lead to a win but only 55 K- N4 R-Q7 18 N-B4! , . . . alter an unnecessarily long and difficult 56 R-K4! R-Q3 White needs to improve his position endgame. After 28 Q-B7t, K-B3 29 Black cannot afford 56 . . . RxP as, by means of some exchanges. RxD!! PxR 30 P-B4.! QxPt 31 K- B2, after 57 RxPt, K- R4 58 P-R4! his Knight 18 . . • . BxB Q-R5t 32 K- B3, Black has no adequate Pawn must fall. 19 KxB P-N3 defense against the dual threats, Q-Q6t 57 K-B4! • • • • 20 Q-KB3 •. , , and QxPt. The finish is clear: White's King alms Here is White's first, but important, 28 . . . . QxQ for the center; his Rook 'will attack the inaccuracy. He ought to trade a pair Whi·te has no problems after 28 . . . Knight Pawn on its file; and there is B-B5 29 Q-B7t, K-B3 30 N-B3! no adequate defense. t :::: check; : _ dbl. check; I :::: dis_ cll. CHUS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 123 or KnIghts: 20 NxN, NxN 21 Q-KB3 to1· This innocent·loDklng mOove Is surpris· lDwed by B-QZ retains the better game. ingly strong. 20 , , • . N-QN5! 14 . . . . R-R1 21 R-K2 KR_K1 14 .•. P-QR3 is Insuftictent as White 22 B-K3 ••.• gains a good edge by 15 N-R7! and 16 Here is anDther sUp. 22 P-R3 Is In· NxB. And 14 . . . NxN 15 PxN gives dIspensable. NOoW the cunning David ex· White a dangerOous Queen·slde initiative hlbits his great skUl as a trapper Df after he has prepared N-B4 and P- QN4. ladies Dn the chessboard. 15 Q-R4 N-R3! 16 K-R1 • • • • NDW White, whOo is preparing P- B4, remOoves his King frOom any chance .. . B-Q5t. 16 . • . . N-R2 17 B-N3! • • • • Now White's threat of P-B4 is aug· mented: it ties in with pressure on Black's Pawns on K4 and Q3. 18 . . . • Q-K2 19 P-B4 P-B4 The more moderate 19 . . . PxP 20 BxP, B-K4! is better. 20 BxP is then 22 . • .• P-KN4! 24 NxNt P.N tabu, because Oof 20 ..• Q-R5. 23 N-R5 P-N5 25 Q-B4 N-Q4! 19 QR-K1 B-Q2 Resigns 20 B-B3 QR-K1 To save his Queen, White must yield Black's exposed Queen marks his priOor a piece by 26 Q-Q6, QxQ, or allow 26 Bronstein the Deerslayer playas inferiDr. . . • Q-N2 with repercussiOons. 21 KPxP NPxP The liggest Bargain Black's Oonly chance lies In his accept· In Chen Literature One Sharp Turn ing hanging Pawns. 21 ... BxP 22 PxP Is WOorse. . White decides this game after a bit 22 PxP P.P of seesawing, with a sharp thirtieth 23 P_Q6 Q-Q1 move which threatens a defensive-aggres· 24 BxNP N-N5 ANNUAL sive sacril'ice. Volume 36 - $8.00 KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE LL twelve issues Oof CHESS REVIEW W. Uhlmann D. MinIch A published during 1968 have been East Germany Yugoslavia handsomely bound in cloth makini! 1 P_Q4 N-KB3 4 N_QB3 P-KN3 IMs jumbo-sized hook more than 384 2 P_QB4 P-QB4 5 P_K4 B-N2 ultra-sized pages. Games from the im· S P_Q5 P-QS 6 N_KB3 0-0 portant 1968 chess events are picked 7 B_N5 P-K3 and annotated by such authorities as On 7 ... P- KR3, White has 8 B- B4. Svetozar Gligorich, Hans Kmoch, Dr. 8 N-Q2! • • • • Petar Trifunovich and B. J. Withuis. On 8 B-K2, Black Oobtains equality From the chess scene, Trifunovich with 8 ... P-KR3 9 B- R4, PxP 10 DPxP, gives ring.side accounts of the main P-KN4 11 B-N3, N-R4. tournaments. All the games of the chal. 8 • • • . N_R3 10 0-0 R-N1 25 P-R6 • • • • lengers matches and the Hort-Reshev· 9 B-K2 N-B2 11 P_QR4 P-KR3 The positiDn has become tOD sharp fOor sky-Stein playoff appear besides a 12 B_R4 P-K4! any such SIDW and passive mOove just tOo permanent record of news and hest Black has quite cDrrectly transPOosed prevent Z5 ... P-QR3. White does bet· tel' immediately to free his Queen with games Oof 1968 and some close glimpses intD a King's Indian Defense. On 12 ..• PxP 13 BPxP, White has a clear and 25 Q-R3! He holdS the advantage after of Robert J. Fischer on and off the 25 ... N - B7 26 QxP; or 25 ... P-K5 chess arena. strDng strategical plan well in hand tn P-B4 and P- K5. 26 N-B7, N-Q6 27 NxR, BxP 28 Q-N3, Openings are well covered by the an· RxN 29 NxP! Oor 25 ... BxN 26 PIB, 13 P-R5 Q-Q2 notators mentioned and in special arti. QxQP Z7 N-B4. Black intends to free his King Knight cles by H. Bouwmeester and I. A. 25 . . • • and then play ... P-B4. N-Q' Horowitz. 26 R_K2 P-K5 Problems and endgames appear in 27 Q-N3 Q-N4! the department conducted by Walter In this abruptly changed pDsltiOon, Korn and other insertions; and quizzes, Black has good attacking chances. cartoons and chess tales, and illustra· 28 N-B7 R-QN1 tions enliven the fare. 29 N-Q5 Q-N5 Postal Chess fans can find their reo 29 ... B-Q5! retains Black's advan· sults and ratings, and astute annota. tage and llOpe Oo ~ attacking. The text is tions by John W. Collins. bad. Volumes 30.34, 1962..1966 30 R_K3! • • • • stili on hand for $8.00 eaoh White displays his trick: 31 Ib:N mOoves the pillar Df Black's attack. CHESS REVIEW 30 • • • . B-Q5 32 QxP K-R1 134 W. 72 St" New York, N. Y. 10023 14 N-N5! • • • • 31 RxN PxR 33 N-N3! QR-K1 124 CHES$ REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 Black is lost, can do nothing more. 24. • •. NxQP! 26 KxQ N-B5t 34 NxB PxN 38 QxQP N-R4 25 Q-N2 QxQt 27 K_N1 •••• 35 N_K7! N_B3 39 Q-Q3 R-B2 On 27 K-Rl, 27 .•. N- Q6 is decisive. 36 S-K5 K-R2 4{) K-R2 N-N2 27. . . . B-R3! 37 P_R3 Q-N4 Resigns Or one might say 'that Black has de Black doesn't await ·the execution. cided, 'anyway: White must still con· cede the Exchange. For 28 KR-Kl again A Prophet in His Own Country allow.s 28 ... N-Q6. 28 P_B3 BxR 31 K-N2 R/3-B3 The tourney co·winner almost did not 29 KxB N-K3 32 R-B6 R/1-B2! Books 1, 2. and 3 win; and, if he had not, he could have 30 R_B1 R-R3 33 K-B2 • • • • thanked his fellow countryman tor this 33 RxP loses of course to 33 ' . . game! 7 The Chess Informant is a N- B5t. new project, a compilation by SOGO-INDIAN DEFENSE 33 .... N-Q1 S9 P-B5 N-Q1 the Yugoslav Chess Federation W. Uhlmann R. Fuchs 34 R-B8 R-B1 40 N_B4 K_K2 35 K-K3 Ea$t Germany East Germany R/3-B2 41 K-B4 P-QN4 of the most important games 36 P-B4 PxPt 42 N-K3 N-B3 in the world-wide arena from 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 8 P-QN4 P-Q3 37 PxP N-KS 43 P_KR4 K-Q2 2 P_QB4 P-K3 9 B-N2 QN-Q2 38 RxRt 44 P_R5 N-K2! tournament and match play. 3 N_KB3 B-N5t 10 B-K2 N-K5 This Knight Is set to guard Black's 4 N-Q2 0-0 11 Q_B2 P-KB4 KN3 against an eventual King incllrslon. 5 P-QR3 BxNt 12 0-0 R-B3! Book 1 at $6.00 6 QxB P_QN3 13 P-Q5 R-R3 45 K-N5 P-R3t 47 N-Q5 N-B3 Book 2 at $6.00 7 P-K3 B-N2 14 QR-Q1 P-K4 46 K_B4 N_N1 48 BxN PxB 15 B-Q3 • • • • To realize Black's material advantage It seems as if White 11as accomplished is not so simple. Hence, his chosen The project arranges selec his strategical goal. The Knight on K5 method of winning is quite instructive. tion of games by leading cannot retreat; and, after 15 ... QN 49 K-K3 K-K1! B3, White gets an edge by ]6 N- Q2.! Yugoslav and Soviet Union The King will defend the Bishop Pawn players, including W 0 rId so as to free the Rook. Champion Tigran Petrosyan. 50 K_Q4 P-R3 59 N-B8t K-Q2 51 K-K3 R-B1 60 N-N6t K-B3! 52 K_Q3 K-B2 61 N_Q5 R-Q8t Book 3 at $6.00 53 N-B3 R-KN1 62 K-B4 R," contains 748 great games from 54 P_R4 p,p 63 PxRt K-Q3 55 ",p R_N4 64 K_Q4 P-KR4 January to June, 1967_ 56 N-N6 RxRP 65 K_K4 P-R5 57 N_B8 R_R8 66 K_B4 K,P Book 3 alone also contains 58 NxPt K-K2 67 K_N4 K-K5 Resigns crosstables of the major tour naments: Hastings, Re g g i 0 Emilia, Groningen, T i fl is 15 . • • . P-B3! (USSR Champ;on5h;p), New Black has, however. this excellent way of activating his Bishop by a Pawn sac Good Result and Good Play York (U. S. Champ;onsh;p), rifice and thus of continuing his danger· International Master Reinhardt Fuchs Stockholm, Beverwijk, Vrn ous King·side attack. played very well and against top scor· jacka Banja, Buenos Aires, 16 BxN PxB 18 PxP N-B3 ers in the tournament as well, winning 17 QxP PxP 19 Q-N1 Q_Q2! fl'om Uhlmann, Suetin and Barczay. Malaga, Colditz, Riga, Sara jevo, Monte Carlo, Halle, Now Black threatens to take the FRENCH DEFENSE Queen Pawn. 19 ... BxP immediately is Bucharest, Kraljevo, Moscow met by 20 RxE, NxR 21 Q- R2. etc. R. Fuchs L. Barczay and Leningrad. 20 P-K4 Q-N5! East Germany Hungary 21 Q-Q3 .••• 1 P-K4 P_K3 3 N-QB3 N_KBS The books are completely \Vhite must return a Pawn. 21 R- Kl, 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 4 B-KN5 B-N5 R-N3, and Black wins. Or 21 N-Q2, This sharp MacCutcheon Variation is indexed, by playerfj, openings R-N3 22 P-NS, Q-R6, etc. seldom seen in ' contemporary tourneys. and commentators. Comments 21 . . • . R-N3 23 N_Q2 Q-R6 5 P_K5 P-KRS 8 Q_N4 K-B1 are by code symbols (explain 22 P-N3 R-KB1! 24 Q_KB3 • • • • 6 B-Q2 BxN 9 B-Q3 NxB ed in English it n dot her White has nothing beUer. 24 KR-Kl 7 PxB N_K5 10 KxN P_QB4 Is well met by 24 ... N-NS. 11 N-B3 P-B5 languages) . 11 ... Q-R4 and ... N-B3 aflords Black more chances. A unique "international" 12 B-K2 N-Q2 14 Q-B4 N-N3 code makes the games read 13 P_KR4 P_QN4 15 P-QRS . , , . able by all, with piece sym White acts to check an eventual • • • P-QR4 and ... P- N5. bols plus designation of 15 • . . . N_R5 square to which moved. 16 KR-QN1! • • • • White meets 16 ... Q-R4 by 17 R-N4! Book 4 now out at $6.00 16 . . • • QR-N1 Book 5 now out at $6.00 17 P-N4 .••. Book 6 out soon t cheek; * ;::; db!. check; I ;::; dis, ch. CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 125 White's King-side attack is the more NxKP, N- R7 with the win ot the Ex- IN A WOODEN effective. Now Black cannot prevent the change. opening of lines by P-N5. CHESS SET 11 _ . . . B-B4 17 . . . . P-QR4 12 N-K4 • • • • YOU WILL FIND 18 P-N5 Q_B2 Already, White Ilas to. go on the de 19 R-N1! P-R4 fensive. 12 N-B2 allows a strong ripost NO BETTER BUY White was threatening 20 PxP with a by 12 ... P-K5! decisive ~ttack. 12 • . . . N,N Than 13 PxN B-K3 14 N-Q3 • • • • THE GRANDMASTER White is incautious here. 14 P-QR4 to. prevent ... P-R5 ·ts necessary. 14 • . . . P-R5! CRAFTSMAN 15 PxP BxP 16 Q_B2 ..•. A Superb Chess Set Black emerges with the better play after 16 RxP, N-R4 17 R- Ni, B- R71 18 R-N2, B-K3. 16 • • • . N-R4 17 8-Q2 P-QB41 18 KR_B1 • • • • 20 P-N6! P-B4 Black meets 18 BxN with 18 ... BxN. 21 N-N5 B-Q2 18 • • • • KR-B1 22 KR-QN1! • • • • 19 BxN B,N This magical Rook works o.n bo.tb 20 PxB R,B sides! No.W it again prevents 23 Now the position looks Ilke a hopeless P-N5. Black's game is ho.peJess as he draw. There are even those unlike RE you looking for a wooden cheu is actually playing a Roo.k down. Bishops! But Black maintains active A ~et of distinguished design, exacting 22 .. , . P- N5 26 K-K1 Q-N3 play and poses problems (or his o.PPo workmanship and long-lasting durability 23 RPxP PxP 27 N-B7 R-N1 nent. -at a reasonable price? If you are, th en 24 RxP RxR 28 Q-N5! B-K1 21 Q-N3 KR-Rl ! 25 PxR P-B6t 29 N-Q6 Resigns THE CRAFTSMAN is the set for you. 21 . . . R-B2 is weak, and White On 29 ... QxQP, SO Q--Q8 decides. Its pieces are shaped in the graceful continues with 22 B-B3 and 23 B-Q1 fo.I equality. lines of the famous Staunton pattern, in • smoothly finished wood, called Tsuge 22 R-B4 B_81 23 8-B3 one of the finest and most expensive in Eking out Q Win • • • • 23 QxP. QxQ 24 R."'I:Q, RxP 25 RxR, J .pan- and are perfectly weighted for The tournament co.-winner wo.rked hard RxR 26 R-N3. P-B5 leaves Black with balance at the base, which is relted with to. secure this impo.rtant point, hard and an advantage, but not likely enough to billiard cloth. The King is four inches keenly, wiu. high. with a I%, inch hase; and the othe, RETl OPENING men are in the true Staunton proportioni. E. Vasyukov w. Uhlmann The pieces, which come in deep black Soviet Union East Germany and sleek yellow, are beautifully turned 1 N_KB3 N-KB3 3 B_N2 P-KN3 out and carved. A particularly lovely de 2 P_ KN3 P-Q4 4 0-0 B-N2 tail is the wonderful carving done on the 5 P-Q3 • • • • Knights- in the best tradition of famed White wishes to. play the King's In oriental workmanship. dian as an attack with White's tempo. This outstandingly good-looking set is S • . . . 0-0 bo:xed attractively in sturdy Nara wood, 6 QN_Q2 N_B3! favored for furniture and flooring becaulo Developing pieces is more important of its durable qualities. here than the good-lo.oking 6 ... P-B4. Striking to look at and perfect for cheu Black aims fO r an energetic entry in the play, this set is a lifetime buy at an amu center utilizing the so.mewhat passive 23 .... P-QN4! ingly reasonable price! positio.n of White's Queen Knight. Here Black co.ntrives ,t o. Introduce life 7 P-QB4 .... into. a nearly dead Po.sltlon. Catalogue No. 908 ....•...•... •• •• f40.00 7 P-K4 is better. 24 PxP RxRP 26 Q-Q2 R/1-R4 No. 26, 3V2 Inch King ....•.....••$44.00 7 . . . . P-Q5! 25 Q_Q1 Q-N2 27 P-N6 R-R3 Correct. White cannot readily a.ttack 28 Q-8f! R/6-R4 this Pawn; Black will prevent P-QN4; 28 . . . RxP Is met effectively by 29 and P-K3 is not possible without serious B-K2. R/6-R6 30 RxP, etc. weakening ot White's Q3. 29 P-R4 • • • • 8 R-N1 P-QR4 Black wins the Knight Pawn after 29 9 P_N3 • • • • Q-N2 by the maneuver, ... B-K2-Q1. An immediate 9 P-QR3 incurs an ef- 29 • • • • RxP 31 K-N2 R-R7l fective 9 ... P-R5! 30 RxR QxR 32 Q-Q1 • ••• 9 . . . • P-K4 On 32 R-B2, Black secures his advan 10 P-QR3 Q-K2 tage by 32 ... B-R3! 33 Q-Ql, R-R6 34 MAIL YOUR ORDER TO 11 N-K1 · . -. B-K2, R-N6. CHESS REVIEW Black has held off 11 P-QN4 and 32 . . . . Q-N7 34 Q-K2 Q-N8 strengthened h-is center. 11 P-QN4 is 33 Q-K1 R-R8 35 K-R3 R-R7 134 Weat 72nd St., New York, N. Y. 10023 met by 11 ... P::lr:P 12 PXP, NxP 13 36 R-Bf • • • • 126 CHESS REVIEW", APRIL, 1969 36 Q-Ql, Q-N7! 31 Q-KBl, QxP 38 • QxQ, RxQ 39 B-Q1, R-Q7 40 B-B2, P-B4 is also clearly bad for White. 36 . • • . QxR 38 K-R2 QxQP 37 QxR Q-B8t 39 K-N2 Q-B6! White has some small hopes after 39 ... P-B5 40 B-K2, QxPt 41 P-B3, Q-K6 42 QxP. 40 Q-Q5 P- Q6 41 B-N4 P-B5 42 B-K6 • • • • HOW APPALLING! The text looks desperate; but Black also wins on 42 B-Q7, Q-Q5 43 B- NS, P-Q7 44 B-R4, B-B4. How did it feel for Botvinnik to face Keres or, conversely, how did 42 . . . . PxB 44 Q-Q7t K-R1 it feel for Keres to face Botvinnik at The Hague in 1948 with the world 43 QxPt K-N2 45 Q-K8 Q-N5 championship in sight? Here is the Nimzo·lndian Defense which they Resigns discussed in which Keres looked like anything but Keres, and Botvinnik made a mighty step forward. The game begins with 1 P-Q4, N-KB3 2 P-QB4. P-K3 3 N-QB3. B-NS 4 P- K3, 0-0 5 P-QR3, BxNt 6 PxB. A Neat Surprise D. Minich Cover scoring table at line indicated. Set up position, make Black's next move (exposing table just enough to· read it). Now guess White's 7th move, then expose it. Score par, if move agrees; zero, if not. Make move actually given, Black's reply. Then guess White's next, and so on.
COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME
White Par Black Your Selection Y.Uf' Played Score Played for White's move 8CON 6 ..• R-Kl (a) • ••••••••••••••• · ...... 7N-K2 ...... •..•...... 5 7 •.• P_K4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... 8N-N3 ...... • ..•...... 5 8 ••• P-Q3 ·...... • ••••••• 9B-K2 ...... •..•• 4 9 .•• QN-Q2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... A. Suetin 100-0 ...•.... • ....•.... 4 10 ••.. P-B4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... To this position can be affixed the 11P-B3 ...... 5 11 ••• BPxP (b) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... direction: Black to play and win. For 12BPxP ...... •. 5 12 ... N-N3 · ...... Dragoljub Minich surprised his opponent 13B-N2 ..•...... S 13 ••. PxP (c) · ...... • • • • • • • • with a fine Queen sacrifice: 14 P-K4 (d) ...... 7 14 ..• B_K3 27 ... QxN!! 28 QxQ, R.... Bt 29 Q-K3 ·...... [or either 29 K- Bl, BxPt 30 R-N2, R-N5 1SR_B1 •...... •...... 7 15 ... R-K2 • ••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • + or 29 K-Q2, B-R3t 30 K- Q3, R-Q1t 16QxP ...... • 5 16 ... Q-B2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... 31 K-B2, R-K6§ 32 K-Bl, R- QB6 mate], 17P_B5 ...... 7 17 ••. PxP · ...... RxQt 30 PxR, P- K5 31 R-N2, BxRP 32 18RxP ...... 5 18 •.. Q-B5 · ...... R;I2-Q2, B-B3 33 R-Q6, BxP 34 RxP, ·...... B-B6t 35 K-B2, P-N6 36 R-QB6, B-K4 19B-B1 ...... 6 19 ... Q- N1 ••• • • •••••••• • • • ...... 37 P-R5, P-N7 38 R-QNl, R-KN1! 39 20 R_KN5 (e) ...... •... 7 20 ... QN_Q2· · ...... R- KR6, R-N7t 40 K-Bl, R-QB7§ Re. 21RxPt· .• ·· ...... •.• 9 21 ... KxR • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... signs. 22 N-RSt •..•...•..•..... 7 22 ••• K-N3 •••••••••••••• • • • ••••••• 23 Q-K3 (f) •.•..••.••••• 6 23 ... Resigns ·...... Tourney a Casualty The Championship of the Greater New Total Score ...... •... 100 Your Percentage ...... York Public Schools was stopped by police action in March. The playing site SCALE: 7S-100-ExceHenti 55-74-Superiori 4O-54--Good; 25-39-Falr was declared a fire trap after half the lights in the tournament room blew, and NOTES TO THE GAME '" Position after 15 •.. PxP parents of the contending children sum· a) This unusual move for the Nimzo is hardly so moned the police. William Goichberg, promising as 6 ... P-B4. who promoted the tournament, is refund· ing the entry fees and is absolved of b) Thus to straighten out the White Pawns is blame by the aroused parents. The land· definitely a positional blunder. lord of the building had switched the c) Here Black compounds his error: he ought not tournament from a suitable room to an to open the position further. overcrowded one with visible live wires. d) This disconcerting surprise has the highly And the parents blame the city Board of practical effect of preventing ... P-Q4. Education for not supervising the condi. e) Now the threat of 21 QxN restricts Black's tions. And the police are worked up as, reply whereby he walks into a definitive finale. a week earlier, a flash fire in a Fifth f) Obviously, Black's position is hopeless. Avenue building hit the headlines with a heavy mortality rate. t = check; ; = double check: § = dis. check. CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1969 127 For how your Qlub can be lilted WHERE TO PLAY CHESS write to CHESS REVIEW LEADING CLUBS OF NORTH AMERICA
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