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Chess Chats Sun, Jan 1, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 4 by J.C. Morra, Argentina White to...

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Problem No. 4 by J.C. Morra, Argentina
White to play and mate in three moves.
FEN Q4K2/6Bb/8/R7/8/1P6/BpPp4/k1bR1n2 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qh1 Be4 2. Qh8 Bxc2 3. Bxb2#

Young South American Star

Oscar Panno, who won the junior world championship in 1952 when 18, comes from Argentina, where he dislodged M. Najdord as national champion. His latest success was in the interzonal at Goteburg, Sweden, where he finished third behind Bronstein and Keres, to qualify for next year's world champion candidates event.
A match with Reshevsky is now in the offing.
Below is his win over Carlos E. Guimard, also of Argentina, at Goteburg.
Najdorf was also one of his victims.

Oscar Panno vs Carlos Enrique Guimard
Gothenburg Interzonal (1955), Gothenburg SWE, rd 3, Aug-18
Tarrasch Defense: Classical. Bogoljubow Variation (D34) 1-0

(a) The Tarrasch variation.
(b) Threatens PxP.
(c) His Q's pawn is under fire all the time. The text-move looks for counter-chances.
(d) The “killer.” After 24…PxP; 25. P-Q5 wins.
(e) If 28. B-N5, N-N5; 29. RxR, N-QR4ch, etc.
(f) Simple? True, but neat. It shows great mastery on White's part.

Played in a Madras, India, tournament recently.

Sicilian Defense

K.N. Sunderam (white) R. Nagaraja Rao (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP P-KN3 5. P-KB4 B-N2 6. B-K3 N-B3 7. N-QB3 O-O 8. B-K2 Q-R4 9. N-N3 Q-B2 10. Q-Q2 P-Q3 11. O-O B-N5 12. P-B3 B-Q2 13. QR-B1 QR-B1 14. B-R6 N-K4 15. BxB KxB 16. N-Q5 Q-Q1 17. NxN KxN 18. Q-Q4 P-KN4 19. P-B4 PxP 20. RxPch K-N3 21. R-QB3 P-KR3 22. Q-Q2 R-KR1 23. R-N3ch K-R2 24. R-R4 N-N3 25. QxPch K-N1 26. QxR mate

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Qd2 d6 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Rc8

(a) “Old Dragon.”
(b) The so-called “Maroczy bind.”
(c) So far so good, but here black should have played 16. …BxN; 17. BPxP, Q-N3ch, etc. Now he really gets “bound” up.
(d) 18. … Q-N3 does not help either, as then 19. P-B5 would suffice. White finishes the game in a quick and sure manner.