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January 08, 1956 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats Chess ChatsChess Chats 08 Jan 1956, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Sunday, January 8, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 5 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, January 31, 2020

Problem No. 5 by H. Kroc, Poland.
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 1B3Q2/1pr1r2B/1R4n1/2Pp4/RNPkP3/1P4P1/3P4/2K1N3 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. cxd5 Nxf8 2. Nbd3#

Shortcuts
Recent Swiss Championship

Paul Mueller (white) vs. Erwin Nievergelt (black)
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation, Barmen Defense, Central Exchange

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. P-Q4 PxP
3. P-QB3 P-Q4
4. PxP QxP
5. PxP N-QB3
6. N-KB3 B-N5
7. B-K2 O-O-O
8. N-B3 Q-QR4
9. B-K3 N-B3
10. Q-N3 P-K4
11. PxP NxP
12. NxN BxB
13. NxP B-R3
14. NxR QxN
15. Q-K6ch N-Q2
16. N-Q5 Q-R4ch
17. B-Q2 Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. d4 cxd4
3. c3 d5
4. exd5 Qxd5
5. cxd4 Nc6
6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Be2 0-0-0
8. Nc3 Qa5
9. Be3 Nf6
10. Qb3 e5
11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Bxe2
13. Nxf7 Ba6
14. Nxd8 Qxd8
15. Qe6+ Nd7
16. Nd5 Qa5+
17. Bd2 1-0

(a) Canal's continuation 7. N-B3 deserves consideration.
(b) Turns out to be wrong … a good try is not good enough in chess.
(c) 12… QxN; 13. BxBch, NxB; 14. Q-B4ch, etc.
(d) Against R-B1ch and B-B4ch Black has nothing.

Swiss Championship 1955.

Budapest Gambit

A. Rothen (white) A. Sieber (black)
Indian Defense: Budapest Defense, Rubinstein Variation

Descriptive
1. P-Q4 N-KB3
2. P-QB4 P-K4
3. PxP N-N5
4. B-B4 QN-B3
5. N-KB3 B-N5ch
6. QN-Q2 Q-K2
7. P-QR3 N5xKP
8. PxB? N-Q6 mate
 
Algebraic
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e5
3. dxe5 Ng4
4. Bf4 Nc6
5. Nf3 Bb4+
6. Nd2 Qe7
7. a3 Nxe5
8. axb4? Nd3#

(a) How many times has this happened before?

Played in France, 1955

Sicilian Defense

Ernst Ludwig Klein (white) Joukovsky (black)
Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. NxP P-KN3
5. N-QB3 B-N2
6. B-K3 N-R3
7. Q-Q2 N-KN5
8. NxN NPxN
9. B-Q4 P-K4
10. B-B5 B-KR3
11. Q-Q1 N-B3
12. Q-Q6 B-B1
13. QxKPch B-K2
14. B-Q6 R-KN1
15. P-KR3 N-R4
16. B-B4 P-KB3
17. QxBch QxQ
18. BxQ Resigns
 
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 g6
5. Nc3 Bg7
6. Be3 Nh6
7. Qd2 Ng4
8. Nxc6 bxc6
9. Bd4 e5
10. Bc5 Bh6
11. Qd1 Nf6
12. Qd6 Bf8
13. Qxe5+ Be7
14. Bd6 Rg8
15. h3 Nh5
16. Bc4 f6
17. Qxe7+ Qxe7
18. Bxe7 1-0

(a) Better is 4. … N-B3, so as not to permit White playing 5. P_QB4. (The Maroczy bind).
(b) Strange development. It belongs on KB3.
(c) Better was 9. … O-O.
(d) Prevents N-N5.
(e) Loses his rook. Just punishment for bad play.

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