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

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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.