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Chess Chats 04 Nov 1956, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com
Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, November 04, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 48 by...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Problem No. 48 by Leah Colton, San Francisco. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 8/5Q2/3pPn2/3P1r2/1r2kPpN/bP1R2P1/2N1P3/3K4 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qg6 Ne8 2. Qxf5#
Oklahoma City
Bobby Fischer, the 13-year-old whiz, after playing his fourth master-opponent in a row without a loss asked me: “When do I get a fish as an opponent?” So I promptly gave him Fischheimer of Chicago.
Arthur Bisguier vs Claude Fred Tears
57th US Open (1956), Oklahoma City, OK USA, rd 4, Jul-19
Dutch Defense: Leningrad. Matulovic Variation (A89) 1-0
(a) Alexander's line.
(b) Might cosider returning to N1.
(b) Gains nothing.
(c) Locks the stable door. Black is really in trouble now. Has no interest in saving the exchange. He needs fresh air badly.
(e) Simple and neat.
(f) The threat is RxPch. If 26. … Q-R3; 27. Q-K5 finishes matters too.
Try That Again
Oklahoma City — Player phones me at 2:30 a.m. Sleepily we growl into the telephone: “Yes.”
“I wish to resign my adjourned game against so-and-so.”
“Why not tell me that at 10 tomorrow morning?”
His answer?
“I might oversleep myself.”
Charles C Crittenden vs Arthur Bisguier
57th US Open (1956), Oklahoma City, OK USA, rd 5, Jul-20
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense. Gusev Countergambit (D06) 0-1
(a) The champion wants a fight!
(b) Taking the Queen would give White a great positional advntage.
(c) Prefer 7. P-K4 here.
(d) After 11. QxNP, QxQ; 12. NxQ, BxR; 13. NxBP, B-R4; 14. NxKR, B-N2 and White is lost. Now Black starts a rolling.
(e) Waste of time, but he is hard up for good moves.
(f) A persistent bishop.
(g) Leads to a quick loss. Why not try 18. NxPch, BxN; 19. NxKP, BxB; 20. NxN?
(h) After 21. KxB, NxN; 22. BxN, Q-Q6ch, etc.
Chess Quote of the Day
Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf.—C.J.S. Purdy
