April 04, 1959 The Gazette by D.M. LeDain

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The Game of Kings 04 Apr 1959, Sat The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Newspapers.com

Zurich Plans International
Zurich, Switzerland, is planning an international tourney from May 19-June 8. Invitations are going out to experts from many countries. They particularly hope to have young Bobby Fischer, USA champion, but there is the question of school examinations for him. Even the more important Challengers tourney, slated for Yugoslavia, Sept.-Oct. next, poses a serious decision as participation will cut two months off his school term, and Bobby is not prodigious outside of chess.
Dr. Alexander Rueb, one of the founders and first president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), is dead at The Hague at the age of 76.

The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Saturday, April 04, 1959 Problem No. 626 Dr. L.S. Penrose ("London...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, February 27, 2020

Problem No. 626 Dr. L.S. Penrose (“London Observer” 1920) White mates in two moves.
FEN 8/2Np4/3P1p1B/3RpP2/4k1K1/3pp1Q1/5p2/3B1Nrb w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Kh5 Rxf1 2. Qg4#

The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Quebec, Canada Saturday, April 04, 1959 Chess Quiz No. 428. Farre (Spain) vs. Gudmundsson...

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Chess Quiz No. 428. Farre (Spain) vs. Gudmundsson (Iceland) World Team Championship, 1958. White to play and win.
FEN 2r3k1/1p3pPp/p2QbBp1/qr2p3/4P1P1/P4P2/1PP5/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
1. Q-B8ch! RxQ; 2. PxR(Q)ch, KxQ; 3. RxP Resigns. Not 1. RxRP? because of 1 … RxPch etc, and Black will mate first.

Played in Reykjavik, Iceland, 1956:

French Defense

Marelsson (white) Sigurdsson (black)
French Defense: Advance Variation, Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. P-K5 P-QB4 4. P-QB3 N-QB3 5. P-QR3 Q-N3 6. N-B3 B-Q2 7. B-K2 N-R3 8. P-QN4 PxQP 9. PxP N-B4 10. B-N2 B-K2 11. P-N4 N-R5 12. NxN BxN 13. Q-Q3 NxKP! 14. PxN QxPch 15. K-Q1 B-R5ch 16. K-B1 B-N4ch 17. N-Q2 R-B1ch 18. B-B3 P-Q5 19. R-B1 RxBch 20. QxR QxRch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. a3 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Be2 Nh6 8. b4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Qd3 Nxe5! 14. dxe5 Qxf2+ 15. Kd1 Ba4+ 16. Kc1 Bg5+ 17. Nd2 Rc8+ 18. Bc3 d4 19. Rf1 Rxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Qxf1+ 0-1

J. Penrose B.C.F. Champion

Jonathan Penrose defeated Leonard Barden 2 wins, 0 losses, with 3 draws, in the play-off match for the British Chess Federation championship, after they had tied for first in the tourney. The best of six games match ended with the following decisive 5th. Notes abbreviated from those by Barden in “Manchester Guardian”.

Jonathan Penrose vs Leonard William Barden
British Championship play-off (1958), London ENG
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky. Louma Variation (B58) 1-0

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-QB3 P-Q3 6. B-K2 P-K4 7. NxN PxN 8. Castles B-K2 9. P-B4 Castles 10. K-R1 N-Q2 11. B-B4 N-N3 12. B-N3 B-K3 13. P-B5 BxB 14. RPxB P-Q4 15. Q-N4 K-R1 16. R-B3 P-Q5 17. N-K2 N-Q2 18. R-KR3 P-KN3 19. PxP BPxP 20. QxP R-B8ch 21. N-N1 Q-KN1 22. QxBP N-B3 23. R-N3 Q-QB1 24. Q-N5 R-K8 25. B-R6 RxR 26. QxP B-Q1 27. B-N7ch K-N1 28. QBxKN7/6B+ K-B2 29. R-N7ch K-B1 30. Q-Q6ch K-K1 31. R-K7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. f4 0-0 10. Kh1 Nd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Be6 13. f5 Bxb3 14. axb3 d5 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Rf3 d4 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Rh3 g6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Rf1+ 21. Ng1 Qg8 22. Qxc6 Nf6 23. Rg3 Qc8 24. Qb5 Re1 25. Bh6 Rxa1 26. Qxe5 Bd8 27. Bg7+ Kg8 28. Bxf6+ Kf7 29. Rg7+ Kf8 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. Re7+ 1-0