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

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

Problem No 18 by R. Smith, Cotati
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 6K1/3B4/6N1/2bk4/8/2Q5/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bb5 Bd4 2. Qc6#

A Game

From New Orleans we receive the following game for publication. Pillsbury Club, Memphis.

Max Mueller (white) vs. Clinton Joseph Cuculla, Jr. (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bishop Attack, Classical Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-K3 O-O 5. B-Q3 P-Q4 6. KN-K2 P-B4 7. O-O PxQP 8. KPxP PxP 9. BxP P-QR3 10. B-KN5 B-K2 11. Q-Q3 N-B3 12. P-QR3 P-N4 13. B-R2 N-K4 14. Q-N3 N-N3 15. P-B4 P-R3 16. BxRP PxB 17. P-B5 B-Q3 18. Q-B3 B-N2 19. QxB BxPch 20. K-R1 N-N5 21. R-B3 PxP 22. R-R3 Q-B2 23. QxQ BxQ 24. R-KB1 K-N2 25. RxBP QR-K1 26. R5-B3 N-B5 27. R-R4 P-B4 28. N-N3 N-N3 29. N-R5ch K-R2 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne2 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. a3 b5 13. Ba2 Ne5 14. Qg3 Ng6 15. f4 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. f5 Bd6 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Qxb7 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Ng4 21. Rf3 exf5 22. Rh3 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Bxc7 24. Rf1 Kg7 25. Rxf5 Re8 26. Rf3 Nf4 27. Rh4 f5 28. Ng3 Ng6 29. Nh5+ Kh7 0-1

(a) Better is first 7. P-QR3.
(b) Something like a “safety first.”
(c) And now the scrap is on, but in earnest! WHite might also have considered 16. BxN, BxB; 17. P-B5, etc.
(d) White must regain his piece. If 17. … PxP; 18. QxNch, etc.
(e) has to return a piece, so prefers the White Queen far out of reach of home base.
(f) A hunting we will go!
(g) After 20. KxB, N-N5ch; 21. K-N3, Q-R5ch; 22. K-B3, PxP, leads to real trouble. But 20. KxB, N-N5ch; 21. K-N1, Q-R5; 22. R-B3, Q-R7ch; 23. K-B1, Q-R8ch; 24. N-N1, could have been tried.
(h) The mate on K1 can only be stopped at the expense of material.