April 22, 1956 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 22 Apr 1956, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Sunday, April 22, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 20 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, February 6, 2020

Problem No. 20 by Jim West, Tiburon. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN q4B2/3p1b2/1b1R4/pBk1n1nR/P1p3p1/NpQp3r/1K1P1N2/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nc2 Qxf8 2. Qd4#

Played in simultaneous exhibition in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Mikhail Botvinnik (white) vs. Rosset (black)
King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 N-KB3 2. P-B4 P-KN3 3. N-B3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 5. P-Q4 O-O 6. B-K3 QN-Q2 7. P-KR3 P-K4 8. PxP PxP 9. Q-Q2 R-K1 10. P-KN4 P-B3 11. B-K2 K-R1 12. O-O-O Q-K2 13. K-N1 N-B4 14. Q-B2 P-QR4 15. N-Q2 B-K3 16. P-N5 N3-Q2 17. P-KR4 K-N1 18. P-R5 QR-Q1 19. R-R2 N-B1 20. N-Q5 PxN 21. BPxP RxP 22. K-R1 RxN 23. RxR R-B1 24. Q-N1 NxP 25. R-Q1 NxNP 26. Q-Q3 B-B3 27. Q-N5 B-B4 28. PxP BPxP 29. QxRP R-B7 30. Q-R4 Q-QB2 31. Q-N5 P-K5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be3 Nd7 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qd2 Re8 10. g4 c6 11. Be2 Kh8 12. 0-0-0 Qe7 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Qc2 a5 15. Nd2 Be6 16. g5 Nd7 17. h4 Kg8 18. h5 Rd8 19. Rh2 Nf8 20. Nd5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Ka1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc8 24. Qb1 Nxe4 25. Rd1 Nxg5 26. Qd3 Bf6 27. Qb5 Bf5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qxa5 Rc2 30. Qa4 Qc7 31. Qb5 e4 0-1

Game not listed among games of Botvinnik or Rosset.

(a) Intends to attack on the king's side.
(b) Waste of time. Wanted to avoid exchange of the bishops by playing B-R1 if white played B-R6.
(c) More to the point is 13. B-R6.
(d) Looks good but actually leads to trouble. There's a flaw in the combination.
(e) Saves both attacked pieces. If 22. PxR, B-B4, etc.
(f) Protects his bishop as after RxB; 31. Q-B4ch would follow.
(g) Threatens RxNP and QxR.

Game of the Week

In the following game we have two of the sharpest attacking players of the 19th century battling to get at each other's king. Note the quiet but all powerful 17th move of Tchigorin. It is easy to imagine the look on Winawer's face after this move!

Mikhail Chigorin vs Simon Winawer
Berlin (1881), Berlin GER, rd 11, Sep-10
King's Gambit: Accepted. Salvio Gambit Cochrane Gambit (C37) 1-0

Chess Quote of the Day

“There is a widespread assumption today that chess is too scientific a game to afford relaxation after the occupations and pre-occupations of the day. This amounts to denying oneself an addition to the beauties of life.”
J.S. Tartakower in “A Brevity of Chess.”