August 12, 1956 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 12 Aug 1956, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, August 12, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 36 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, February 8, 2020

Problem No. 36 by H. Ahues, Germany. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 5nb1/8/2P2p1r/1BBk4/1P1PR3/3p1KN1/1b4Q1/3n4 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Re6 f5 2. Re5#

Today's the Day

Here's that opening again! This time it is won for Black and those who maintain the Max Lange is a win for Black are celebrating! But the final bolt has NOT been shot in this opening yet!

MAX LANGE

Played by correspondence, 1956.

M. Rinaldi, Switzerland (white) J. Vandiest, Belgium (black).

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 N-B3 4. P-Q4 PxP 5. O-O B-B4 6. P-K5 P-Q4 7. PxN PxB 8. R-K1ch B-K3 9. N-N5 Q-Q4 10. QN-B3 Q-B4 11. N3-K4 B-KB1 12. NxBP KxN 13. N-N5ch K-N1 14. P-KN4 Q-N3 15. PxP B-Q4 16. PxB(Q)ch KxQ 17. N-R3 B-K3 18. N-B4 Q-B2 19. NxBch QxN 20. P-B4 R-B 21. R-B1 P-Q6 22. Q-B3 QxQ 23. RxQ N-Q5 24. R-B1 NxP 25. R-N1 B-B4ch 26. K-R1 R-Q1 27. B-Q2 P-N4 28. P-B5 P-N5 29. P-B6 B-Q5 30. P-B7 K-N2 31. B-BR6ch KxB 32. P-B8-Qch RxQ 33. RxR P-Q7 34. R8-B1 N-K6 35. R-N1 P-Q8-Q 36. QRxQ NxR 37. RxN BxP 38. R-Q7 P-B4 39. R-QB7 B-Q5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Ne4 Bf8 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. g4 Qg6 15. fxg7 Bd5 16. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 17. Nh3 Be6 18. Nf4 Qf7 19. Nxe6+ Qxe6 20. f4

(a) Threatens to win a piece with NxB and Q-R5ch.
(b) The Rubinstein line.
(c) Samisch move and used quite often by Kolstanowski!
(d) According to Keres the best continuation.
(e) If 14. … QxNPch; 15. QxQ, BxQ; 16. P-B7 mate.
(f) And here it is: The refutation by Keres. Gives up the exchange for two Bishops and advantage in development.
(g) Must try to get rid of one of the Bishops.
(h) The critical position. Black now threatens … N-K4.
(i) Sad necessity.
(j) Gains another pawn.
(k) White having made two Queens, it is now time for Black to make one too.
(l) The forward march of the Black pawns cannot be stopped. A game of high theoretical importance. We are now burning up a lot of candles trying to find something to beat back Black's 15th move: B-Q4.

Played in the recent Claire Benedict tournament, Switzerland.

Nimzo-Indian

John Fuller, England (white) vs. Josef Kupper, Switzerland (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. B-N5 P-B4 5. P-Q5 P-KR3 6. B-R4 PxP 7. PxP P-Q3 8. P-K3 O-O 9. B-Q3 P-KN4 10. B-N3 NxP 11. N-K2 Q-B3 12. O-O BxN 13. PxB N-B3 14. B-K4 NxBP 15. NxN QxN 16. QxP B-K3 17. KR-B1 Q-N5 18. P-B3 KR-Q1 19. Q-B7 R-Q2 20. P-QR3 Q-N6 21. QxR BxQ Resigns a few moves later 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nxd5 11. Ne2 Qf6 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Be4 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qxc3 16. Qxd6 Be6 17. Rc1 Qb4 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qc7 Rd7 20. a3 Qb3 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 Resigns a few moves later 0-1

(a) More usual is 4. P-K3.
(b) A mistake or a pawn sacrifice? Black takes.
(c) Black is not only a pawn up, he has taken over the lead too.
(d) This loses the Queen and with it the game.
(e) White resigned a few moves later.

Chess Quote for the Day

The pawns are the soul of the game.—Philidor