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Chess Chats 19 Aug 1956, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com
Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, August 19, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 37 by...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, February 8, 2020
Problem No. 37 by R.D. Browne, Oakland. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 3R1b2/7r/1NQpp3/n3kBBp/qn5N/1p3r2/4Pp2/1b1R1K2 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Re8 Qxc6 2. Rxe6#
Brilliancy Prize from the recent Yugoslav Championship.
Rudolf Maric vs Milan Matulovic
YUG-ch (1956), Skopje YUG, rd 12, Feb-26
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation (B62) 1-0
(a) More usual is 7. Q-Q2.
(b) Could have castled Queen's side here.
(c) In the game Ivkov-Dr. Trifunovic, Belgrade, 1954. Black continued with 9. … P-KR3; 10. B-R4, B-K2; 11. O-O, Q-B2; 12. N-N3, N-K4; 13. Q-Q4, R-QB1; 14. P-B4, N-N3; 15. B-N3, P-K4 with equal play.
(d) Is not afeared. If 12. BxN, PxB.
(e) Better is 13. … Q-B2.
(f) Not 15. … N5xQP; 16. NxN, NxN; 17. RxN, etc.
(h) After 22. … KxP; 23. R-B4 is deadly.
(i) Threatens … RxBP.
(j) Forced as R-R5 mate is threatened.
Another Game
Jozef Gromek vs Zbigniew Boleslawski
Krynica (1956), rd 4
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39) 1-0
(a) Better is 4. P-K3.
(b) Immediately 4. … P-QR3 is needed.
(c) Prefer O-O or B-N2 here.
(d) Puts the poison in his own coffee. By the way, this is not the famous Russian master, just a Polish player!
(e) How bad can it get?
(f) Something's gotta give!
Chess Quote for the Day
The mistakes are all there, waiting to be made.—Tartakower.
