Chess Chats 19 Aug 1956, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com
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.
