February 10, 1957 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 10 Feb 1957, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, February 10, 1957 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 62 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, February 13, 2020

Problem No. 62 by J. Haring, Holland. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 4K1B1/4Q3/b7/rp6/N2k4/3p4/1R6/1rR5 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Rc5 d2 2. Rxd2#

What a Sacrifice

Yngvar Barda vs Dieter Keller
Moscow Olympiad qual-1 (1956), Moscow URS, rd 2, Sep-02
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense (E59) 0-1

George Koltanowski's version of this game includes additional moves on #29, not mentioned on the chessgames.com version: White to move. Check. Last: 29...Bd3+
29. Rxh3 Bd3+

(a) Collins played R-K1 against Rankis.
(b) Loses a tempo but stops 13. P-K4 and threatens P-K5.
(c) Doesn't hold up. Better was 15. P-QB4. Now Black takes over.
(d) Forced.
(e) Somewhat better was 20. BxN, QxB; 21. Q-Q1.
(f) Threatens NxRPch.
(g) Further lines are opened for the attack.
(h) The key to the preceding sacrifice. White cannot stay the execution.
(i) Every player dreams of these kind of Queen sacrifices!
(j) Switzerland has a number of upcoming young masters: Bhend, Walther and Keller, just to name a few.

Moscow Chess Olympics, 1956

Dieter Keller vs Jozef Gromek
Moscow Olympiad qual-1 (1956), Moscow URS, rd 1, Sep-01
Sicilian Defense: Classical. Fianchetto Variation (B58) 1-0

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-QB3 P-Q3 6. P-KN3 P-K4 7. N-K2 B-K2 8. B-N2 O-O 9. O-O P-QB3 10. P-KR3 P-QN4 11. B-K3 N-QR4 12. P-N3 Q-B2 13. Q-Q2 B-N2 14. P-KN4 QR-B1 15. QR-B1 KR-Q1 16. N-Q5 BxN 17. PxB N-Q2 18. N-N3 R-K1 19. P-N5 B-B1 20. P-KR4 Q-Q1 21. B-R3 N-N2 22. Q-K2 R-B2 23. P-R5 P-N3 24. P-QB4 PxBP 25. RxP RxR 26. QxR P-R4 27. P-R3 P-B4 28. PxBPe.p. NxP 29. Pxp PxP 30. B-K6ch K-N2 31. Q-KR4 N-N1 32. N-B5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.h3 b5 11.Be3 Na5 12.b3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.g4 Rac8 15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nd7 18.Ng3 Re8 19.g5 Bf8 20.h4 Qd8 21.Bh3 Nb7 22. Qe2 Rc7 23.h5 g6 24.c4 bxc4 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.Qxc4 a5 27.a3 f5 28.gxf6 Nxf6 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Be6+ Kg7 31.Qh4 Ng8 32.Nf5+ 1-0

(a) Feels nothing can happen to him on the Queen's side or the center, so on with an attack on the King's side.
(b) Advice is hard to give.
(c) Does not care for the eventual P-N6 for White.
(d) Switch of scene, attack on the Queen's side.
(e) Loses patience and with it the game.
(f) After 32. … PxN; 33. Q-N3ch, K-R2; 34. QxN mates.