February 17, 1957 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 17 Feb 1957, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, February 17, 1957 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 63 by...

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

Problem No. 63 by G. van Dyck, Holland. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 4Rb2/8/2N5/3pnp1K/R2qk3/2pr1np1/6N1/1BB4Q w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Ne1 Qxa4 2. Bxd3#

Short and Sweet

Played in Berlin, 1956, Rapid Transit tournament.

N.N. (white) vs. Klaus Viktor Darga (black)
Queen's Pawn Game

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KR4 2. P-QB4 P-R5 3. P-K4 P-R6 4. PxP P-K4 5. PxP B-B4 6. N-KB3 N-QB3 7. N-B3 KN-K2 8. N-K2 N-N3 9. B-N5 NN3xKP 10. NxN NxN 11. B-N2 QxB Resigns

Algebraic 1.d4 h5 2.c4 h4 3.e4 h3 4.gxh3 e5 5.dxe5 Bc5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Nge7 8.Ne2 Ng6 9.Bg5 Ncxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bg2 Qxg5 0-1

(a) N2-N1 was best.
(b) Must lose a piece. If 11. Q-Q2, QxB; 12. QxQ, N-B6ch, etc.

Played in Berlin, 1956, Rapid Transit tournament

Klaus Viktor Darga (white) N.N. (black)
Borg Defense: Borg Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KN4 2. N-KB3 P-N5 3. N-R4 P-K3 4. P-KN3 B-K2 5. P-KB3 BxN 6. PxB QxPch 7. K-Q2 PxP 8. Q-K1 Q-Q5 mate

Algebraic 1. d4 g5 2. Nf3 g4 3. Nh4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. f3 Bxh4 6. gxh4 Qxh4+ 7. Kd2 gxf3 8. Qe1 Qxd4#

(a) It must have been hot that day!
(b) Wishes to exchange Queens but has set up a self-mate instead.

Played in Berlin, 1956, Rapid Transit tournament.

Wilk (white) Prof. Ostmann (black)

Wilk vs Neumann
Berlin (1956)
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 1-0

(a) Thinks that after 7. NxB, Q-Rch he would regain his piece, but …
(b) after 9 … Q-N3; 10. NxB, QxN (either); 11. N-Q6ch wins.

Played in the Copenhagen tournament, 1956, won by Bent Larsen of Denmark with great ease.

Enevoldsen (white) Larsen (black)

Jens Enevoldsen vs Bent Larsen
Copenhagen (1956), Copenhagen DEN, rd 5, Aug-??
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense (E59) 0-1

(a) Could try B-Q3.
(b) Better is PxP.
(c) Forced.
(d) Well played. Well placed pieces are much better than regaining his pawn.
(e) If 18. B-N2, QxBP decides.
(f) Not 20. P-K4; as Q-N4; 21. QxN, RxRch; 22. BxR Q-B8 mate.
(g) If 30. K-K3, N-Q6 or if 30. K-B5, P-N3ch; 31. K-N4, N-Q6ch; 32. K-R4, N-B4ch; 33. K-N4, P-QR4 mate.