January 25, 1948 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 25 Jan 1948, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, January 25, 1948 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 17...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, February 21, 2020

Problem No. 17 White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 1R6/3pNQ1K/3pr2p/P4n1R/k7/p7/pn1B4/5B2 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nd5 a1=R 2. Qxd7#

News

Moscow—The Tschigorin Memorial tournament, in which 18 masters of the Slav countries participated, was won by M. Botvinnik. The championship of the world starts March 1st in Holland, with Botvinnik as the great favorite and Keres, Smyslov, Dr. Euwe, Fine and Reshevsky participating. On his way back from Holland, Ragozin, the famous Russian master, gave a simultaneous exhibition in Berlin. He won 12, drew 8, and lost 10! This is the sort of thing that happens to masters visiting in Russia. Man bites dog.

Quickies

A brevity from Stockholm:

Allan Werle (white) vs. G. Westlund (black)
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. N-QB3 P-K3 3. P-K4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. NxNch QxN 6. N-B3 P-KR3 7. P-KR4 P-QB4 8. PxP BxP 9. B-KN5! PxB 10. PxP B-N5ch 11. K-K2! QxNch 12. KxQ RxR 13. B-N5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. h4 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5! hxg5 10. hxg5 Bb4+ 11. Ke2! Qxf3+ 12. Kxf3 Rxh1 13. Bb5+ 1-0

Played in the British championship of 1947.

William Ritson-Morry vs Gordon Crown
BCF-ch 34th (1947), Harrogate GBR, rd 11, Aug-22
Sicilian Defense: Classical. Fianchetto Variation (B58) 0-1

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-KB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-QB3 5. N-QB3 P-Q3 6. P-KN3 P-KN3 7. B-N2 B-Q2 8. O-O B-N2 9. P-KR3 Q-B1 10. K-R2 NxN Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. h3 Qc8 10. Kh2 Nxd4 0-1

If QxN, N-N5ch wins the queen.