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Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, June 09, 1957 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 79 by E....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, February 16, 2020

Problem No. 79 by E. Trend, USA. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 8/8/1K5P/4k3/4NN1P/1Q6/5P2/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nd6 Kxf4 2. Qg3#

Played in Sweden, 1957: this game illustrates what a knockout punch move looks like!

Italian Opening

F. Ekstrom (white) S. Erikson (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 P-Q3 4. P-KR3 P-B4 5. P-Q3 B-K2 6. P-R3 N-B3 7. N-B3 N-Q5 8. N-Q5 N-N4 9. BxNch NxN??(k in check!) 10. QxN P-B3 11. B-N3 Q-Q2 12. O-O B-B3 13. R-K1 P-B5 14. P-Q4 P-KR4 15. PxP PxP 16. BxP PxB 17. P-K5 B-N4 18. P-K5 Q-K2 19. QR-Q1 R-R3 20. P-KR4 BxP 21. P-N3 PxP 22. Q-B7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. h3 f5 5. d3 Be7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd4 8. Nd5 Nb5 9. Bxb5+

(a) Better is 4. P-Q4.
(b) Would prefer 5. … N-QR4 and get rid of White's strongly placed Bishop.
(c) Safer line would have been 14. … Q-K2, followed by B-Q2 and O-O-O. White now sacrifices with good cause.
(d) If 10. … O-O. 20. R-Q7 decides.
(e) After 22. … QxQ; 23. PxQch, K-B1; 24. R-K8 mate.

Eero Einar Book vs Kristian Skold
Scandinavian Ch (1956), ?
Indian Game: King's Indian. Fianchetto Variation (A49) 0-1

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-KN3 3. P-KN3 B-N2 4. B-N2 O-O 5. O-O P-Q4 6. P-N3 P-B4 7. P-K3 N-B3 8. B-N2 N-K5 9. Q-B1 PxP 10. PxP Q-B2 11. P-B4 B-K3 12. P-B5 B-N5 13. QN-Q2 B-R3 14. Q-K1 NxN 15. NxN N-N5 16. N-B3 N-B7 17. Q-K5 Q-Q2 18. Q-R5 N-K6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d5 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Qc1 cxd4 10. exd4 Qc7 11. c4 Be6 12. c5 Bg4 13. Nd2 Bh6 14. Qe1 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Nb4 16. Nf3 Nc2 17. Qe5 Qd7 18. Qh5 Ne3 0-1

(a) Gives Black a chance to take the initiative.
(b) Protects his Bishop so that he can play PxP. Black heads him off.
(c) Well played. It hinders N-K5 for White.
(d) Threatens N-Q6 or N-B7.
(e) If 17. … QxQ; 18. NxQ, B-K7; 19. BxP with counter-chances. The move made also contains a neat trap!
(f) After 19. PxN, P-B3 and the White Queen is trapped.