June 17, 1956 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Sunday, June 17, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 28 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, February 6, 2020

Problem No. 28 by A.P. Bloedow, Parks
White to play and mate in two moves
FEN 3k4/B1p3N1/2P5/4K3/6B1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Ke6 Kc8 2. Ke7#

The In-Between Move

In most beginners and advanced courses, the student is warned about the zwischenzug. In all combinations you make you should try to pry out the possibility of an in-between move that might upset your plans. Even masters overlook that possibility at times. A good example is the following game from the Hungarian championship:

King's Indian Defense

Laszlo Szabo vs Gyorgy Szilagyi
HUN-ch 11th (1955), Budapest HUN, Dec-??
King's Indian Defense: Averbakh. Benoni Defense Advance Variation (E75) 0-1

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-QB3 B-N2 4. P-K4 P-Q3 5. B-K2 O-O 6. B-N5 P-B4 7. P-Q5 P-QR3 8. N-B3 P-QN4 9. PxP PxP 10. Q-B2 P-N5 11. N-Q1 P-N6! 12. QxNP NxP 13. O-O NxB 14. NxN P-K4! 15. PxPe.p. QxN 16. PxPch K-R1 17. B-B3 P-B5 18. Q-N4 N-R3 19. QxQP R-R2 20. N-K3 R2xP 21. B-Q5 RxP 22. QR-K1 RxRch 23. NxR N-N5 24. BxP B-N2 25. N-N3 N-B7 26. R-KB1 R-Q1 27. Q-B7 B-R1 28. R-B7 N-K8 29. B-B1 NxP 30. BxN R-Q8ch 31. B-B1 B-Q5ch 32. R-B2 BxRch 33. KxB Q-B3ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. Nf3 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Qc2 b4 11. Nd1 b3! 12. Qxb3 Nxe4 13. 0-0 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 e5! 15. dxe6e.p. Qxg5 16. exf7+ Kh8 17. Bf3 c4 18. Qb4 Na6 19. Qxd6 Ra7 20. Ne3 Rxf7 21. Bd5 Rxf2 22. Re1 Rxf1+ 23. Nxf1 Nb4 24. Bxc4 Bb7 25. Ng3 Nc2 26. Rf1 Rd8 27. Qc7 Ba8 28. Rf7 Ne1 29. Bf1 Nxg2 30. Bxg2 Rd1+ 31. Bf1 Bd4+ 32. Rf2 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qf6+ 0-1

(a) The vogue right now.
(b) Better is P-QR4.
(c) If 10. BxP, NxKP; 11. NxN, Q-R4ch, etc.
(d) Will not regain its piece.
(e) And there is the in-between move white had not counted on.
(f) If 22. RxR, QxN; 23. QR-KB1, RxR; 24. RxR, QxN; 23. QR-KB1, RxR; 24. RxR, Q-K8ch; 25. R-B1, B-Q5ch leads to mate.
(g) If now 29. RB, Q-K6ch; 30. K-B1, BxB mate.

A Challenge To Our Chess Fans

Hugo Arnfast, after a few moves had been made, was recalled to Sweden (he had been at the Swedish Consulate in San Francisco) but we continued our game via airmail. The end position looks like an unfinished symphony but at closer range it is easy to see why Black resigned the game, too complicated.

George Koltanowski (white) vs. Hugo Arnfast (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, Traditional Colle

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-K3 P-Q4 4. B-Q3 P-B4 5. P-B3 QN-Q2 6. QN-Q2 P-B5 7. B-B2 P-QN4 8. P-K4 QN-N3 9. P-K5 N-R4 10. N-B1 P-N3 11. P-KN4 N-N2 12. B-R6 P-N5 13. N-N3 P-QR4 14. Q-Q2 B-Q2 15. Q-B4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nd7 6. Nd2 c4 7. Bc2 b5 8. e4 Nb6 9. e5 Nh5 10. Nf1 g6 11. g4 Ng7 12. Bh6 b4 13. Ng3 a5 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Qf4 1-0

(a) Strengthens White center position.
(b) 8. _, PxP; 9. NxP, B-N2 is much better.
(c) Must make room for his knight.
(d) WIth the King's side all tied up, Black is seeking some headway on the Queen's side.
(e) And there you have it! White threatens N-N5 and Q-B5. Black cannot play 15. _, P-B4; as then 16. PxP e.p. kills. It might be interesting to see if one of our readers can find a good way out for black.

Played in Berlin Tourney, 1956

Walter Mandel (white) Wolfram Bialas (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Hübner Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-K3 P-B4 5. B-Q3 O-O 6. P-QR3 BxNch 7. PxB P-QN3 8. P-K4 B-N2 9. B-N5 P-KR3 10. P-KR4 P-Q3 11. P-K5 PxP 12. PxP B-K5 13. R-R3 PxB 14. PxP BxB 15. NPxN B-N3 16. Q-N4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 0-0 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. e4 Bb7 9. Bg5 h6 10. h4 d6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Be4 13. Rh3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Bxd3 15. gxf6 Bg6 16. Qg4 1-0

Better is 7. … P-Q4.
(b) Correct would have been 9. … P-Q3; 10. P-K5, PxP; 11. PxP, B-K5, etc.
(c) That's the difference.
(d) After 17. Q-R4 it's all over.