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Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, March 18, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 15 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, February 3, 2020

Problem No. 15 by Jim Grady, Sonoma
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 3Q2nK/4N2n/7k/6p1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qd3 Nxe7 2. Qxh7#

Tartakower Is No More

A great player and theoretician, Savielly Tartakower won an important game a few days before his passing. I knew Tartakower well. Paris, London, Barcelona, Sitges, Amsterdam, and many more cities in Europe were sites for our friendly encounters on the chessboard.
Tartakower was a tough man to beat, but he was too friendly a person to try to win all the time either. A well known wit and great writer, Tartakower is going to be missed by all who knew this Master of Masters.
A well known Tartkower witticism: (A Knight is called a horse in German) “In some games of chess, there are not four but six horses!”
Here is one of Tartakower's best games:

Maroczy (white) Tartakower (black)
Teplitz-Schonau, 1922

Geza Maroczy vs Savielly Tartakower
Teplitz-Schönau (1922), Teplice-Sanov CSR, rd 4, Oct-05
Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation (A84) 0-1

(a) The stonewall.
(b) Counting on white not making the next move. Q-B3 was better.
(c) There you have it! Correct was 12. N-K5.
(d) Black threatens … BxPch and Q-R5.
(e) Useless. 15. B-N2 holds everything.
(f) Forced.
(g) If 17. N-R4, RxN, etc.
(h) No error print! One of the most beautiful rook sacrifices in chess history!
(i) If 18. NxKP, Q-R3 and mate or loss of a piece is threatened.
(j) If 19. B-N2 then N-B3; 20. Q-B3, QxPch; 21. K-N1, Q-R7ch; 22. K-B1, B-Q2 and threatens R-B1ch, etc.
(k) If 36. K-N1, N-R8ch; 37. … NxQ. This game won the brilliancy prize.

Played in Zurich simultaneous with clocks

Mikhail Botvinnik (white) vs. Edwin Bhend (black)
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Modern Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-KB4 2. P-KN3 N-KB3 3. B-N2 P-K3 4. P-B4 B-K2 5. N-B3 O-O 6. N-B3 P-Q3 7. O-O Q-K1 8. P-N3 P-B3 9. Q-B2 Q-R4 10. B-QR3 QN-Q2 11. QR-K1 K-R1 12. Q-B1 N-KN1 13. R-Q1 R-N1 14. P-Q5 KPxP 15. PxP P-B4 16. P-K3 R-K1 17. N-K2 N-B1 18. N-B4 Q-B2 19. P-KR4 P-KR3 20. B-N2 B-B3 21. KR-K1 P-QN3 22. N-Q2 P-KN4 23. PxP PxP 24. N-R3 Q-N2 25. BxB NxB 26. N-QB4 R-Q1 27. P-K4 NxKP 28. BxN PxB 29. NxNP B-N5 30. RxP BxR 31. R-R4ch K-N1 32. QxB R-N2 33. R-N4 K-R1 34. N-K6 NxN 35. RxQ NxR 36. Q-N4 K-N1 37. Q-N6 R2-Q2 38. N-K3 R-KB2 39. N-N4 K-B1 40. N-R6 R-K2 41. K-N2 R-Q2 42. Q-R7 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nc3 d6 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. b3 c6 9. Qc2 Qh5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Re1 Kh8 12. Qc1 Ng8 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 c5 16. e3 Re8 17. Ne2 Nf8 18. Nf4 Qf7 19. h4 h6 20. Bb2 Bf6 21. Re1 b6 22. Nd2 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Nh3 Qg7 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Nc4 Rd8 27. e4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Nxg5 Bg4 30. Rxe4 Bxd1 31. Rh4+ Kg8 32. Qxd1 Rb7 33. Rg4 Kh8 34. Ne6 Nxe6 35. Rxg7 Nxg7 36. Qg4 Kg8 37. Qg6 Rd7 38. Ne3 Rf7 39. Ng4 Kf8 40. Nh6 Re7 41. Kg2 Rd7 42. Qh7 1-0

(a) The newest way of handling this defense.
(b) Stops … P-K4 for black.
(c) Botvinnik says that P-K4 would have been better.
(d) Well played. Can now play … P-Q4.
(e) All or nothing at all.
(f) That does it.
(g) A well played game.