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Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, March 24, 1957 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 68 by T....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, February 14, 2020

Problem No. 68 by T. Malmstrom, Sweden. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 8/K2pN3/2pP4/8/Rnr1kbqR/5n2/1B1PPQr1/3N3B w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qc5 Nd3 2. Nc3#

There's a Flaw

Several of the gambit continuations against 1. P-Q4—such as the Albin Counter Gambit 1. P-Q4, P-Q4; 2. P-QB4 P-K4; and the Budapest Defense 1. P-Q4, N-KB3; 2. P-QB4, P-K4—Have from time to time enjoyed spasm of popularity. In all such cases White should concentrate on keeping the initiative rather than trying to hold the gambit pawn. The sacrifice that Black adopts in the following game from Zagreb tournament has attracted some attention since Bronstein successfully used it against Taimanov; but White's vigorous play here shows its inadequacies.

Braslav Rabar (white) vs. Borislav Milic (black)
Benko Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-B4 3. P-Q5 P-QN4 4. PxP P-QR3 5. PxP BxP 6. N-QB3 P-Q3 7. P-K4 BxB 8. KxB P-N3 9. P-KN3 B-N2 10. K-N2 QN-Q2 11. P-B4 O-O 12. N-B3 Q-N3 13. R-K1 P-B5 14. R-K2 N-B4 15. B-K3 KN-Q2 16. B-Q4 BxB 17. QxB Q-R3 18. R-Q1 P-B3 19. P-KR4 QR-N1 20. P-R5 PxP 21. N-KR4 K-R1 22. N-B5 R-N1 23. NxKP R-KN5 24. R-KR1 N-Q6 25. K-B3 R-KB1 26. N-B5 R1-KN1 27. RxP N2-K4ch 28. PxN BPxP 29. Q-K3 N-B5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nfd7 11. f4 0-0 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Re1 c4 14. Re2 Nc5 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qa6 18. Rd1 f6 19. h4 Rb8 20. h5 gxh5 21. Nh4 Kh8 22. Nf5 Rg8 23. Nxe7 Rg4 24. Rh1 Nd3 25. Kf3 Rf8 26. Nf5 Rg8 27. Rxh5 Ne5+ 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Qe3 Nf4 0-1

(a) The objects of this gambit are long-term; Black hopes that his two open files on the queen's side will enable him to tie his opponent to passive defense.
(b) A new and strong reply. In previous games with this opening White usually fianchetted his KB and often got into difficulties later through the awkward pressure of his KB-QR6 diagonal.
(c) A good way of defending his QNP.
(d) With the elimination of the dangerous KB White's advantage is clear.
(e) For after 30 … KxR; 31. R-R2ch, K-N3; 32. KxR he must lose more material or be mated.