May 12, 1957 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 12 May 1957, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, May 12, 1957 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 75 by J.C....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, February 15, 2020

Problem No. 75 by J.C. Morra, Argentina. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN K1Rn4/3B4/1p6/b1Nk4/1B3Q2/2p5/8/4q3 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Na6 Nc6 2. Nc7#

A number of readers have asked how come I lost a game at the 107 board exhibition at San Quentin recently! My answer is: Why not? I can consider myself lucky not losing more than one and only drawing three. At any rate here is the game I lost.

George Koltanowski (white) Delbert Boren (black)
Italian Game: Anti-Fried Liver Defense

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 P-KR3 4. O-O B-B4 5. P-B3 N-B3 6. P-Q4 B-N3 7. PxP N-KN5 8. B-B4 P-N4 9. B-KN3 P-KR4 10. P-KR3 P-KR5 11. B-R2 NxB 12. KxN P-N5 13. PxP Q-K2 14. Q-Q5 N-R4 15. B-K2 P-Q3 16. PxP PxP 17. N-Q4 B-K3 18. NxB PxN 19. B-N5ch N-B3 20. BxNch PxB 21. QxPch K-B2 22. P-KB4 QR-QB1 23. Q-N5 R-B4 24. Q-K2 Q-B2 25. N-Q2 K-K2 26. P-B5 R-K4 27. N-B3 P-Q4 28. NxR QxNch 29. K-R1 B-B2 30. P-KN3 PxPch 31. K-N2 R-R7ch 32. K-B3 Q-B5 mate

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. 0-0 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h3 h4 11. Bh2 Nxh2 12. Kxh2 g4 13. hxg4 Qe7 14. Qd5 Na5 15. Be2 d6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Nd4 Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bb5+ Nc6 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Qxc6+ Kf7 22. f4 Rc8 23. Qb5 Rc5 24. Qe2 Qc7 25. Nd2 Ke7 26. f5 Re5 27. Nf3 d5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 29. Kh1 Bc7 30. g3 hxg3+ 31. Kg2 Rh2+ 32. Kf3 Qf4#

(a) Three pawns up so the win looks easy, and White plays it a bit loosely. With 27. PxP and 28. Q-B3 Black would have diffculties finding a good answer.
(b) Big blunder. With 30. K-N1, White still had drawing chances.
(c) Great credit to Delbert Boren for continuing a hard-pressed position and turning the tide in his favor!