November 11, 1956 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 11 Nov 1956, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, November 11, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 49 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Problem No. 49 by Leah Colton, San Francisco. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 2RB4/4p3/2p1p3/1rk1P2p/Bp1p1N2/1K1Q3q/2P5/2R5 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. c4 Qxd3+ 2. Nxd3#

Arthur Bisguier vs Robert Henry Steinmeyer
57th US Open (1956), Oklahoma City, OK USA, rd 10, Jul-26
Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Attack (C43) 1-0

(a) This wild move leads to trouble.
(b) Keeps on chasing White to better squares and leaves his pieces “floating” on air.
(c) There would follow 22. NxP, leaving Black a pawn down and a compromised position.

Game of the Week

In the following little masterpiece we see how dangerous Alekhine's Defense can be (that is, dangerous for Black!). Note with what ease Grandmaster Trifunovic polishes off his famous adversary.

Petar Trifunovic (white) vs Gedeon Barcza (black)
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main Line

Descriptive 1. P-K4 N-KB3 2. P-K5 N-Q4 3. P-Q4 P-Q3 4. P-QB4 N-N3 5. P-B4 PxP 6. BPxP N-B3 7. B-K3 B-B4 8. N-B3 P-K3 9. B-K2 B-K2 10. O-O P-B3 11. N-B3 Q-Q2 12. P-QR4 P-QR4 13. R-B1 PxP 14. P-Q5! N-Q5 15. NxKP NxBch 16. QxN Q-Q3 17. B-Q4 P-B4 18. N-N5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. 0-0 f6 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. a4 a5 13. Rc1 fxe5 14. d5! Nd4 15. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Qd6 17. Bd4 c5 18. Nb5 1-0

(a) An early resignation but also advisable. After 18. … Q-N1 then 19. B-B3, NxRP; 20. P-Q6, NxB; 21. RxN, BxP; 22. RxB, PxR; 23. N-B6ch, etc.