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Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, October 07, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 44 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, February 10, 2020

Problem No. 44 by Leah Colton, San Francisco. White to play and mate in two.
FEN n2r4/2p1n1R1/3k4/1r1PRB2/8/1bQ5/8/2K3B1 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Re2 Nxf5 2. Qe5#

Played in Paris Tournament, 1938.

Jose Raul Capablanca vs Nicolas Rossolimo
Paris (1938), Paris FRA, Jan-??
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63) 1-0

(a) Many hold that 6. … N-K5 (Lasker's idea) equalizes.
(b) Might have considered here 12 … PxP; 13. QxP, R-QN1.
(c) 17. … P-K4 is much stronger. If then 18. PxP, B-N2 and 19. … BxNch and 20. … NxKP.
(d) Better is 18 … B-Q4.
(e) Black realizes that the end game is lost for him, so he tries some tactical moves, only to run into a combinative Capablanca!
(f) Must lose a piece!

Played in the Mexican Championship, 1946.

Gen. Soto Larrea (white) Tte. Jose Joaquin Araiza (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-K3 P-QN3 5. N-B3 B-N2 6. B-Q3 P-B4 7. O-O BxN 8. PxB P-Q3 9. Q-K2 N-K5 10. Q-B2 P-B4 11. N-K1 N-N4 12. P-B3 Q-B3 13. P-K4 P-B5 14. P-K5 QPxP 15. PxKP QxP 16. B-K2 O-O 17. R-N1 Q-B3 18. N-Q3 Q-N3 19. Q-N2 N-Q2 20. NxKBP RxN 21. BxR N-R6ch 22. K-R1 NxB 23. R-B2 N-K4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 c5 7. 0-0 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne1 Ng5 12. f3 Qf6 13. e4 f4 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Be2 0-0 17. Rb1 Qf6 18. Nd3 Qg6 19. Qb2 Nd7 20. Nxf4 Rxf4 21. Bxf4 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Nxf4 23. Rf2 Ne5 0-1

(a) 4 … P-Q4 is more usual here.
(b) Would have preferred 9. Q-B2 immediately here. If 9 … BxN; 10. PxB, and the center pawsn are strengthened and with K-R1 and R-KN1 White can get a strong attack if Black decides to castle on the King's side.
(c) Must protect his QBP. B-N2 and N-Q2 might have been considered.
(d) Could try 12. P-Q5, PxP; 13. BxP, PxP; 14. P-B4, N-B2; 15. P-K4.
(e) White has a bad game and at the moment where he gets his pawn back he actually loses the exchange.
(f) Too many threats to meet.

Chess Quote of the Day

“He who mates first mates best.”