October 21, 1956 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 21 Oct 1956, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, October 21, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 46 by...

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

Problem No. 46 by Leah Colton, San Francisco. White to play and mate in three moves.
FEN KR2Nbq1/PP2kr1p/1N2P1bP/BPp2p1p/2B2P1P/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nd5+ Kxe6 2. Ndf6+ Ke7 3. Bd8#

How Far Ahead?

Oklahoma City: Question asked of Grandmasters: “How many moves ahead do you see?”
Alekhine: “Mostly four moves, seldom more than six, but find now and then combinations consisting of 10 moves or more.” Capablanca: “Depends on the position, sometimes as may as 25 or 30 moves.” Marshall: “Two moves, but then two good moves.” Reshevsky: “One more than my opponent.”

Robert Sinclair Brieger vs Joaquin Camarena
57th US Open (1956), Oklahoma City, OK USA, rd 12, Jul-28
Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation (B00) 1-0

Game of the Week

Here follows a real sparkler from the 1956 Russian Championship in which Black only castles on his 17th move, but then it is decisive.

Iivo Nei vs Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich
Russian Team Ch (1956), USSR
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Anglo-Grünfeld Variation (A16) 0-1

Descriptive 1. P-QB4 N-KB3 2. N-QB3 P-Q4 3. PxP NxP 4. N-B3 P-KN3 5. P-KR4 P-KR3 6. P-K3 B-N2 7. B-B4 N-N3 8. B-N3 P-QB4 9. N-K4 P-B5 10. BxP NxB 11. Q-R4ch N-B3 12. QxN B-B4 13. N-B5 QR-B1 14. P-KN4 P-QN4! 15. QxP QBxP 16. N-R2 B-B4 17. P-K4 O-O! 18. PxB Q-Q4 19. O-O PxP 20. P-Q3 N-Q5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. h4 h6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. Ne4 c4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qxc4 Bf5 13. Nc5 Rc8 14. g4 b5! 15. Qxb5 Bxg4 16. Nh2 Bf5 17. e4 0-0 18. exf5 Qd5 19. 0-0 gxf5 20. d3 Nd4 0-1