September 09, 1956 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, September 9, 1956 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 40 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, February 9, 2020

Problem No. 40 by A.P. Keirans, Germany. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN br2Q3/2p5/3N4/1r3R1K/3k4/B1p1Rp2/B4P2/4n3 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qg8 Rxg8 2. Nxb5#

A Game

Game played in Debrechen, Hungary, in 1925.

David Przepiorka vs Lajos Steiner
Debrecen (1925), Debrecen HUN, rd 8
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0

(a) Better is 4. … N-KB3.
(b) Could have tried 14 … B-Q2, and 15 … Q-B1.
(c) Stops 16 … NxBP.
(d) Black having all his pieces on the Q's side, gives White the time to start a King's side attack.
(e) If 24 … QxB; 25. R-K8ch, B-B1; 26. B-R6, etc.
(f) Fatal mistake. 25. … N-B1 was needed.
(g) If 26. … QxNP; 27. Q-K4 ends matters, too.
(h) Its mate next move, either on KN5 or QxR.

Played in the Dyckhoff Correspondence tournament.

Claude Fred Tears, Dallas (white) Maxwell Charles Salm, Australia (black)
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Center Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. O-O B-K2 6. P-Q4 PxP 7. R-K1 P-QN4 8. B-N3 P-Q3 9. B-Q5 NxB 10. PxN N-K4 11. NxP B-Q2 12. N-QB3 O-O 13. N-K4 P-KB4 14. N-Q2 P-B5 15. R-K4 Q-K1 16. N2-B3 Q-B2 17. N-K6 BxN 18. PxB Q-B4 19. Q-K2 N-N3 20. P-B4 P-B3 21. N-Q4 Q-B4 22. PxP RPxP 23. B-Q2 P-Q4 24. N-N3 Q-Q3 25. B-N4 Q-B2 26. R-Q4 BxB 27. RxB Q-Q3 28. P-QR3 R-B3 29. N-Q4 QxR Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nc3 0-0 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nd2 f4 15. Re4 Qe8 16. N2f3 Qf7 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qf5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. c4 c6 21. Nd4 Qc5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bd2 d5 24. Nb3 Qd6 25. Bb4 Qc7 26. Rd4 Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Qd6 28. a3 Rf6 29. Nd4 Qxb4 0-1

(a) The center attack, which aims at a quick seizure of the initiative.
(b) Maintains the tension.
(c) An innovation. Usual is 10. N-N1, when White dominates the center with 11. NxP.
(d) Better was RxP. Black takes over completely.

Chess Quote of the Day

Matches prove less than tournaments; and tournaments don't really prove anything either.—Dr. S. Tartakower.