November 28, 1948 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 28 Nov 1948, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Problem No. 61 by P. Leibovici, Bucharest. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 3N4/8/K1Np4/2p4Q/2k1p3/P2b4/1PP5/2R5 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qd1 Bxc2 2. Na5#

An Instructive Game

In the following game conducted by Reshevsky, with impeccable logic, that the continuation lines appear simple and easy to imitate. That is naturally easier said than done!
Played in the radio match between the United States (Manhattan Chess Club) and the Argentine (Jockey Club) on Board No. 1.

Samuel Reshevsky (white) U.S.A. vs. Gideon Stahlberg (black) Argentina.
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 P-Q4 2. P-KN3 N-KB3 3. B-N2 P-KN3 4. P-Q4 B-N2 5. Castles Castles 6. P-B4 P-B4 7. QPxP PxP 8. Q-B2 Q-Q4 9. N-R3 QxP 10. QxBP QxQ 11. NxQ N-B3 12. QN-K5 NxN 13. NxN N-K1 14. N-Q3 N-Q3 15. B-N5 R-K1 16. QR-B1 P-KR3 17. B-K3 B-B4 18. R-B7 BxN 19. PxB QR-B1 20. KR-B1 RxR 21. RxR BxP 22. BxNP B-B3 23. B-B6 R-N1 24. BxQRP R-N8ch 25. K-N2 R(QN8)-Q8 26. P-QR4 N-B4 27. B-N6 B-Q5 28. P-R5 B-B6 29. R-R7 N-Q5 30. B-K4 N-N6 31. P-R6 B-Q5 32. BxB NxB 33. R-Q7 P-B4 34. B-Q5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qc2 Qd5 9. Na3 Qxc5 10. Qxc4 Qxc4 11. Nxc4 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Ne8 14. Nd3 Nd6 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Rc1 h6 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Rc7 Bxd3 19. exd3 Rc8 20. Rc1 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Bxb2 22. Bxb7 Bf6 23. Bc6 Rb8 24. Bxa7 Rb1+ 25. Kg2 Rd1 26. a4 Nf5 27. Bb6 Bd4 28. a5 Bc3 29. Ra7 Nd4 30. Be4 Nb3 31. a6 Bd4 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33. Rd7 f5 34. Bd5+ 1-0

4. Following similar lines of play for Black in seldom advisable as it is White now gets the attack first.
6. Persist in the symmetry. 6. P-B3 is the more usual line.
8. Exchanging queens would not give White much. Now he attacks the B pawn.
Defends and attacks at the same time.
12. Exchanged queens so as to get his pieces developed faster.
13. Attacks the knight and wishes to get to Q3 and thus be able to develop his Q bishop.
15. B-Kt5 for Black would lose a pawn after 16. BxKP, BxKP; 17. BxR, BxR; 18. BxKt, BxKt; 19. BxKtP, R-Q1 (best); 20. B-R3, etc.
19. Wishes to get rid of the heavy battery of White's rook, after that he hopes to play on the weakness of the Q and QKt pawns.
22. Cannot save the two pawns attacked (Q and K rook pawns).
26. White is a pawn up and this same pawn is now moving up for promotion.
29. Defends his pawn.
31. Onward marches the pawn! White threatens R-R8ch and P-R7.
33. In attacking the knight White gains a move to advance his pawn.
If 33. … Kt-Kt4; 34. B-B6, Kt-B6; 35. P-R7, etc.
34. After 34. … P-K3; 35. B-B4, Kt-B3; 36. R-QB7, Kt-Q5; (Kt-Q1, R-B8); 37. P-R7 and Black cannot stop R-B8ch and P-R8 is Q.