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Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, October 09, 1949 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Problem No. 107 by...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Problem No. 107 by A. Mari, Italy. White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 1b6/q2n4/2prP3/1prk1N2/1P6/P1p1KN1B/2P3Q1/8 w - - 0 1

The following game in the British chess championship at Felixstowe was played between H. Golombek (the new champion) and A.N. Bowen, Golombek playing white:

Harry Golombek (white) vs. Alfred William Bowen (black)
Blumenfeld Countergambit: Spielmann Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 Kt-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. Kt-KB3 P-B4 4. P-Q5 P-QKt4 5. B-Kt5 KPxP 6. PxQP P-KR3 7. BxKt QxB 8. Q-Q2 P-Q3 9. P-K4 B-Q2 10. Kt-B3 P-Kt5 11. Kt-Q1 Q-Kt3 12. Q-B4 B-K2 13. Kt-K3 B-KKt4 14. KtxB PxKt 15. Q-B3 Castles 16. B-Q3 B-B1 17. Q-K2 Q-B3 18. P-KR4 P-Kt5 19. Castles Q-B5 20. K-Kt1 P-R4 21. P-R5 P-B5 22. KtxBP B-R3 23. P-KKt3 Q-B3 24. Kt-K3 BxBch 25. RxB Kt-Q2 26. KtxP Q-K2 27. Q-B3 QR-K1 28. R-K3 P-R5 29. Q-B5 K(N1)-R1 30. P-R6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qd2 d6 9. e4 Bd7 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd1 Qg6 12. Qf4 Be7 13. Ne3 Bg5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Qf3 0-0 16. Bd3 Bc8 17. Qe2 Qf6 18. h4 g4 19. 0-0-0 Qf4 20. Kb1 a5 21. h5 c4 22. Nxc4 Ba6 23. g3 Qf6 24. Ne3 Bxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Nd7 26. Nxg4 Qe7 27. Qf3 Re8 28. Re3 a4 29. Qf5 Kh8 30. h6 1-0

1. The alternatives—5. PxKP 5. Kt-B3 and 5. P-K4, have been refuted in masterplay.
2. A new idea instead of the usual 8. Q-B2. Golombek wishes to keep the queen radiating on the black diagonals, while K4 at present needs no support. Further test will be required to establish the validity of this innovation.
3. More promising is Q B-R3. The knight will now remain undeveloped for 16 moves.
4. Black is already in difficulties. The text-move surrenders a square of the utmost importance for White's plans his QB4.
5. One of the favorable consequences of White's 8. Q-Q2.
6. He pays the penalty of earlier sins.
7. A very fine move. Black has nothing better than to weaken the KKtP by a further advance, for if 18. … PxP; 19. Q-R5.
8. He must abandon the QP or KKtP.
9. Threatening 27. … P-B4.
10. If 30 … P-Kt3 31. QxKt, QxQ; 32. Kt-B6 ch. A high-class game by Golombek.