August 27, 1950 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 27 Aug 1950, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, August 27, 1950 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Ending by M.G....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, April 6, 2020

Ending by M.G. Kliatzin. White to play and win.
FEN rR6/p7/KnPk4/P7/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

1. P-B7! KxP
2. PxNch KxR
3. P-N7 K-B2
4. PxR-Q wins

1. c7 Kxc7
2. axb6+ Kxb8
3. b7 Kc7
4. bxa8=Q wins

HERE IS the game that is by far the best played in the Northern California Championship.
Seventh Round, August 4, 1950.

Wade Hendricks (white) vs. Leslie Boyette (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Line

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-K3 P-Q4 5. P-QR3 B-K2 6. N-B3 O-O 7. B-Q3 P-QN3 8. O-O B-R3 9. P-QN3 QN-Q2 10. B-N2 P-B4 11. R-K1 R-B1 12. PxQP BPxP! 13. BxB PxN 14. R-QB1 N-B4 15. BxR PxB 16. R-B2 QxP! 17. P-QN4 N-Q6 18. R-Q2 NxR! 19. RxQ NxNch 20. PxN NxR 21. Q-B2 N-B6 22. QxP RxB 23. K-N2 B-B3 24. Q-B2 P-N3 25. Q-Q3 N-Q4 26. Q-R6 R-B2 27. P-B4 K-N2 28. K-B3 P-R4 29. K-N3 P-K4 30. PxP BxPch 31. K-N2 B-B3 32. K-N3 N-B6 33. Q-Q3 R-K2 34. P-B3 R-K4 35. P-R3 N-Q4 36. Q-R6 KxKP 37. QxRP N-B4ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 b6 8. 0-0 Ba6 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 c5 11. Re1 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd4! 13. Bxa6 dxc3 14. Rc1 Nc5 15. Bxc8 cxb2 16. Rc2 Qxd5! 17. b4 Nd3 18. Rd2 Nxe1! 19. Rxd5 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Nxd5 21. Qc2 Nc3 22. Qxb2 Rxc8 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. Qc2 g6 25. Qd3 Nd5 26. Qa6 Rc7 27. f4 Kg7 28. Kf3 h5 29. Kg3 e5 30. fxe5 Bxe5+ 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Kg3 Nc3 33. Qd3 Re7 34. f3 Re5 35. h3 Nd5 36. Qa6 Nxe3 37. Qxa7 Nf5+ 0-1

3. The Nimzo-Indian idea, exchange the Bishop for the Knight.
4. White can also consider 4. Q-B2 4. Q-N3 or 4. P-QR3
5. Curious and ‘a la mode.’ Black intends to make a fight of it, and we are soon out of the 'books' and the game should be interesting to follow.
8. Might have considered here 8. P-QN4 P-QR4 9. P-N5 etc. 9. Too timid. PxP BxB; 10. QxB PxP; 11. P-K4 gives more action to the White pieces.
12. Does this look like a blunder? Don't you believe it! It is a well planned maneuver, that simply overwhelms White.
14. Forces white to
16. If 16. … QxB; 17. P-QN4.
18. And there follows the real bombshell … Boyette in splendid form!
22. Now with three pieces for the Queen, Black should not have any difficulties in winning the game. There followed…
37. After 38. K-B2 R-K2; a mate is unavoidable. How about giving this game the brilliancy prize of the tournament? (If no Brilliancy Prize is available, why not create one?). Well played Leslie!