September 03, 1950 The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski

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Chess Chats 03 Sep 1950, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski Sunday, September 03, 1950 The Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California Ending by H....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Ending by H. Rinck. White to play and win.
FEN 2q5/8/8/8/1N6/8/1k1K1Q2/8 w - - 0 1

1. N-Q3ch K-R6
2. Q-R7ch K-N6
3. Q-N6ch K-B5
4. Q-R5 Q-B1
5. Q-R4ch K-Q4
6. N-B4ch and wins.

1. Nd3+ Ka3
2. Qa7+ Kb3
3. Qb6+ Kc4
4. Qa5 Qf8
5. Qa4+ Kd5
6. Nf4+

Game played in the California State Championship, September 1950.

Vladimir Pafnutieff (white) vs. Charles L. Bagby (black)
Nimzo-Indian

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. P-QR3 BxNch 5. PxB P-B4 6. P-K3 N-B3 7. B-Q3 P-QN3 8. N-K2 O-O 9. P-K4 N-K1 10. O-O P-Q3 11. P-K5! PxP 12. PxP B-N2 13. B-B4 P-N3 14. N-N3 Q-R5 15. Q-B1 Q-K2 16. N-R4! P-B4 17. ?-?? ?-?? 18. R-Q1 NxP 19. B-R6 N-K4

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne2 0-0 9. e4 Ne8 10. 0-0 d6 11. e5! dxe5 12. dxc5 Bb7 13. Bf4 g6 14. Ng3 Qh4 15. Qc1 Qe7

4. It's the fashion!
8. … For notes to the opening see Boyette-Bagby game.
10. … Here black switches. P-K4 seems to be best though.
11. Lilienthal's move against Najdorf.
12. … Not NxP!; 13. BxPch wins the Queen.
13. … Trying something different, that is what R. Fine recommends. Namely: 13. …; Q-B2. Bagby says that he did not like this move as White can play 14. Q-B2, P-N3; 15. B-R6 N-N2 16. P-B4 gives White a tremendous game.
14. … Does not want to allow White to bring his Queen to K-N4, which would cramp Black's game completely.
15. … Forced as B-N5, Q-N5; B-K2 was threatened.
16. Threatens B-R6, N-N2; N-B6ch followed by Q-N5.
16. … Not NxP, as B-Q6 wins the exchange.
19. … Decides to give the exchange with the hop of getting out of the tight position he's in.