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Chess Chats 04 Jan 1959, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com
Problem No. 161
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 2K2B2/8/1p3p2/Qp1k1P2/2R1R3/r4N2/n7/br5B w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Ne5 bxa5 2. Rc5#
The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Sunday, December 28, 1958, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, March 10, 2022
Played in the Long Island championship.
Victor Guala (white) vs. Benedicts (black)
French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit
(a) A gambit line. It is good by way of a change.
(b) Black rightly leaves his pawn on KPxP develops White.
(c) White gains nothing with 10. P-QR3 B-Q3; 11. P-B5 PxP; 12. PxP for Black plays 12. BxN.
(d) White has been pressing on his attack, making two edged moves, and he overlooked this. It is interesting to note that all three bishops are attacked.
(e) If 22. QxB, then 22. KxB.
(f) After 25. QxP Q-N6 wins.
(g) White is lost. His attack is gone and he is two pawns down.
(h) White had hoped to play 28. QxP, but the answer would be 28. Q-N8 mate.
Phillip T. Luks, president of the Encanto Chess Club of Phoenix, Arizona, writes the following:
Our tournament committee has been attempting to solve a tournament problem for the last few weeks without any concrete results, and therefore they have asked me to write you for help as you have had so much experience in these types of cases. It is a very important game to decide upon as one of the players involved has a chance to tie for the club championship.
Setup of Pieces
First of all, here is how the pieces are set up: White has King on KN1; Bishop on KB1; Knight on Q2; Rook on Q4, and Pawns on QN3, QB4, KB2, KN3 and KR2. Black has King on KB1; Bishop on KR6, Rook on Q8, and Pawns on KR2, QN2, QB3, KB2, KN3 and KR2.
After three repetitious moves (i.e., 1. R-R4 B-B4; 2. R-Q4 B-R6; 3. R-R4 B-B4) Black said that it looks like a draw. Our Tournament Director was called over, and he declared it a draw. White, however, appealed his decision on the grounds that Black could not claim a draw as he did not have the move. The Blue Book was consulted. The latest rules state that either player may claim a draw after three repetitious moves, providing the player on the move writes “drawn” on his score pad before he makes his third repetitious move. We were all unaware of this new ruling.
We have asked the participants to finish the game among themselves but one of them declines to do so. So what in the world are we supposed to do?
No New Ruling
Answer: That the tournament director did not know the latest rules is a sad fact, but the committee should not make a new ruling. The decision of the tournament director must be final or else you won't have any tournaments that will mean a thing. What I do not understand at all is why after the committee does decide on a new ruling, ONE of the players refuses to abide by that ruling. I sometimes wonder why some of the participants play in tournaments. The player who refuses to continue play, after the committee decides on that ruling, should lose the game. By the way, the committee should not be concerned with the fact that the outcome of this particular game can influence the championship. The rules must be the same for every participant and game played.
