June 07, 1959 Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Press-Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

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Chess Chats 07 Jun 1959, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Chess Chats by George Koltanowski
International Chess Master

The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Sunday, June 07, 1959, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Saturday, March 19, 2022

Problem No. 183
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 4q3/7r/3R1R2/2PpkNn1/r7/p1P1P1N1/6bB/2K4B w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Ne7 Rxh2 2. Rf5#

Played at Munich Olympics.

Sieghart Dittmann vs Gedeon Barcza
Munich Olympiad qual-3 (1958), Munich FRG, rd 6, Oct-06
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bishop Attack (E47) 1-0

(a) Surprising move for Barcza. White can always undermine the position with P-KB3.
(b) Wishes to get the White Queen out of place on QR4, White has other ideas.
(c) Well played. If 11. Q-K2 N-N6.
(d) What's a pawn for quick development.
(e) The rook can get into action fast from here.
(f) If 13. …NxP; 14. N-N5 NxN; 15. BxPch, KxB; 16. QxNch K-Nl; l7. QxPch K-Rl; 18. R-B5 R-K3; 19. P-K4 Q-Nl; 20. Q-R5ch etc.
(g) Prepares finely for the final assault.
(h) Grandmaster Barcza doesn't know what's hitting him anymore.
(i) Well played game.

Played in the recent Beverwyck, Holland tourney.

Landeweg (white) vs. Fridrik Olafsson (black)
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Original Defense

Descriptive 1. N-KB3 N-KB3 2. P-KN3 P-KN3 3. B-N2 B-N2 4. O-O O-O 5. P-B4 P-Q4 6. P-Q4 P-B3 7. PxP NxP 8. P-K4 N-N3 9. P-KR3 N-R3 10. P-QR4 P-QB4 11. P-Q5 P-K3 12. KN-Q2 PxP 13. P-R5 N-B5 14. NxN PxN 15. Q-R4 N-N5 16. Q-N5 B-K3 17. N-B3 Q-Q2 18. QxP N-Q6 19. Q-N5 QxQ 20. NxQ NxNP 21. R-N N-Q6 22. N-B7 QR-N 23. B-K3 P-B6 24. NxB PxN 25. BxP P-B7 26. BxR PxR(Q) 27. RxQ RxB Resigns

Algebraic 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. c4 d5 6. d4 c6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nb6 9. h3 Na6 10. a4 c5 11. d5 e6 12. Nfd2 exd5 13. a5 Nc4 14. Nxc4 dxc4 15. Qa4 Nb4 16. Qb5 Be6 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Qxc5 Nd3 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Nxb2 21. Rb1 Nd3 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Be3 c3 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxa7 c2 26. Bxb8 cxb1=Q 27. Rxb1 Rxb8 0-1

(a) Better is 8. QN-Q2.
(b) Should have considered 12. N-B3; if then PxP; 13. PxP BxN; 14. PxB QxP; 15. P-R5 QxQ; 16. RxQ N-Q2; 17. B-R6, etc.
(c) Now the win is only a matter of time.

“PLEASE BE SERIOUS!”
Bogoljubov on one occasion announced mate in four moves in a game against Tartakower, who called the tournament director over, and told him to tell his opponent (Bogoljubov) not to bother him during the game!

Three-Day Tournament 10 Jun 1959, Wed The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

Among other business discussed at the meeting was the chess tournament Aug. 9.
A three-day tournament is being planned by George Koltanowski for Aug. 6, 7 and 8. This will be between four state champions and four topnotch northern California players.
Prizes to be awarded will be cheeses, wines, fruits, turkeys and chickens.
Don Parsons has been requested to act as chairman again this year.