June 21, 1959 Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Press-Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

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Chess Chats 21 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 21, 1959, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, March 20, 2022

Problem No. 185
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 8/4K3/8/3Bkp2/8/3Q4/5P2/b7 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Be6 Bb2 2. Qe3#

Played in two-game blindfold exhibition at Atlanta; November, 1958.

Georges Koltanowski vs Napoles
Blindfold simul (1958) (blindfold), Atlanta, GA USA
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Spielmann Defense (C56) 1-0

(a) Better Is 7. … P-Q3.
(b) Doubtful. Correct Is 8. … N-R3; 9. BxN PxB; 10. Q-Q2 K-N2 etc.
(c) Home Sweet Home.
(d) Dangerous and he's out to beat the blindfold player…fast.
(e) The blindfold player has “seen” further than his opponent. If 19. … QxB; 20. QxBPch followed by a mate in two moves.

Played In the Dayton, Ohio, Open, recently.

N.N. vs. N.N.
French Defense: Alapin Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. B-K3 PxP 4. N-Q2 N-QB3 5. NxP N-B3 6. NxNch QxN 7. N-B3 P-KR3 8. B-QN5 B-Q2 9. O-O B-Q3 10. P-B4 B-B5 11. P-Q5 N-K4 12. PxP PxP 13. NxN BxB 14. BxB QxB 15. Q-R5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 dxe4 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. c4 Bf4 11. d5 Ne5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe5 Bxb5 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Qh5+ 1-0

BOTH BLUNDER … with the last blunder losing: Played In France recently.

Dr. Bey (white) vs. Baptizet (black)
Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-Q4 2. PxP N-KB3 3. N-QB3 NxP 4. NxN QxN 5. N-B3 N-B3 6. P-QN3 B-N5 7. B-K2 BxN 8. BxB Q-K4ch 9. Q-K2 QxR 10. O-O Q-KB3 11. BxNch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxa1 10. 0-0 Qf6 11. Bxc6+ 1-0

(a) Parbleu…Pourquoi c'est coup la?
(b) Ici les Blancs pouvont abondonner—une tour des moins …
(c) As lonq as there's hope …
(d) Non—c'est impossible—une gaffe de troiseme classe. 10. … Q-B3 was the move.
(e) Pourquol me reveille…?

CHESS QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The first piece of advice I would offer to his young student who wishes to improve his chess, is that in the formation of his style he should try to follow his own aptitude and temperament. One player derives pleasure from working out a game accurately like a sum in mathematics.
Another cares for nothing but ingenious combinations and brilliant attack. It it by far the best for each to develop his own qualities.—J. Blackburne, 1900.

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Chess Festival 22 Jun 1959, Mon The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

…request by the Chamber of Commerce to use the Plaza for the Aug. 9 Chess Festival…

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Ninth Annual Valley of the Moon Chess Festival 23 Jun 1959, Tue The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com

It was voted to approve a request by the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commercce for the use of the Plaza on Sunday, Aug 9, 1959 for the Ninth Annual Valley of the Moon Chess Festival.

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