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Chess Chats 22 Mar 1959, Sun The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) Newspapers.com
Chess Chats By George Koltanowski
International Chess Master
Problem No. 172
White to Play and mate in two moves.
FEN b4b2/3r4/3pr3/8/1K5N/2PR4/Q3p3/5kBR w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qa6 Bxh1 2. Rd1#
The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Sunday, March 22, 1959, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
“That's just it, stormed the irascible grandmaster when the kindly tournament director explained that, forewarned about his irritability the committee had seen to it that he wouldn't have the slightest grounds for complaint; and spluttering on in his quaint mixture of English, Polish and French the master explained that he had never been so insulted in his life.
With nothing at all to complain about, how could he relieve nervous tension? He was being gravely handicapped. It was most unfair. It was altogether insufferable. Such was David Yanowski, most hot-tempered and one of the most lovable of all chess masters. He died well over 30 years ago. He was born almost exactly 90 years ago, as good a pretext as any to remember him.
Brooded Over Cards
When he wasn't playing (or arguing) chess he could be seen brooding over cards or the roulette wheel. He was for ever working out the most ingenious systems how to break the bank of Monte Carlo, but he was singularly unsuccessful in that respect; and having won first and third respectively in the two strong Monte Carlo tournaments of 1901 and 1902 he promptly lost every sou of the prize-money there and then. He was one of the most dashing players ever, and quite a collector of brilliancy prizes. Here's one of them (the victim being Schallop at Nuremberg, 1896).
David Janowski vs Emil Schallopp
Nuremberg (1896), Nuremberg GER, rd 9, Jul-29
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense (D21) 1-0
And here is how he beat Samisch at Marienbad, 1925.
David Janowski vs Friedrich Saemisch
Marienbad (1925), Marianske Lazne CSR, rd 13, Jun-05
Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46) 1-0
QUESTION OF RULES
A Chess Fan from New York writes:
“In the important match recently played in New York between the Manhattan Chess Club and the Marshall Chess Club, Arthur B. Bisguier, the Manhattan Club champion, claimed his game on board three against Carl Pilnik, the flag on whose clock had fallen.
The dial indicated that he had one minute and a half left to make his move. The early departure of the referee, Kenneth Harkness, complicated matters. A joint committee will try to solve the problem. How would you decide?
Answer: In all tournaments and matches I referee, I make it a habit to start all the chess clocks two minutes before the allotted time. (For example if 40 moves in two hours of play, I will ask the contestants to set their clocks at 2 minutes to 10. Thus they have until 12 to make their forty moves.) On that basis, I have no problems if through no ones fault a chess clock acts up and loses or gains 1½ minutes. If the referee in New York started the clocks, with the two minutes advance, then the game is a win for Bisguier, no matter what the hands show. (Unless the difference was more than two minutes.) If they started on a regular basis, then I am happy that it is a New York problem!
SHORT AND SHARP
Played in the Golden Knight Correspondence tourney, 1957-58.
J. Donald Define (white) vs. Jack Kolesar (black)
Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense
