August 16, 1959 Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Press-Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

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Chess Chats 16 Aug 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, August 16, 1959, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Problem No. 193
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 1r6/n7/1r6/3N4/1pp4Q/3k4/3p4/N2K4 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nc2 Re6 2. Qd4#

Robert James Fischer vs Josef Kupper
Zuerich (1959), Zuerich SUI, rd 4, May-23
Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Variation (B88) 1-0

The originality in this game is shown by Bobby Fischer when he pushes the KBP to B5, and later on exchanges pieces on Q5. The sacrifice on his 20th move must have been a shock to his opponent. It is neat. But what is even more striking is the way the young lad continues his vicious attack. Kupper is Switzerland's best player at the moment.

The three defendants faced the cross eyed judge. The judge asked the first defendant: “What is your name?”
“John Doe.” answered defendant No. 2.
“Who's asking you anything?” snapped the judge, looking at defendant No. 2.
“But I didn't say anything,” exclaimed defendant No. 3.
“Thirty days,” said the judge looking at no one.
Something like the above happened in the following game played in simultaneous in Reno recently.

George Koltanowski (white) vs. K. Jones (black)
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Belezky Line

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-QB3 P-KN3 6. B-K3 B-N2 7. P-B3 P-Q3 8. Q-Q2 P-QR3 9. O-O-O NxN 10. BxN B-K3 11. K-N1 P-QN4 12. P-QR3 O-O 13. P-KN4 R-N1 14. N-K2 Q-Q2 15. P-KR4 P-KR4 16. P-N5 N-K1 17. BxB NxB 18. N-B4 KR-B1 19. NxB NxN 20. B-R3 R-B5 21. Q-Q3 Q-B3 22. BxN PxB 23. P-K5 K-B2 24. PxP R-Q1 25. P-Q7 R-KB5 26. Q-K3 QxKBP 27. QxQ RxQ 28. KR-B1 R-B4 29. P-N3 P-K4 30. RxRch PxR 31. P-B4 PxP 32. PxP P-K5 33. P-B5 P-K6 34. P-B6 K-K3 35. P-B7 P-K7 36. PxRNch K-K4 37. N-B6ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 d6 8. Qd2 a6 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 b5 12. a3 0-0 13. g4 Rb8 14. Ne2 Qd7 15. h4 h5 16. g5 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Nf4 Rc8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bh3 Rc4 21. Qd3 Qc6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. e5 Kf7 24. exd6 Rd8 25. d7 Rf4 26. Qe3 Qxf3 27. Qxf3 Rxf3 28. Rf1 Rf5 29. b3 e5 30. Rxf5+ gxf5 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 e4 33. c5 e3 34. c6 Ke6 35. c7 e2 36. cxd8=N+ Ke5 37. Nc6+ 1-0

(a) Does not care for P-N5.
(b) Might have considered here 15. P-N5; 16.PxP Q-R5; 17. P-N3 BxQNP! etc. After 16. … Q-R5; 17. N-B1 would be best.
(c) Eyeing P at KN 6 and threatening Q6.
(d) 28. … RxR; 29. RxRch K-N2; 30. R-Q1 K-B2; gave drawing chances. Now he is lost.
(e) If 32. … K-K3; 33. P-N6 RxP; 34. RxR KxR; 35. P-N7 wins. Now black can look any way he wants to, one of the pawns is going to march in!
(f) If 37. … K-K3; 38. P-Q8-N mates or if 37. … K-K5; 38. P-Q8—Q.

CHESS QUOTE OF THE DAY— (From a letter to a young university student): “Chess, I recommend that you always continue to practice. If we should meet when you are some years older, I will tell you the many reasons which I have for advising this game, in preference to any game that depends on chance. Remember, too, that after having been able to learn chess, you must not complain of the inability to learn anything else.”—Anonymous, 1784.