December 13, 1959 Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Press-Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

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Chess Chats 13 Dec 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, December 13, 1959, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Friday, April 29, 2022

Problem No. 210
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN n3Bn2/4pNK1/1b2k3/1N5R/p2p1P2/3B4/2r1rP2/Q7 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qa2+ Rxa2 2. Bc4#

A. Eriksson (white) vs. A. Olsson (black)
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Wormald Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5 P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. Q-K2 P-QN4 6. B-N3 B-B4 7. P-QR4 R-QN1 8. PxP PxP 9. N-B3 O-O 10. NxNP P-Q4 11. N-B3 B-KN5 12. NxQP RxB 13. PxR NxN 14. PxN P-K5 15. Q-B4 PxN 16. O-O PxNP 17. KxP B-B6ch 18. K-R3 Q-Q2ch 19. K-N3 B-Q3ch 20. K-R4 N-K4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Nxb5 d5 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxd5 Rxb3 13. cxb3 Nxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Qc4 exf3 16. 0-0 fxg2 17. Kxg2 Bf3+ 18. Kh3 Qd7+ 19. Kg3 Bd6+ 20. Kh4 Ne5 0-1

(a) Goes for a small pawn, which means loss of time and gives his opponent a chance to free his game completely.
(b) And there you have it. White has problems to meet.
(c) 12. BxP N-Q5; 13. Q-Q1 BxN; 14. PxB N-R4; 15. P-Q3 Q-B3 with a win for Black.
(d) Fine and surprising continuation.
(e) 17. R-K1 BxPch; 18. KxB Q-R5ch; 19. KxP B-R6ch, followed by QxR. Now White who is under the impression that he is going to get his back with great ease, gets a shock, which costs him the game!
(f) If 18. KxB N-K4ch and Queen is lost.
(g) There's not much White can do against N-N3ch, which leads to mate.

Played in the Armenian championship a few years ago.

Golden (white) vs. Ambarijan (black)
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 P-Q3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-KB3 5. N-QB3 P-QR3 6. B-KN5 QN-Q2 7. B-QB4 Q-B2 8. B-N3 P-N4 9. O-O B-N2 10. R-K1 N-N3 11. BxN KPxB 12. P-QR4 P-N5 13. P-R5 PxN 14. PxN Q-B4 15. B-R4ch K-Q1 16. Q-N4 Q-B1 17. Q-R5 P-N3 18. Q-Q5 BxQ 19. PxB Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nd7 7. Bc4 Qc7 8. Bb3 b5 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. a4 b4 13. a5 bxc3 14. axb6 Qc5 15. Ba4+ Kd8 16. Qg4 Qc8 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 1-0

(a) The wrong plan. Black should play P-KN3 and B-KN2.
(b) White had the strong threat of N-Q5 for if Black takes the knight there the king's file is opened to Black's disadvantage. N-N3 stops N-Q5, but leaves weaknesses elsewhere.
(c) If 14. … QxP then 15. B-R4ch followed by PxP.
(d) Threatening mate on the move. (e) A brilliant sacrifice.
(f) If 18. … K-K2 (to stop QxBP) then 19. N-B6ch wins.
(g) 19. … B-K2; 20. N-B6ch K-K1; 21. RxBch K-B1; 22. P-N7 etc.

CHESS QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The pleasure from a chess combination lies in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating the inanimate pieces with which the game is carried on.”