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Chess 24 Dec 1958, Wed The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Chess
CHESS PROBLEM No. 505
By F. L. Baxter (Cheadle)
FEN 2N5/1np5/2q1nBPr/1P1k3p/N3R3/2pP3B/5P1b/4K3 w - - 0 1
Black (9)
White (10)
White mates in two moves.
British Players Bad Day 31 Dec 1958, Wed The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
BRITISH PLAYERS' BAD DAY
Chess at Hastings
From our Chess Correspondent
Hastings, Tuesday.
The British players had to struggle hard in the second round of the international chess tournament here to-day, and all three adjourned in inferior positions.
Clarke put up a stubborn fight with his Nimzo-Indian Defence against Uhlmann, but the East German master outplayed him in the middle game, and at the adjournment was a pawn up. However, the presence of bishops of opposite colours makes the win very difficult. Gereben did not make much of the openings against Wade's Sicilian Defence, but in trying for a king's side attack Wade lost ground. At the adjournment Gereben had much the better of an ending of queen knight and pawns, against queen, bishop and pawns.
Fuster's Slav Defence against Barden led to a complicated middle game. The Canadian became terribly short of time, with twenty moves to make in four minutes. He blundered away two pawns and Barden should have won, but he in turn became very short of time and lost both pawns. At the adjournment Fuster had the advantage in a knight and pawns ending.
The best game of the round, was Portisch's win with Black against Darga, which makes the young Hungarian favourite for first prize. Darga went pawn hunting with his queen on the queen's side and Portisch took impeccable advantage of this to build up a checkmating attack. Radoicic sacrificed a pawn against Duckstein's Ponziani Opening, but did not obtain adequate compensation and came into a lost ending. In adjourned games Portisch drew with Uhlmann and Radoicic drew with Wade.
