January 03, 1960 Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Press-Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

< Prev Index Next >

Chess Chats 03 Jan 1960, 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, January 03, 1960, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....

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

Problem No. 213
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 7n/KB6/3R4/6k1/5RP1/1p4P1/b7/q1B5 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bf3 Qg7+ 2. Rf7#

TO BE OR NOT TO BE . . .
To have achieved what looks like a well-deserved brilliancy prize and then to have it snatched away by the jury's discovery that the victim could have saved himself after all that must be a galling experience. It happened to Dr. Vidmar after his win over Yates at London, 1922.

Milan Vidmar vs Fred Dewhirst Yates
London (1922), London ENG, rd 6, Aug-07
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Pillsbury Variation (D63) 1-0

(a) If he took the pawn he would be annihilated by 26. RxRP KxR; 27. Q-R3ch K-N1; 28. R-R4 K-B1; 29. R-R8ch Q-N1; 30. NxB etc.
(b) 30. … QxNP! would have saved the day. If 31. R4xPch K-N1; 32. R-R8ch K-B2; 33. RxPch QxR; 34. R-R7 QxR; 35. QxRch, K-B3 etc.!
(c) Must guard against R6-Pch.

Played in the eight-game blindfold exhibition at Los Altos.

George Koltanowski (white) vs. Ted Dana (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-K3 P-B4 4. P-B4 P-Q4 5. N-B3 BPxP 6. PxPQ4 N-B3 7. P-B5 B-K2 8. B-Q3 O-O 9. O-O P-QN3 10. B-QN5 B-N2 11. BxN BxB 12. P-QN4 PxP 13. NPxP R-N1 14. N-K5 Q-B1 15. R-N1 N-Q2 16. P-B4 RxR 17. NxR NxN 18. BPxN Q-N2 19. B-K3 R-N1 20. N-B3 B-Q1 21. Q-N4 Q-K2 22. B-R6 Q-B1 23. R-B3 P-B4 24. PxPe.p. BxP 25. BxNP QxB 26. QxPch K-R1 27. QxKB R-QB1 28. K-B2 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. cxd5 Nc6

(a) We are now in a well-known line of the Caro-Kann Defense.
(b) Wants to hold on to a passed pawn on QB5.
(c) Immediately 20. … Q-N7 is much stronger.
(d) Beginning to lose ground.
(e) 22. … P-N3 was needed. Now he loses fast.
(f) The threat was R-N3.
(g) Fine finish.
(h) Black's game is hopeless.