October 04, 1959 Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Press-Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

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Chess Chats by George Koltanowski
International Chess Master

The Press Democrat Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Sunday, October 04, 1959, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....

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Problem No. 200
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 1b6/1p3p1Q/p3NPp1/3R3P/n2Bk1K1/1B2P2n/5p2/1bN5 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Rf5 gxf5+ 2. Qxf5#

Erik Osbun (white) vs. David Krause (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-KB4 2. P-KN3 P-K3 3. B-N2 N-KB3 4. N-KB3 B-K2 5. O-O O-O 6. P-B4 P-Q3 7. Q-B2 Q-K1 8. N-B3 QN-Q2 9. P-K5 PxP 10. NxP NxN 11. QxN B-B3 12. R-K1 Q-B2 13. B-K3 P-K4 14. Q-Q5 Q-Q 15. PxQ PxP 16. BxP N-N3 17. BxB RxB 18. N-Q4 N-R5 19. QR-B1 N-B4 20. B-B1 P-QR4 21. N-N5 P-B3 22. PxP PxP 23. NxP RxN 24. RxN B-K3 25. RxB RxR 26. B-B4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. Qc2 Qe8 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5

(a) 7. N-B3 allows the option of R-K1 and P-K4.
(b) This development of the QN cramps Black's game. 8. … Q-R4; P-K4, PxP; 10. NxP N-B3 is more energetic. However, 8. … Q-N3; 9. B-N5 is better.
(c) If 11. … N-B3; 12. Q-K2 Q-R4; 13. B-B4 B-Q2; 14. QR-K1 and White stands better. Objectively, the text move is best.
(d) Not 13. QxP QxQ; 14. RxQ N-N3; 15. R-K2 NxP; 16. R-B2 N-R4; 17. RxP N-B3.
(e) If 13. … P-B3; 14. QR-Q1 P-K4; 15. PxP NxP; 16. P-N3, NxNch.; 17. QxN, and White stands better.
(f) 14. PxP; 15. BxP N-N3; 16. QxQch RxQ; 17. QR-B1 B-Q2; 18. BxB RxB; 19. N-Q4 P-B3; 20. P-QN4 favors White but is better than the text:
(1) l6. … KxQ; 17. BxB KxB; 18. QR-B1 B-Q2; 19. N-Q4 plus.
Or 18. … B-K3; 19. N-Q2 plus.
(2) 19. … R-N1; 20. N-N5 BxN; 21. PxN R-B2; 22. P-QR4 plus.
(g) If 18. … B-Q2; 19. QR-B1 R-QB1; 20. R-B2 plus.
(h) Black can resist longer with 24. … B-Q2.

Chess Is A Many Splendored Thing
A Chess Friend recently told me the following story:
Two beginners were playing a wildly murderous game at a club. Two amused masters watched them for a while until all the pieces had been cleared off the board except the Kings. Then, noticing that the duffers were still moving their Kings about the masters left.
Some time afterwards, the masters saw one of the duffers about to leave the club. “Who won the game you were playing?” one of them teased.
“Jones did,” the duffer replied. “He got his King to the eighth rank first, promoted it to a Queen, and mated me.”