September 06, 1959 Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Press-Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

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Chess Chats 06 Sep 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, September 06, 1959, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Problem No. 196
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 1Q6/3RRp2/5NPp/7B/4P3/4k1p1/1n1pp3/B4bKn w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-KB8; 1. Qf8 d1=Q 2. Qxh6#

Playing simultaneously at Vacaville recently, I asked one of the players if he was rated and he answered “No, and don't have to be, I'm one of the top players in Sacramento!” After half a dozen moves he castled with his Queen! Here's an interesting exhibition game from this exhibition, in which we won all our games.

George Koltanowski (White) vs. Dr. Dale Gillette Davis (Black)
Horwitz Defense

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-K3 2. N-KB3 P-KB4 3. P-KN3 P-Q4 4. B-N2 N-KB3 5. O-O B-Q3 6. P-B4 PxP 7. Q-R4ch N-B3 8. QxBP O-O 9. N-B3 K-R1 10. N-KN5 Q-K1 11. P-K4 P-K4 12. PxKP NxP 13. Q-K2 B-K3 14. NxB QxN 15. PxP QxBP 16. BxP QR-K1 17. B-N2 N-Q6 18. Q-B3 N-KN5 19. QxQ RxQ 20. B-K4 RxP 21. BxN RxRP 22. N-R4 BxP 23. B-KB4 B-B7ch 24. RxB RxR 25. BxP R-Q7 26. B-N5 R-QB1 27. R-K1 N-B3 28. B-KB4 R-Q5 29. B-K5 R-N5ch 30. K-R1 N-K5 31. B-Q7 R-R5ch 32. K-N1 R-KB1 33. R-K2 N-N4 34. B-Q6 N-B6ch 35. K-N2 R-R7ch 36. BxR Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Qxc4 0-0 9. Nc3 Kh8 10. Ng5 Qe8 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. exf5 Qxf5 16. Bxb7 Re8 17. Bg2 Nd3 18. Qf3 Ng4 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Be4 Rxf2 21. Bxd3 Rxh2 22. Na4 Bxg3 23. Bf4 Bf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Bxc7 Rd2 26. Bb5 Rc8 27. Re1 Nf6 28. Bf4 Rd4 29. Be5 Rg4+ 30. Kh1 Ne4 31. Bd7 Rh4+ 32. Kg1 Rf8 33. Re2 Ng5 34. Bd6 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Rh2+ 36. Bxh2 1-0

(a) Not the best. Correct is 10. P-K4 immediately here.
(b) 15. P-B4 looks good but on closer examination it shows that black gets the advantage.
(c) Does not care for 17. … P-B3 shutting out the bishop.
(d) Black has ample compensation for his pawn.
(e) Not 25. R-KB1, RxRch; 26. KxR, R-KBl etc.
(f) Prefer R-Q4 here.
(g) If 32. … R-B7; 33. B-KB5 etc.
(h) Loses a piece. But if 34. … R-Ql; 35. N-B5 etc.

Played in the Zurich International.

Fridrik Olafsson vs Robert James Fischer
Zuerich (1959), Zuerich SUI, rd 3, May-21
King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation. Normal Defense (E93) 0-1

From a theoretical point of view, quite an interesting game. White attacks on the King's side and Black on the Queen's side. White must have had bad time pressure, and so must Black, as the ending is somehow poor. Both 39. NxP and 40. KxKP, would have been better. Fischer, in winning this game, took revenge on the beating the Icelander gave him at the Portoroz tournament last year.