September 27, 1959 Chess Chats by George Koltanowski, Press-Democrat, Santa Rosa, California

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Chess Chats 27 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 27, 1959, Santa Rosa, California Problem No....

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Problem No. 199
White to play and mate in two moves.
FEN 3B2K1/3p2p1/4p1kp/1Q6/6N1/4p1R1/6rr/5R2 w - - 0 1
Solution: Q-K2; 1. Qe2 Rxg3 2. Ne5#

Robert Dickinson (white) vs. David Bogdanoff (black)
Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP N-B3 5. N-QB3 P-Q3 6. P-KB3 P-K3 7. B-K3 P-QR3 8. Q-Q2 B-Q2 9. P-QR4!? B-K2 10. N-N3 N-R4 11. NxN QxN 12. B-Q3 R-Q1 13. O-O B-B3 14. Q-B2! Q-R4 15. N-K2! P-Q4?? 16. P-KN4 Q-K4 17. B-KB4 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. a4? Be7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. 0-0 Bc6 14. Qf2! Qh5 15. Ne2! d5?? 16. g4 Qe5 17. Bf4 1-0

(a) With this move, white initiates the Yugoslav Attack, which has enjoyed much success over the board.
(b) Alternatives are 6. P-K4, leading to a Fischer type position, and 6. P-KN3, allowing the regular Yugoslav Variation.
(c) Premature: B-K2 followed by 0-0 is probably better.
(d) 8. NxN; 9 BxN P-K4; 10. B-K3 B-K3 might be a better alternative for black.
(e) White's plan is N-N3 P-R5, N-R4, and N-N6. This, however, creates a terrible weakness at QN4.
(f) P-Q4 or N-QR4 might also be considered.
(g) Black must stop P-R5.
(h) The QR belongs on QB1 and the KR on Q1.
(i) Preparing for P-Q4, but too late.
(j) If 14. Q-N5; then follows, 15. B-N6 R-QB1; 16. N-R2, QxRP (16. QxNP; 17. B-Q4 Q-R6; 18. KR-N1, and white wins the black queen.) 17. P-B3 P-OR4; 18. N-N4 QxR; 19. RxQ PxN; 20. PxP, and white should win but not without some troubles.
(k) 15. P-K4 is forced.
(l) If 17. QxNP; 18. KR-N1 and the black queen is trapped.

Played at the Midwest Open at Lincoln, Nebraska, 1953.

Capt. Edmund B. Edmondson (white) vs. Lee Travis Magee (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 N-B3 4. N-N5 P-Q4 5. PxP P-N3 6. BxP QxP 7. BxNch QxB 8. O-O B-N2 9. Q-B3 P-K5 10. Q-QN3 O-O-O 11. Q-KRch K-N1 12. NxBP R-Q4 13. NxP R-K4 14. Q-QB3 B-B4 15. K-R1 P-K6 16. P-KB3 N-N5 17. P-Q4 RxPch 18. K-N1 R-R8ch Resigns after 19. KxP Q-R3ch decided.

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 g6