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Chess 02 Apr 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
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The Guardian, Chess, Thursday, April 02, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 519 By C. J. Morse (London) White...
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Problem No. 519
By C. J. Morse (London)
Black (10)
White (8)
White mates in two moves.
FEN 8/8/8/B1p3p1/B2bR3/KQ1Rrp1N/1p2k2N/nr4q1 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qc4 Bc3 2. Rd1#
Oxford v. Cambridge
Oxford were rather lucky to draw this year's university match; up to an hour before the close of play they seemed certain to lose. Perhaps the sight of the Cambridge team's fine light blue ties flaunted as if to remind Oxford of their own unsuccessful attempt to have half-blues awarded, acted as a spur. There was a decisive change of fortunes when, in the top board game, Bailey of Oxford successfully set a trap for Davis. In spite of Davis' effort to win the day by offering a draw with an air of studied casualness, Bailey hung on and was duly awarded a win on adjudication.
The match is often tense, even though nowadays it is not played on the same day as the Boat Race (which often had a bad effect on the Oxford team). This year, one player left his queen en prise under a hallucination and two games were decided on the time limit. Still, this does not compare with the incident, some years back, when the match depended on the adjudication of a game between two Jewish undergraduates. Each thought they had the advantage, but Sir George Thomas, after some thought, announced a draw. The two opponents looked at each other and then remarked, simultaneously: “Anti-Semitic prejudice!”
The following game was played in the match.
R. Fletcher (Salwyn, Cambridge) vs. R. Hollinghurst (Keble, Oxford)
King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense
1. This form of the English Opening, which is analogous to the 2. N-QB3 line in the Sicilian with colours reversed, is more difficult to meet than seems likely at first sight. White's plan is to control or occupy the white squares in the centre and to combine this with an advance Queen's side, pawns (R-QN1 and P-QN4-5) Black's counter-chances be on the other wing with … P-KB4-5, but he is somewhat handicapped by the fact that exchanges benefit White. In an ending,White's queen side advantage usually enables him decisively to penetrate the Black position with his rooks.
2. An interesting idea, which increases his hold on the white squares at the price of allowing Black the two bishops.
3. 10. … P-QR4; 11. P-QR3 B-N2; 12. P-QN4 PxP; would open up the game more than actually happens — a factor to the advantage of the side with the bishops.
4. This is not best. White could fix a target for attack by 12. P-N5 N-K2; 13. N-Q2 P-B3 (13. … R-N1; 14. Q-R4); 14. PxP PxP; 15. Q-R4 Q-B2; 16. R-N3.
5. If 13. … N-N1; 14. N-Q2 N-Q2; then not 15. BxP N-B4; but 15. N-R4, maintaining the pressure.
6. Although forced (since 15. … N-B1; 16. N-Q5 is too passive), this move should maintain at least equality, since the bishops now increase their scope.
7. 18. BxBch QxB; 19. QxP R-R1 favours Black since on an open board his remaining bishop is better than White's knight. 18. KR-B1 BxB; 19. KxB P-K5; 20. N-B4 PxP; 21. QxQP QxQ; 22. PxQ KR-Q1 is also good for Black.
8. The decisive mistake, since White's Queen's side pressure now greatly increases. Far better is 18. … BxP; 19. R-R1 B-K3; when if 20. RxP P-K5 (threat B-Q5), or if 20. QxRP P-K5; 21. R-R3 B-Q5; 22. Q-R5 P-K6; 23. PxP BxPch; 24. K-R1 B-Q4; and Black has the attack.
9. 19. … P-K5 no longer works after 20 KR-Q1 PxP (20. … B-Q5; 21. Q-B4ch and 22. PxP); 21. N-B3, followed by 22. RxP when White's major pieces are in control; this was nevertheless Black's best chance.
10. He has, anyway, no adequate defence to the double threat of 24. N-Q6 and 24. NxP. If 23. … R-K1; 24. N-K3 R(K1)-K2; 25. N-Q5. In every case, White wins at least a pawn and continues to dominate the board.
Yugoslavs' Easy Chess Win 02 Apr 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Yugoslavs' Easy Chess Win
From a Chess Correspondent
Bognor Regis, Wednesday.
There were no surprises in the first round of the Stevenson memorial chess tournament here to-day unless it was the unfortunate withdrawal of K. Darga at the last moment. A sprained ankle has prevented him from leaving Germany.
Both the Yugoslav masters won comfortably. Karaklaic adopted the Nimzo-Indian Defence against W. G. Attard of Malta, and soon obtained a clear positional advantage consisting in control of the white squares on the queen's side. Though the Maltese player had chances to save himself in the ending. Karaklaic finally forced home a pawn to queen. Crepinsek adopted the Samisch variation against D. Gilbertson's Nimzo-Indian Defence and profiting by a slight error by the London player, rapidly built up a winning attack on the king.
Durao, the Portuguese champion, also built up a strong attack against A. S. Hollis, of Oxford University, who had played the French Defence. To avoid worse, Hollis had to give up the pawn and soon lost more material in the ending. R. G. Wade played the Benoni Defence against D. Goulding-Brown, the oldest player in the tournament. After an equal opening he penetrated with his pieces on the queen's side and won a pawn, and this advantage was sufflcient.
Results:
W. G. Attard 0, N. Karaklaic 1;
L. Crepkinsek 1, D. Gilbertson 0;
J. Durao 1, A. S. Hollis 0;
B. Goulding-Brown 0, R. G. Wade 1;
A. Ayriss 0, M. P. Furmaston 1;
H. Courtney ½, E. G. Ansell ½;
F. Clough 1, R. E. James 0;
K. G. P. Gunnell 0, Mrs E. Pritchard 1;
G. W. Henlen 0, D. E. Lloyd 1;
C. H. Henshaw 0, M. R. B. Clarke 1;
B. L. Wilkinson 1, P. W. Hampson 0;
K. I. H. Inwood ½, A Mazlils ½;
R. H. Mellor 0, M. Reuser 1;
D. V. Mardle 1, W. H. Praiten 0;
I. R. Napier ½, G. Tanfield ½
H. G. Rhodes ½, S. Reuben ½;
Miss A. Sunnocks 0, B. G. Wells. 1;
D. J. Springgay 1, I. B. N. Smith 0;
H. G. T. Matchett ½, P. J. Meade ½;
A. T. Watson 0, O. M. Hindle 1.
The games between P. Dean and C. G. Hilton, W. Evans and E. Gereben, P. J. T. Jiggins and S. C. Love, D. B. Pritchard and A. K. May, Miss E. Trawner and E. G. Exell, B. H. Wood and P. R. King and C. L. Tadlelto and B. Cafferty were adjourned.
Strongly Contested Games in Chess Tournament 03 Apr 1959, Fri The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Strongly contested games in chess tournament
From a Chess Correspondent
Bognor Regis, Thursday.
In round two of the Stevenson Memorial chess tournament here to-day one game was finished in under an hour's play when Mrs Pritchard, the British women's champion in 1956, won in only ten moves against B. L. Wilkinson; he lost the exchange by a blunder and promptly resigned.
The games of the favourites were much more sternly contested than yesterday and only Karaklaic won without much trouble. His opponent, F. Clough, adopted the Sicilian Defence but left his king in the centre too long and was soon faced with a strong attack. He was forced to castle queen's-side and though he prolonged the same by sacrificing a piece the final result was never in doubt. His fellow-countryman Crepinsek had a much harder struggle against D E. Lloyd. The Yugoslav's Sicilian Defence gave him a slight advantage but Lloyd resisted well until he lost on time when in a lost rook and pawn ending.
Wade lost a very exciting game to D. V. Mardel, who played the King's Indian Defence and made the speculative piece sacrifice in the middle game. The British master did not find the correct defence and could only reach an ending in which he was eventually faced with no less than six connected passed pawns. These soon proved decisive. Gereben made little headway for a long time against N. Hammond's Benoni Defence, but gradually towards the end of the fifth hour's play he built up a strong position in the centre and forced a break-through.
The best game of the day from the British point of view was between Cafferty and Durao. The latter played the Dutch Defence and unwisely exchanged his black-squared bishop. Thereafter he was always weak on the white squares, and Cafferty ably exploited this advantage to reach a won rook and pawn ending. The game was adjourned with Cafferty a pawn up and he should win. Leading results:
Kurakaic 1, Clough 0;
Lloyd 0, Crepinsek 1;
Wade 0, Mardle 1;
Gereben 1, Hammond 0;
Mrs Pritchard 1, Wilkinson 0;
Hindle 1, Pritchard 0;
Furnston 1, Springgay 0;
Clarke 1, Miss Tranmer 0;
Reuser 0, Wood 1;
Tanfield 1, Love 0;
Ansell 1, Matchett 0;
Hilton ½, Napier ½;
Reuben ½, Inwood ½;
Meade ½, Courinsy ½;
Maziris 1, Dean 0.
The following games were adjourned: Cafferty v. Durao, Wells v. Jiggins, Green v Rhodes. Results of adjourned games from round one: Evans 0, Gereben 1;
Pritchard 1, May 0;
Tadiello 0, Cafferty 1;
Dean ½, Hilton ½;
Jiggins ½, Love ½;
Miss Tranmer 1, Exell 0;
Wood 1, Kings 0.
The game between Hammond and Green is still adjourned.
Vital Victory By Karaklaic 04 Apr 1959, Sat The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
VITAL VICTORY BY KARAKLAIC
May win chess prize
From a Chess Correspondent
Bognor Regis, Friday.
In the third round of the Stevenson Memorial Tournament here to-day, Karaklaic defeated Gereben in a game which is likely to have a vital bearing on the destination of the first prize.
Gereben adopted the Nimzo-Indian defence but obtained a passive position out of the opening and remained on the defensive for the rest of the game. In the space of Karaklaic's accurate play he could do no better than to exchange all the pieces leaving a lost King and pawn ending. Crepinsek played the English opening against Cafferty but could make no progress against the British player's steady defence. Cafferty quickly forced many exchanges to reach a rook and pawn ending, and although he was a pawn down when the game was adjourned the position is drawn.
Both Mardle and Hindle, the young Norwich player, will probably join Karaklaic, with three points. Mardle accepted the pawn offered to him in the opening when Mrs. Pritchard played the Centre Counter gambit. He retained the pawn advantage throughout the game and adjourned with a one ending. Hindle also adjourned against Ansell with a winning advantage of rook against bishop in the ending. Wade played the Sicilian defence against Wilkinson and won comfortably, and so made up some of the ground he lost yesterday. Result of to-day's games:
Karaklaic 1, Gereben 0;
Wood ½, Furmston ½;
Clarke ½, Wells ½;
Mazitis 0, Tanfield 1;
Courtney 1, May 0;
Miss Trenmer 0, Meade 1;
Inward ½, Gilbertson ½,
Pritchard 1, Hilton 0;
Springgay ½, Lloyd ½;
Watson 0, Hollis 1;
Wilkinson 0, Wade 1;
Clough 1, Reuser 0;
Durao ½, Reuben ½;
Hammond 1; Dean 0;
Henshaw 1, Rhodes 0.
The following games were adjourned:
Crepinek v. Cafferty, Mardle v. Mrs Pritchard, Hindle v Anscu, Green v. Padiello, Smith v James, Napier v. Kempson.
Results of the adjourned games from previous rounds: Round 1. Hammond ½, Green ½; Round 2. Cafferty 1, Durao 0; Wells 1, Jippins 0: Green ½, Rhodes ½.
The leading scores after three rounds: Karaklaic 3 points; Clark, Furmston, Tanfield, Wells and Wood, 2½, Mrs Pritchard, Cafferty, Chapinsek, Hindle and Mardle, 2 and 1 adjourned.
Junior Chess Leaders 04 Apr 1959, Sat The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
JUNIOR CHESS LEADERS
The leaders when play closed for the day in the eighth annual Liverpool Junior Chess Congress were: Northern counties junior championship, tie between M. Firth, of Chadderton, and G. M. Sheldrick, of Huddersfield; Merseyside junior championship, J. Wright, of Colne. Girls' junior championship, Rosalie Norbury, of Northwood, Kirkby; primary schools' championship, R. Leong, of Dovedale School, Liverpool. The congress ends to-day and the prizes will be presented by Mr C. H. O'D. Alexander.
Karaklaic In Chess Lead 06 Apr 1959, Mon The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
KARAKLAIC IN CHESS LEAD
Favourite for title
From a Chess Correspondent.
Bognor Regis, Sunday.
The Yugoslav international chess master N. Karaklaic took the lead in the fourth round of the Stevenson memorial tournament yesterday by a well played win over K. Cafferty.
He adopted the Nimzo-Indian Defence and quickly assumed the initiative against the English player's rather passive play. The latter gave up a pawn to reach an ending of rook and four pawns against rook and three pawns all on one side, which is usually a theoretical draw. But on this occasion Karaklaic had a very aggressive position and he rapidly increased his advantage and forced a winning break-through. He thoroughly deserves his lead in the tournament so far and the feature of his play has been his excellent positional judgment and end-game technique. Having already beaten Gereben, he must now be regarded as firm favourite for first prize.
In the game between the two other leaders. Mardle and Hindle, the latter played the Sicilian Defence and won a pawn in the middle game. When the game was adjourned he was a pawn up in a rook and pawn ending and has good winning chances.
Most of the other important games were one-sided. Both Gereben and Wade gradually outplayed their opponents in the middle game while Wood's young opponent, having built up a promising attacking position, threw it away by wild sacrifices. Tanfield put up a longer resistance against Crepinsek. The Yugoslav played the King's Indian Defence, but did not gain a decisive advantage until the very end of the session.
In the domestic battle between Pritchard and Mrs Pritchard the former effectively demonstrated that he was head of the family.
Leading results of round [illegible] were Cafferty 0, Karaklaic 1;
Thomston 1, Clarke 0;
Tanfield 0, Cremasch 1;
Wells 0, Wood 1;
Wade 1, Meade 0;
Getchen 1, Clough 0;
Mrs. Pritchard 0, Pritchard 1;
[Illegible] Courtney 0;
Hempson 0, Matchett 1;
Ansell 1, Henshaw 0;
Reuben 1, Smith 0;
Kings ½, Maztis ½,
James 0, Gereben 1;
Lloyd 1, Tadiello 0.
Results of adjourned games from round 3; Crepinsek ½, Cafferty ½;
Mardle 1, Mrs. Pritchard 0;
Hindle 1, Ansell 0;
Smith ½, James ½;
Napier ½, Hempson ½;
Green v. Tadiello is still adjourned.
The leading scores after four rounds are: Karaklaic 4 points. Crepinsek, Furmston and Wood 3½, Hindle and Mardle 3 and 1 adjourned.
Tie For Northern Chess Title 06 Apr 1959, Mon The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
TIE FOR NORTHERN CHESS TITLE
Liverpool congress ends
Three 17-year-old schoolboys took the two major awards when the eighth annual Liverpool junior chess congress finished on Saturday. M. Firth of Chadderton Grammar School and G. M. Sheldrick, of Huddersfield High School tied for the northern counties championship. M. R. Hudson of Calday Grammar School (Cheshire) gained the Merseyside championship.
There was also a tie in the primary schools championship (under 11) between the Liverpool boys R. Leong (Dovedale) and S. St George (Anfield). Rosalie Norbury won the Merseyside girls' championship for the third time running.
Karaklaic In Clear Lead 07 Apr 1959, Tue The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
KARAKLAIC IN CLEAR LEAD
Chess at Bognor
From a Chess Correspondent
Bognor Regis, April 6.
Karaklaic took a clear lead in the fifth round of the Stevenson memorial chess tournament here by a fine win over Hindle, who this morning had drawn level with him by winning his adjourned game against Mardle.
The young Norfolk player adopted the Nimzo-Indian Defence but quickly fell behind in development and conceded his opponent the advantage of two bishops. Karaklaic increased his advantage by accurate play and sacrificed a piece to expose the black king to a fierce attack. Hindle resigned on the twenty-seventh move when mate was unavoidable.
Crepinsek came into second place as a result of a comfortable win over Furmston who played the King's Indian defence but allowed the Yugoslav to break through oh the queen's side and win a pawn. Furmston then gave up another pawn for a counter-attack, but this was easily beaten off. Wade won a pawn in the early middle game against Pritchard, but was unable to consolidate this advantage, and a draw was agreed after 35 moves when Pritchard regained the pawn.
The ex-London boy champion, Hollis, put up a hard struggle against Gereben who played the King's Indian Defence and for a long time had an inferior position. He was forced to give up two pieces for a rook and pawn to free his position, but in the tactical complications that followed he succeeded in outplaying his young opponent. Hollis resigned at the end of the session when he was faced with loss of material. The game between Wood and Mardle was adjourned in a position in which the former has a slight advantage in an ending of rook, knight, and pawns. The leading results of round five were:
Karaklaic 1, Hindle 0;
Crepinsek 1, Furmston 0;
Pritchard ½, Wade ½;
Hollis 0, Gereben 1;
Clarke ½, Reuben ½;
Napier 0, Wells 1;
Matchett 1, Tanfield 0;
Meade 1, Cafferty 0;
Courtney 0, Hilton 1;
Durao ½, May ½;
Wilkinson 0, Gilbertson 1;
Anriss 0, Mrs Pritchard 1;
Golding-Brown 0, Rhodes 1;
Clough ½, Kings ½;
Mazitis 0, Reuser 1.
The games between Wood and Mardle, Ansell and Hammond, and Green and Lloyd were adjourned. The results of adjourned games from earlier rounds were Round 3: Green ½ Tadiello ½ Round 4: Mardle 0, Hindle 1; Gilbertson ½, Durao ½.
The leading scores after five rounds are: Karaklaic 5 points. Crepinsek 4½. Gereben and Hindle 4. Wood 3½ and one adjourned.
British Victories At Bognor 08 Apr 1959, Wed The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
BRITISH VICTORIES AT BOGNOR
Chess tournament
From a Chess Correspondent
Bognor Regis, Tuesday.
There was no change in the lead in the sixth round of the Stevenson memorial chess tournament since the game between Karaklaic and Crepinsek ended in a quick draw.
The hero of the day was Mardle, who played the King's Indian Defence against Gereben and for a long time had the inferior position. But he tested well and eventually started a courageous counter-attack by a piece sacrifice. He forced a passed pawn to the seventh rank and proceeded to outplay his opponent in the complication and to regain the piece. Gereben resigned at the end of the session.
Lloyd, too gave up a piece against Durao to expose the king to an attack in the centre. The latter managed to beat off this attack but only at a heavy cost in material and he finally exceeded the time-limit in a lost position. When his game with Hindle adjourned Wood had a bishop and three pawns for a rook and should win. The game between Hammond and Wade was adjourned in a drawn position. The leading results of round six were:
Crepinsek ½, Karaklaic ½
Gereben 0, Mardle 1;
Furmston 1, Marschett 0;
Hillon 0, Rebuen 1;
Rhodes 0, Rense 1;
Colberts 1, Clarke 0;
Mrs. Pritchard 1, Hollis 0;
Lloyd 1, Durao 0.
The following games were adjourned:
Hinnic v. Wood, Wade v. Hammond, and Colbertson v. Green.
Results of adjourned games from round 6, Wood ½, Mardle ½, Ansell v. Hammond, Green ½, Lloyd ½.
The leading scores now are: Karaklaic 4, Crepinsek, [illegible], Mardle and Pritchard and Mardle and Wood 4 and 1 adjourned.
