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The Guardian, Chess, Thursday, April 16, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 521 by T. H. Amirov (Nakhodka,...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Monday, May 9, 2022

Problem No. 521 by T. H. Amirov (Nakhodka, U.S.S.R.)
Black (8)
White (10)
White mates in three moves.
FEN 8/K2p3B/Q2Pr1r1/2R1bp2/4k3/3R2P1/1nnPN1P1/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qb5 Bh8 2. Re5+ Bxe5 3. Qd5#

Beating a Master
An amateur always stands a better chance of defeating a master in complications than in a positional game. Combinative situations turn chess into a Russian roulette in which strong nerves and imagination can outweigh technique and experience. The following game from Bognor is a good example. Mardle, a young Cheltenham civil servant, has always been a dangerous attacker and his wins over Gereben and Karaklaic made the tournament his best performance yet.

Erno Gereben (white) vs. Denis Victor Mardle (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-Q3 3. N-QB3 P-K4 4. N-B3 QN-Q2 5. B-N5 B-K2 6. P-K3 O-O 7. Q-B2 P-B3 8. B-Q3 P-KR3 9. B-R4 R-K1 10. O-O-O Q-R4 11. N-Q2 P-R3 12. N-N3 Q-B2 13. N-N1 N-B1 14. P-KR3 P-K5 15. B-K2 B-B4 16. P-N4 B-N3 17. B-N3 Q-Q2 18. N-R4 B-Q1 19. P-B5 P-Q4 20. QR-N1 N-R2 21. P-R4 P-B3 22. Q-Q2 B-QB2 23. Q-N4 QR-N1 24. N-N6 Q-Q1 25. BxB QxB 26. N-Q2 N-K3 27. N-B1 N-B1 28. N-N3 N-Q2 29. NxN QxN 30. B-B1 Q-QB2 31. B-R3 P-N3 32. PxP RxP 33. Q-B3 P-Q1 34. P-N5 NxQP 35. PxN P-K6d.ch. 36. K-R1 PxBP 37. QPxP Q-B5 38. QPxP R-N2 39. B-N2 R-K2 40. BxPch K-R1 41. PxBP PxP 42. P-R3 R-K6 43. Q-B4 R-K8ch 44. K-R2 QxN 45. Q-B3 B-N8ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. 0-0-0 Qa5 11. Nd2 a6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nb1 Nf8 14. h3 e4 15. Be2 Bf5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg3 Qd7

1. This is one of the most promising systems of development the Old Indian Defence.
2. A smaller but perhaps more lasting advantage can be achieved by 8. B-K2, followed by Castles KR.
3. White, understandably, does not want to allow his opponent too much scope on the queen's side; but a good alternative is 11. K-N1 P-R3; 12. P-KR3 P-QN4; 13. P-KN4 P-N5; 14. N-K2, when White's attack looks the stronger.
4. The immediate counter-attack 13. … P-QN4 now leaves White with too much scope on the white squares after 14. PxNP BPxP (14. … RPxP; 15. NxP); 15. B-B5.
5. Henceforth, White appears to be undecided on which side of the board to attack, and, therefore, loses ground. It looks more logical to play 17. P-N5 PxP; 18. BxP followed by the advance of the KRP.
6. The king's side attack is now faulty: White should have (changed his plan entirely and worked for exchanges and a queen's side breakthrough. This plan would entail such long-winded manoeuvres as K-B2 QN1-B1-N2, R-QR1, KR-QN1, N-Q2, and, finally, P-QN4, P-QR4 and P-QN5. However, although this idea would be tedious, it would avoid the risks of his actual move.
7. A fine, bold sacrifice: for if White is allowed to play BxNch and QxP, his position is clearly superior.
8. A blunder in time pressure. He could put up a much better resistance by 39. P-R5, and if 39. … B-K5 (not B-R2; 40. P-N6); 40. NxB PxN; 41. P-B6 R(N2)-K2; 42. B-Q7.
9. Now there is no defence to Black's next move.
10. l or of 46. K-N3 RN-K6.

Mar del Plata Tournament 16 Apr 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Mar del Plata tournament
Bobby Fischer, the 16-year-old American champion, tied for third prize with Ivkov (Yugoslavia) in the annual tournament at Mar del Plata, Argentina. He was half a point behind Najdorf (Argentina) and Pachman (Czechoslovakia). In view of Fischer's limited international experience, this result marks him once more at a threat to the Russian world title contenders.