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The Guardian, Chess, Thursday, April 23, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 522 By C. A. Galbraith (Veekraal,...

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Problem No. 522 By C. A. Galbraith (Veekraal, South Africa).
Black (10)
White (8)
White mates in two moves.
FEN 2N1KBN1/5p2/r1p1p1r1/3kp3/1R6/1pP1Pb2/7Q/1n6 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qb2 Rxg8 2. Qxb3#

The Bognor Tournament
Mardle's success in tying for first prize with Gereben at Bognor is the most encouraging result for British chess since Clarke's performances at Moscow and Hastings two years ago. There should certainly be at least one vacancy for a young player in the English team for the next world championships, and Mardle has now staked a powerful claim. His successes, and those of Pritchard (who won the Southern Counties title), were both obtained by taking risks. The following game illustrates how merciless the foreign masters could be against other opponents who played too cautiously.

Nikola Karaklajic (white) vs. Owen M Hindle (black)
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3. N-QB3 B-N5 4. N-B3 O-O 5. B-N5 P-Q4 6. PxP BxNch 7. PxB PxP 8. P-K3 P-KR3 9. B-R4 QN-Q2 10. B-Q3 P-B4 11. O-O R-K1 12. R-N1 Q-R4 13. Q-B2 N-K5 14. P-B4 PBxP 15. KPxP P-R3 16. PxP QxQP 17. KR-K1 N-B3 18. B-B4 Q-KR4 19. N-K5 N-Q3 20. BxN PxB 21. NxP RxRch 22. RxR NxB 23. NxPch QxN 24. QxNch K-N2 25. R-K8 K-N3 26. R-N8ch K-B4 27. Q-Q5ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bg5 d5 6. cxd5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 exd5 8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Ne4 14. c4 cxd4 15. exd4 a6 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Re1 Ndf6 18. Bc4 Qh5 19. Ne5 Nd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nxc4 23. Nxh6+ Qxh6 24. Qxc4+ Kg7 25. Re8 Kg6 26. Rg8+ Kf5 27. Qd5+ 1-0

1. Black's inexperience leads him into a bad opening variation. Correct here is 5. … P-B4; and if 6. PxP, N-R3.
2. A second inaccuracy, which grants White the two bishops without compensation. 6. … PxP immediately is correct.
3. This pawn formation is quite common in the variations of the Nimzo-Indian in which White plays 4. P-K3, and here White has the extra advantage that his QB is outside the pawn chain instead of being hampered by it.
4. When you have a knight against a bishop you should normally keep the position closed as far as possible; but this move allows a further opening up of the centre in favour of the bishops. Black should play 13. … P-B5; 14. B-K2 and only then 14. N-K5.
5. If 15. … N(Q2)-B3; 16. R-N5 Q-Q1; 17. PxP, winning material.
6. A terrible blunder would be 17. … P-B4; 18. B-B4.
7. Beginning a series of combinations by which White's aggressive pieces take advantage of Black's lack of development. If now 19. … QxB; 20. BxPch K-R2 (20. … K-B1; 21. N-N6ch); 21. BxR NxB; 22. RxN.
8. If 22. … NxN; 23. R-K8ch K-N2; 24 R-K7.
9. It is an interesting sidelight on the way masters think that Karaklaic placed this combination without fully calculating it: be judged intuitively that it must be sound in view of Black's exposed king and undeveloped queen's side. If now 24. … K-R2; 25. Q-B7ch Q-N2 (or 25. K-R1; 26. R-K8ch); 26. Q-R5ch Q-R3: 27. R-K7ch. If 24. … K-B1; 25. Q-B5ch K-B2; 26. Q-K7ch K-N3; 27. Q-K8ch and now if 27. … K-N2; 28. R-K7 mate, or if 27. … K-B4; 28. P-KR3 (!) and Black has no defence, e.g. 28. … Q-R5; 29. P-N4ch K-N4; 30. P-B4ch KxP; 31. Q-K3 mate. Finally if 27. … K-N4; 28. R-K3, and again Black's king cannot survive the attack.
10. If 25. … B-K3; simply 26. RxB (but not 28. QxB(?) RxR; 27. QxR Q-B8ch and mates), when White is two pawns up in addition to having a winning attack.
11. After 27. … K-B5; White has the pleasant choice of two different mates in one. 28. P-N3 and 28. Q-B3.