Chess 08 Jan 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
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The Guardian, Chess, Thursday, January 08, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 507 By C.A. Galbraith (South...
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Problem No. 507
By C.A. Galbraith (South Africa)
FEN 5nK1/5R2/4N1pb/1PPk4/3PbPQ1/rp2R2r/1N6/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qd1 Kxe6 2. d5#
The Dutch defence
The Dutch Defence is one of the openings in which Black tries at an early stage to build up a strong wing attack. In such cases it is very important not to allow the centre to be opened too quickly. In the following game from the Hastings tournament Black commits this error, and the West German master splits the enemy forces in two in decisive style.
Klaus Darga vs Miroslav Radojcic
Hastings (1958/59), Hastings ENG, rd 4, Jan-01
Dutch Defense: Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation Modern Main Line (A99) 1-0
1. Until recently 8. R-K1 was considered best here. However, a game Neikirch-Larsen, Portoroz 1958, continued 8. … Q-N3; 9. P-K4 PxP; 10. NxP NxN; 11. RxN N-B3; (not 11. … QxR; 12. N-R4); 12. R-K1 N-N5; 13. P-QR3 N-B7; 14. N-R4 BxN; 15. B-K4 NxKR; 16. BxQ N-B6ch; 17. K-N2 PxB; 18. PxB NxPch; and Black's assorted material proved more than a match for the queen. Neikirch later suggested 13. R-K2 as an improvement; but then comes 13. … P-K4; 14 PxP B-N5.
2. The first mistake; Black should keep his queen centralised for the time being and play at once 9. … N-R3.
3. Now Black's KP becomes very weak. A better chance of contesting the centre is 11. … PxP; 12. NxP P-B3.
4. White's main threat is 14. N-K1 QxQ; 15. RxQ followed by N-Q3 and N-B4, when the KP must soon fall.
5. This is Black's only reasonable attempt at counter-play; but it is elegantly refuted.
6. If 14. … B-B4; 15. Q-Q5ch K-R1; 16. PxP, and the bishop is pinned.
7. If 15. … NxR; 16. PxB R-K1; 17. N-K5 is very strong. e.g. 17. QxQch; 18. RxQ N-B3; 19. R-Q8 P-B3; 20. NxP PxN; 21. BxN B-K3; 22. BxP.
8. This loses immediately. However, after 19. … QxN; 20. RxRch KxR; 21. QxQ BxQ; 22. BxB N-R3; 23. R-Q1, White's bishops dominate the board and Black is hopelessly tied up.
9. Or 21. … N-K3; 22. R-K1. Now White wins a piece by force.
10. If 26. … R-Q1; 27. BxB.
E. German Chess Victory 08 Jan 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
E. GERMAN CHESS VICTORY
Uhlmann's first prize
From our Chess Correspondent
Hastings, Wednesday.
Uhlmann quickly made sure of the first prize in the final round of the international chess tournament to-day by a short draw against Fuster. This meant that Portisch was second whatever his result against Duckstein, but as it happened he allowed his queen to come into great danger and was lucky to escape with two pawns for the exchange and a drawn ending. Gereben's third place was the surprise of the tournament, and he completely outmanoeuvered Radoicic in an ending of bishops of opposite colours.
Darga was in trouble in the early middle game against Barden's King's Indian Defence, but the British player repeatedly missed the strongest plan and finally succumbed to a mating attack. Wade and Clarke had an exciting draw from an English Opening in which the advantage veered back and forth until only the two kings were left. In an adjourned game Clarke beat Radoicic.
Fuster beat Radoicic in 138 moves, after fifteen hours' play. This was the longest game ever played in an international tournament at Hastings, and the two weary masters, after adjourning for the fourth time at one o'clock in the morning, were still battling it out long after the prize-giving was completed this afternoon.
The final scores were: Uhlmann 8. Portisch 7. Gereben 6. Darga 5½. Duckstein 5. Clarke and Wade 4. Fuster 3. Radoicic 1½, and Barden 1.
The major section of the Premier Reserves ended in a tie between Heemsoth and Rautenberg, both of West Germany with 6 out of 9. They were followed by Gabrovsek and Vasilievic (Yugoslavia), and K. W. Lloyd 5½. D. G. Horseman and A. R. B. Thomas 4. D. M. Horne 3½ Dr S. Fazekas and R. A. Fuller 2½.
Here is one of Uhlmann's games from the tournament.
Wolfgang Uhlmann vs Robert Graham Wade
Hastings (1958/59), Hastings ENG, rd 4, Jan-01
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg Defense. Prianishenmo Gambit (D24) 1-0
