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Chess 03 Jul 1959, Fri The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Chess
The Guardian, Chess, Friday, July 03, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 532 By J. E. Driver (Kettering) White...
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Problem No. 532 By J. E. Driver (Kettering)
Black (11)
White (10)
White mates in three moves.
FEN 2RB2bK/p4B1n/1r1pp3/1p1kp3/3N3Q/7P/n1PPr3/1N6 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Nxe6 Bxf7 2. c4+ Kxe6 3. Qg4#
Space Advantage
One of the simplest forms, of king's side attack to carry out arises when an advanced pawn at K5 restricts the number of pieces which the defender can bring to safeguard his threatened position. Masters try to avoid having to defend such situations, but in the following game from the Zurich tournament Black is driven downhill by a surprise opening innovation.
Paul Keres vs Wolfgang Unzicker
Zuerich (1959), Zuerich SUI, rd 10, May-31
Spanish Game: Open Variations. Classical Defense (C83) 1-0
1. Keres's favorite move here used to be 9. Q-K2, but this has been deeply analysed in the last few years and found to be quite adequate for Black. As will be seen, he chooses the present move because he has a novelty in mind.
2. The alternative 12. … N-R4 gives White chances of establishing a pawn roller on the king's side after 13. N-Q4, followed by P-KB4 and P-B5; Black's actual move was introduced with success by Pachman at the Moscow team tournament of 1956.
3. This is Keres's innovation: it is extremely logical in that the queen's vacation of the diagonal Q1-KR5 allows White to force the exchange of the black-squared bishops.
4. White has achieved his first objective of weakening Black's king's position, and now proceeds to a direct attack on the black squares.
5. Mobilising his last piece, and prevent Black from obtaining any counterplay by … P-Q5.
6. Having weakened the king's position, Keres now proceeds to break it up completely.
7. The culmination of the attack. Not only does Black now lose the exchange, but White brings about a decisive simplification.
8. After 5. … N-R2, White wins simply by advancing his king up to KR3. As is the case with many of Keres's best wins since the war, the economy of the means employed and the elegance of the style, is reminiscent of Capablanca.
Convincing Chess Win for Lancashire 06 Jul 1959, Mon The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Convincing chess win for Lancashire
By a Chess Correspondent
Lancashire convincingly beat Warwickshire in the counties chess final in Manchester on Saturday. Both counties nearly fielded their best teams and from the 23 boards played Lancashire gained 15½ points to Warwickshire's 7½. On the second board Rhodes beat Wood in fine flashing style in 34 moves while Wolstenholme and Hoad won their games in nineteen and eighteen moves respectively.
Cheltenham Chess Club won the national club championship by beating the Leicestershire Chess Club 5-1 in a hard-fought final at Birmingham. Cheltenham have now won the championship three times in six years, while Leicestershire were in the final for the third successive time.
