July 10, 1959 The Guardian Chess, London, Manchester

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The Guardian, Chess, Friday, July 10, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 533 By J. C. Morra (Argentina) White...

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Problem No. 533 By J. C. Morra (Argentina)
Black (5)
White (13)
White mates in two moves.
FEN 2Q2r2/1p1R4/3KP3/2P5/2Nk1N1R/1P1B1P2/P2q4/2b1B3 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Bb1 Rxc8 2. Ne2#

Nedeljkovic-Maric
Together with the King's Indian, the Dutch is one of the best defences to 1. P-Q4 to try against a slightly weaker opponent who prefers positional rather than combinative play. It is not easy for White to obtain a situation with clear-cut positional landmarks against the Dutch unless, as sometimes happens, Black plays it under the impression that it is essential for him to launch an all-out attack against the king as quickly as possible. Such attacks only succeed against very weak or timid play; but if Black correctly operates on both side of the board he should be able to keep equality whatever happens, and a few slightly passive moves by White may well give Black the initiative. The following illustrative game is from the Yugoslav championship.

Srecko Nedeljkovic (white) vs Rudolf Maric (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-K3 2. P-QB4 P-KB4 3. N-KB3 N-KB3 4. P-KN3 B-K2 5. B-N2 O-O 6. O-O P-Q3 7. P-N3 Q-K1 8. B-N2 P-QR4 9. N-B3 Q-R4 10. P-K3 N-R3 11. N-K1 Q-R3 12. N-Q3 P-B3 13. Q-K2 N-QN5 14. NxN PxN 15. N-R4 P-K4 16. P-B5 B-K3 17. N-N6 QR-Q1 18. N-B4 P-K5 19. PxP BxQP 20. NxB RxN 21. Q-K1 N-Q4 22. P-QR3 B-B2 23. PxP P-QN4 24. R-R7 B-R4 25. Q-Q2 B-B6 26. KR-R1 Q-R4 27. R-R8 BxB 28. KxB R-B2 29. RxKch RxR 30. R-R6 P-B5 31. KPxP Q-B6ch 32. K-N1 RxP 33. RxP P-K6 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2 a5 9. Nc3 Qh5 10. e3 Na6 11. Ne1 Qh6 12. Nd3 c6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Nxb4 axb4 15. Na4 e5 16. c5 Be6 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Nc4 e4 19. cxd6 Bxd6 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21. Qe1 Nd5 22. a3 Bf7 23. axb4 b5 24. Ra7 Bh5 25. Qd2 Bf3 26. Ra1 Qh5 27. Ra8 Bxg2 28. Kxg2

1. Most players prefer to avoid the Staunton Gambit, 1. P-Q4 P-KB4; 2. P-K4, which, although probably not quite sound, gives good attacking chances in practice.
2. A sharper and more promising line is 7. N-B3, followed by R-K1 and P-K4.
3. The consequent play on both wings. If Black instead tries to begin an immediate king's side attack by 10. … P-KN4; then 11. N-Q2 Q-N3 (if 11. … P-N5; 12. N-K2 and 13. N-B4); 12. P-K4, followed by P-K5, and White's better-developed pieces [illegible] from the opening of the centre.
4. The point of this is to enable him to play P-K4 rather than to attack on the QR file. If now 14. P-B4 still 14. … NxN; 15. QxN P-K4 (16. BPxP PxP; 17. PxP N-N5).
5. Hoping both to break open the centre and to attack Black's advanced QNP, but this proves to be outweighed by Black's control of his Q4. Sounds if 16. N-N6 R-N1; 17. NxB, when the two bishops should be adequate compensation for Black's initiative.
6. Another inaccuracy; he should play 21. Q-Q2ch as to avoid breaking the [illegible] of his rooks.
7. Black's manoeuvres have been precisely timed, and now, having concentrated all his pieces on the king's side, he proceeds to a decisive attack. The doubled extra pawn deprives White's own QB of all its scope.
8. 28. RxRch holds out longer, although after 28. … KxR; 29. R-R8ch K-K2; 30. R-R7ch R-Q2; 31. RxRch KxR; 32. KxB Q-B6ch; followed by P-KN4 and P-KR-5 Black must win owing to the glaring contrast in the effectiveness of the respective minor pieces.
9. A fine concluding combination. If 35. PxR NxBP; White must give up his queen to avoid mate. White's next move is a blunder, but if 33. R-R1 [illegible]; P-R4; 34. R-K1 P-R5; 35. Q-K2 P-R6; 36. QxQ RxQ; 37. RxP RxNP; 38. R-K2 NxP; 39. P-B4 N-Q6; 40. R-K3 P-N5; and Black must win.

Schoolboys' Chess 17 Jul 1959, Fri The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

SCHOOLBOYS' CHESS
The England schoolboys' chess team regained the Glorney Cup when it beat Wales yesterday 4½-1½. Individual games went (England names first):
C. D. J. Mabbs beat R. G. Denning. C. G. Burton beat P. J. Bennett, J. A. Lawrence lost to C. M. Bloodworth, A. T. McDonald beat J. A. John, P. E. Walker drew with T. Ricketts. D. G. McDonald beat T. Daughton.
Wales has a winning lead of 3½-1½ in the match against Ireland, and in the first-round match England leads-Ireland 4½-½.
[This week's chess feature has been held over]

Students' Chess Team Disappoints 20 Jul 1959, Mon The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Students' chess team disappoints
By a Chess Correspondent
The British student chess team finished seventh in the world students' championship held at Budapest during the last two and a half weeks, a disappointing result since the team of J. Penrose. P H. Clarke, P. C. Gibbs, K. W. Lloyd, R. B. Edwards, and D. J. P. Gray was considered a strong one. However, on the lower boards it was not able to match the all-round strength of the East European teams. The Soviet team, holders of the championship for the last four years, was not quite so strong this time and had to concede the title to Bulgaria, several of whose players were in brilliant form. The final scores were:

1. Bulgaria (40½ points); 2. U.S.S.R. (39); 3. Hungary (37½); 4. Romania (36); 5. East Germany (32½); 6. Czechoslovakia (31); 7. England (26½); 8 and 9. Mongolia and Poland (21½); 10. Israel (20); 11. France (19); 12. Sweden (18½); 13. Finland (15); 14. Ireland (5½)