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The Guardian, Chess, Friday, July 24, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 534 by J. R. Hoole (Manchester) White...

Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, May 15, 2022

Problem No. 534 by J. R. Hoole (Manchester)
Black (5)
White (7)
White mates in two moves.
FEN n3B3/8/8/1RNN3R/2kpp3/2b4Q/8/3K4 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Rh4 Nc7 2. Nb6#

The County Championship
Lancashire's clear-cut win of the inter-county championship should add force to the Northern Counties Chess Union's suggestion that they should be granted two places at the quarter-final stage. As these later rounds are played in the summer venue counts for a great deal, but Lancashire's big winning margin left no doubt of their superiority. The following game was generally considered the best of the match.

Baruch Harold Wood (white) vs. Herbert Gibson Rhodes (black)
Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-B4 3. P-Q5 P-K3 4. N-QB3 PxP 5. PxP P-Q3 6. P-KN3 P-KN3 7. B-N2 B-N2 8. N-B3 O-O 9. O-O R-K1 10. N-Q2 QN-Q2 11. P-K4 P-QR3 12. P-QR4 R-N1 13. P-R5 P-QN4 14. PxPe.p. QNxP 15. R-K1 N-N5 16. B-B3 N-K4 17. B-K2 P-B5 18. P-B4 N-Q6 19. BxN PxB 20. Q-B3 BxN 21. PxB NxP 22. QxP N-B3 23. P-B4 P-Q4 24. BPxP NxQP 25. B-N2 NxP 26. QxQ N-R6ch 27. K-N2 RxQ 28. B-B3 R-N7 29. KR-Q1 R-B7 30. QR-B1 RxB 31. RxR B-N5 32. QR-B1 BxR 33. RxB N-N4 34. K-B2 RxNch Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. e4 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6e.p. Nxb6 15. Re1 Ng4 16. Bf3 Ne5 17. Be2 c4 18. f4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qf3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxd5 22. Qxd3 Nf6 23. c4 d5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Bb2 Nxf4 26. Qxd8 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Rxd8 28. Bc3 Rb2 29. Red1 Rc2 30. Rc1 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Bg4 32. Rcc1 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Ng5 34. Kf2 Rxd2+ 0-1

1. The successful adoption of this opening by Petrosian and Tal has given it world-wide popularity.
2. As will be seen, 9. … P-QR3; 10. P-QR4 QN-Q2; 11. N-Q2 R-N1 is more accurate.
3. Here White could keep Black's minor pieces under restraint by 11. P-QR4 P-QR3; 12. P-R3 R-N1; 13. N-B4 N-N3 (if 13. … P-QN4; 14. PxP PxP; 15. N-R5); 14. N-R3 B-Q2; 15. P-R5.
4. This move encourages Black's ensuing knight manoeuvre; 15. P-R3 was still playable, and if 15. … N(B3)-Q2; 16. P-B4.
5. With the exchange of his KB, White's difficulties increase. He could still maintain a reasonable game by 16. Q-B2 P-B5; 17. N-B4.
6. If 18. Q-B2 Q-K2; 19. P-B4 N-N5; 20. N-B3 P-B4; and the pressure continues.
7. From here to the end of the game this knight carries out a series of hammer-blows which demolish the white position.
8. White hopes to make something of the long black diagonal, but Black arrives first. The game would still be tenable after 23. P-K5 N-N5; 24. N-B3 PxP; 25. QxQ RxQ; 26. NxP NxN; 27. PxN.
9. Now if 24. P-K5 Q-N3ch; 25. K-N2 N-N5.
10. A fine tactical resource, which Black must have foreseen several moves previously if 26. Q-QB3 Q-N3ch; so that White decides to try his luck in the ending.
11. White is given no chance to recover: if 29. BxR RxNch; followed by 30. RxB; and the two well-placed minor pieces easily overcome the rook.
12. Very suitably, the knight delivers the final blow after 35. RxR NxPch.

John Eliot West 04 Aug 1959, Tue The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Mr John Elliot West, who died yesterday at Stalybridge, aged 54, was manager of a brewery at Ashton-under-Lyne where he had been employed for 35 years. He was a Conservative member of Stalybridge Council from 1943-5. He was a brilliant chess and bridge player who represented both Lancashire and Cheshire.