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Chess 11 Jun 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Chess problem by a boy of 9
The Guardian, Chess, Thursday, June 11, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 529 By George Malpas (Neath) (aged...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Thursday, May 12, 2022
Problem No. 529 By George Malpas (Neath) (aged 9)
Black (10)
White (10)
White mates in two moves. This problem, by undoubtedly the youngest composer to appear in this column, has been revised by E. Boswell, the president of the British Chess Problem Society. The basic idea, however, is Master Malpas's.
FEN 3r3b/2pPR2b/4Q3/PpN2p2/1PNk4/1Kp5/2P2q1r/6B1 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Ne3 Qxg1 2. Qd5#
The Guardian London, Greater London, England Thursday, June 11, 1959 Problem No. 529 by George Malpas (Neath) (aged...
Posted by Bobby Fischer's True History on Sunday, April 5, 2020
Problem No. 529 by George Malpas (Neath) (aged 9).
White mates in two moves. This problem, by undoubtedly the youngest composer to appear in this column, has been revised by E. Boswell, the president of the British Chess Problem Society. The basic idea, however, is Master Malpas's.
FEN 3r3b/2pPR2b/4Q3/PpN2p2/1PNk4/1Kp5/2P2q1r/6B1 w - - 0 1
The Ruy Lopez
The Ruy Lopez, more than any other king's pawn opening, gives White a chance of an enduring initiative which can be maintained on both sides of the board and in which the moment of crisis usually leaves Black with less room to manoeuvre. The present game is from the current Zurich tournament, which has shown a close gradation in strength among the leading world title contenders, with both Fischer and Gligoric comparing well with the Russians, the possibility of the first non-Russian challenger since 1948 is improving.
Paul Keres vs Svetozar Gligoric
Zuerich (1959), Zuerich SUI, rd 4, May-23
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Flohr System (C92) 1-0
1. A fresh attempt (in place of the normal 9. … N-QR4) to infuse new life into this hackneyed position.
2. Black's strategy is to maintain his KP at K4 at all costs; but a preferable method of doing this is 11. … N-Q2, and only if 12. P-QN4 N-B5.
3. But not 13. PxP PxP; 14. QxQ QRxQ; 15. NxP NxP.
4. A double-edged move: on the one hand it gives Black chances of later freeing combinations in the centre, but on the other it opens a good diagonal for White's QB. 18. … QR-N1; 19. RPxP RPxP; 20. R-R7 is also inferior, but 18. … KR-N1 holds the position intact, for if 19. RPxP RPxP; 20. QxP BxP: while if 19. Q-Q2 P-N3; 20. QR-N1 B-B1; and again Black's game is tenable.
5. If 19. … QxP; 20. Q-Q1, with the threat of 21. B-N3 and 22. N-N5.
6. Giving the queen opportunities for penetrating along the diagonal KN1-QR7 without permitting the reply 23. …PxP; 24. PxP NxP; 25. NxN P-Q4; which would lose to 25. BxB, and all three methods of recapturing allow White to retain his piece.
7. If here 24. KR-Q1, the freeing combination now works after 24. … PxP; 25. PxP NxP; 26. NxN P-Q4; 27. B-Q6 Q-B3; 28. N-K5 NxN; 29. BxN BxB; 30. PxB PxN; 31. BxP QxP.
8. This concedes White too much scope on the white squares. Preferable is 24. … QNxP; 25. NxN RxN; 26. P-B4 R(K4)-K1; 27. Q-B2 (if 27. Q-B3 B-N2 or if 27. Q-N6 QxQ; 28. RxQ N-Q2; 29. RxQP B-B1), N-Q2; 28. Q-Q2 N-B4; and Black has counterplay against the white KP.
9. And here 25. … N-B1 is better.
10. If 27. … K-N2; White would keep up the pressure by 28. N-R4, when any moves of Black's QN are met by N(R4)-B5ch.
11. Black's pieces are now tied to defence and White begins a decisive knight march. Black's reply is dictated by the necessity of keeping the white knight out of Q5.
12. White now finishes the game with an elegant combination which exploits Black's bunched up pieces.
13. White could comfortably accept this last fling, for if 37. KxR Q-B4ch; 38. QxQ NxQ; 39. N-B7ch: but there is an even more crushing answer.
Russian wins at Zurich
The Russian grandmaster Tal, aged 22, has just achieved another success by winning first prize at Zurich. He scored 11½ out of 15, ahead of Gligoric (Yugoslavia) 11, Fischer (United States) and Keres (Russia) 10½, Larsen (Denmark) and Unzicker (Germany) 9½. Bobby Fischer, aged 16, was level with Tal two rounds before the end but then fell back. Fischer beat Keres and drew with Tal, and now has the enviable record of a win and five draws in six games with Russian grandmasters.
