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Chess 26 Mar 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Chess
The Guardian, Chess, Thursday, March 26, 1959, Greater London, England Problem No. 518 By A. H. Goulty (Bowdon) White...
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Problem No. 518 By A. H. Goulty (Bowdon)
Black (10)
White (10)
White mates in two moves.
FEN nRb1BN2/2pnP3/1pkB2Q1/2Ppp3/P4b2/5Np1/6K1/8 w - - 0 1
Solution: 1. Qc2 d4 2. Qe4#
Attacking without queens
Many players mistakenly regard the queens as essential to combinative play on the chessboard; but attacks can be just as successful and satisfying when undertaken by the minor pieces and rooks. In this week's game, played in the latest Russian championship. Black's win depends on the combination of a rook on the seventh, two bishops, and an advanced passed pawn. The final stages illustrate how helpless a rook can be against two bishops working together.
Nikolai V Krogius vs Ratmir Kholmov
USSR Championship (1959), Tbilisi URS, rd 12, Jan-28
Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Attack (C43) 0-1
1. This is now regarded as the most dangerous line against the Petroff defence.
2. An idea popularized by Russian masters and, in this country, by Milner-Barry. The bishop is more aggressively placed on the long diagonal than at K2.
3. A finesse. If 10. … Castles; 11. P-KR4 P-KR3; 12. B-Q3 B-K3; 13. KR-K1 with the better position for White (Boleslavsky-Trifunovic, Bled 1958) since Black cannot reply … Q-B3 because of QxQ and BxRP.
4. In another Boleslavsky-Trifunovic game, 14. NxN QxN; 15. QxQ led to a quick draw. The present game indicates that White probably has nothing better.
5. If 15. BxQ NxQ; 16. BxB KxB; 17. RxN KR-K1; and Black has nothing to fear.
6. Unhappily for White's attack, he must exchange queens lest Black consolidate by … P-KR4.
7. A subtle defence: if 20. RxP BxN; 21. RxR NxR; 22. PxB NxB; 23. R-N1 K-B2; 24. RxN K-B3; 25. R-R5 K-N3; with the better ending for Black. However, White should have chosen this line, since he could still hold the draw (26. R-R4, and Black cannot reply 26. … BxP owing to 27. P-QB4 and 28. K-N2).
8. Not 21. NxN PxN; and both White bishops are en prise; but now Black has the advantage of the two bishops.
9. A sacrifice which furnishes a striking illustration of the power of two bishops on an open board. Although material is now nominally equal, Black dominates the game with his aggressive pieces and advanced passed pawn, whereas White scattered forces cannot combine effectively.
10. If the knight moves then 29. … P-K6.
11. Preventing 31. N-B4.
12. The knight has no satisfactory retreat square, for if 34. N-B1 B-R4; 35. R-N1 P-B7ch; 36. KxP B-Q5ch; while if 34. N-B4 BxP; 35. K-B2 B-K5; and the black queen's side pawns advance victoriously.
13. Despair: if 35. R-R4 B-N6ch.
14. Either the KBP or the KRP will soon queen.
Four Tie For First Place 31 Mar 1959, Tue The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
FOUR TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
The 12th Lancashire chess congress had an unusual ending at Salford last night,
when four players tied for first place in the premier (Swiss) class. They were T. Buchwald (Manchester), J. Pollitt (Manchester), D. G. Ellison (Bolton), and F. Clough (Birmingham).
The number of competitors (106) was a record.
Record Entry For Junior Chess 01 Apr 1959, Wed The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Record Entry For Junior Chess
Liverpool congress
More than twelve hundred young chess players will take part in the eighth annual Liverpool junior chess congress, opening to-morrow. Thirty-two of the strongest players in the senior sections yesterday started the preliminary rounds for the northern counties junior championship, and a further 24 began the preliminary rounds for the Merseyside open junior championship.
The record entry of 1,256 in the congress is 200 more than last year's record. Entrants are school children from any part of the North and their ages are from 5 to 19.
Northern Counties' Junior Chess Championship 02 Apr 1959, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Competitors in the opening rounds of the Northern Counties' junior chess championship in play at the Liverpool Collegiate School yesterday, where the annual junior chess congress is in progress with an entry of over 1,200, the highest since the congress was initiated. About half the entrants are under 11 years of age.
