PHILID OR

Chess no. 365

Dr C. Goldschmeding (Sunday Citizen; 1st prize, Ring Tourney for two-movers, 1966). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week.

Solution to no. 364 (Hartong); Q - Q R 2!, no threat. 1 . . . Q moves: 2 Q- R 6 or Kt X K P.

1 . . . R moves; 2 K x B P. 1 . . . Kt moves; 2 K X Kt P. 1 ...B moves; 2 Bx P or K-R 4.

I P-Q Kt 5; 2 B-R 4. 1 P-B 5; 2 Kt - Kt 4. 1 . . . P - Q 5; 2 Kt X K P. 1 . . . P - K 5; 2 B x P. 1 . . . P - K Kt 5; 2 K - R 4. Entertaining and original problem.

The following fine game was won by Taimanov in the Havana tournament; Taimanov, equal second behind Larsen, lost only one game-but it was the decisive one, that against Larsen. An interesting feature of this game is the sacrifice of the exchange; it seems to me that players are much more ready to make positional exchange sacrifices than used to be the case.

White, Hennings. Black, Taimanov. Opening, Sicilian. (Havana, 1967.)

1P- K 4 P Q B 4 '3 P

2 Kt - Q K 4 P P B 3 Kt x - Q B 3

- 4 Kt x P Kt - B 3 5 Kt-Q B 3 P-Q 3 6 B-QB4 B-Q 2 7 0 - 0 . . . 7 B - K 3 or 7 B - Kt 3 is better.

preserving the option of 0 - 0 - 0.

7 . . . P - K Kt 3 8 P -1( R 3 B - Kt 2 9 B - K 3 0 - 0 10 B - Kt 3 R - B 1 11 Q - Q 3?. . . a faulty Idea; better P - K B 4.

11 . . . Kt - K 4! 12 Q - K 2 . . . White's idea no doubt was that he would now gain time by 13 P - B 4, but alas. . . . 12 . .. R X Kt1

13 P x 11 Kt x P. Black has only one pawn ter the exchange, but (a) White will not in the end be able to defend his weak Q side pawns; (b) Black has control pf the centre; (c) There is no scope for the White rooks. 14 Q - K 1

Q - B 2 15 P - B 3 Kt -K K B 3

16 Kt - K 2? . . . Too defensive: better 16 R - Q 1 e.g. 16 . . . 11 - B 1; 17 P - K B 4, Kt - B 5; 18 B - B 1. After 18 . . . Kt -Q 4 Black still has the 16 advantage but less so than in the game. . . . 17 R - Q I P Kt - B 5 18 B- B 2. . . 18 B- B I looks better.

18 . . . P- 19 B x Kt K 41 Q X B 20 Q - Q 2 . . . 20 R. x P, B - Kt 4 and wins the exchange (21 R - Q 2, B -11 3 or 21 Kt- Kt 3, Q - B 2), . . .

21 Q - Q 3 QxRP

22 QxQP Q x P

23 R - Q 2 Q- Kt 6 24 B - R. 4 . . . 24 Q- Kt 4 is a little better.

24 . . . Kt - Q 4 25 Q - B 5 B-11 31 Threat B - K 6 ch as well as B x R.

26 P - K 84 Kt x P 27 Kt x Kt P x Kt 28 KR-Q 1 P-B 6 29 R - Q 8 Q - B 7 30 B- B 2 . . and not 30 Q- B 2??, B- K 6!

30 . . P P 31 B - K 3 B- Kt 2 32 Q- K 7 . 32 Q x R ch, B x 33 B - R 6 is refuted by 33 ...QxR chi; 34 Rx(), B x B winning easily.

32 . . . P - K R 4 33 R x R eh B x R 34 R - Q 8 Q - Kt 8 ch 35 K - R 2 Q - 11 8 ch

36 Resigns . . . 36 K - Kt 3, P - Kt 8 = Q ch; 37 B X Q, Q - B 6 ch and mate next move.