CHESS
Revelations
Raymond Keene
This week I give the answers to the Christmas quiz. My congratulations to the three winners: John Nyman, J.V. Pepper and John Taylor. Each receives two bottles of Codorniu Premiere Cuvee Brut. Honourable mentions to A.R. King, Peter Dobson and J. Gill.
1) Geller-Euwe, Zurich 1953 Euwe won with the startling sacrifice 1 . . . Rh8 2 Qxh8 Rc2 3 Rel. Rxg2+ 4 Kfl Qb3 5 Kel Qf3 when White resigned. 2) Euwe-Capablanca, AVRO 1938 Euwe forced the win with 1 f3 g6 2 fxe4 fize4 3 a4 bxa4 4 Rc4 Kf6 5 Rxa4 c5 6 Bfl. The breakthrough led to win of material. 3) Janowski-Burn, Cologne 1898 If 1 . . . Ng4 2 Rxg4 Bxg4 3 Nxd5 conjures up all sorts of threats. The game ended 1 . . . d4 2 Ne2 Ng4 3 Rxg4 Bxg4 4 Nxd4 Bg5 5 Nf5 Bf6!! 6 Qh4 Bxb2! 7 Ne7+ Kg7.
4) Mason-Janowski, Monte Carlo 1902 White played the alarming 1 Qxb8 Rxb8 2 Rxb8 when Black's queen is trapped. After 2 . . . Kc7 3 Nxe6+ Kxb8 4 Nd4 White's strong knight and extra pawn won. 5) Kasparov-Timman, Tilburg 1991 1 Qcl wins a piece due to the threat of Ne7+. 6) Short-Timman, Linares 1992 The game ended: 1 . . . Rxa4 2 Qxa4 Nh4 3 g3 Nf3+ 4 Kg2 Be6 5 Nh 1 Bd5 6 Rxf3 Nf5 7 Nf2 Nh4+ 8 Kfl Nxf3 9 d3 Nxh2+ 10 Ke2 Bch and White resigned. In the Candidates Final, after ten games Nigel led by two points against Timman and seems on the verge of qualifying.
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