Chess
Quiz answers
Raymond Keene
This year's quiz was quite tricky and nobody succeeded in avoiding all of the traps. The answer to question 1 (where did Antonius Block — played by Max von Sydow — lose to Death?) was Bergman's Film, The Seventh Seal. The answer to ques- tion 2 was, of course, yoghurt, while ques- tion 3 referred to world championship mat- ches. Botvinnik, suprisingly, lost the greatest number, three. Question 4 was in- tended to mislead. Nevertheless, two Perceptive readers spotted that Djugashvili Is Stalin, while the others are names of Georgian chessplayers, two men and two women (Gaprindashvili and Melashvili). The Ananda Marga was the religious sect helping Korchnoi at Baguio and Merano, while Karpov used the Ruy Lopez (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5) five times at Merano. The variation is named after the 16th-century Spanish priest who first drew attention to it
in theoretical writings. Question 6 refers to Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Marshall and Tarrasch, who were created the original five Grandmasters by Czar Nicholas II at St Petersburg in 1914.
The best sets of answers were received from Michael Beirne, Birmingham, and P. Sheridan, Sidcup. Sums of £10 and £5 respectively, should, at this very moment, be winging their way towards them.
I have rather neglected Hastings this time, so, to make amends, here is the game which won the brilliancy prize.
Lein — Chandler: Caro-Kann Defence.
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 cxd5 4 Bd3 Nc6 5 c3 g6 A less complicated plan is 5 ... Nf6 followed by ... Bg4. 6 Nf3 Bg7 7 0-0 Nh6 This is also rather ar- tificial, and the error is compounded by Black's II th move. 8 Rel 0-0 9 h3 Qc7 10 Na3 Nf5 11 Nc2 f6 Black is trying to push through with . . e5, but he only succeeds in weakening his own posi- tion. 12 c4! dxc4 13 Bxc4 + Kh8 14 d5 Fixing Black's backward 'e' pawn as a further liability. 14 ... Rd8 15 g4 Nd6 16 Bf4 Ne5 17 Bb3 a5 18 a4 Nxf3 + 19 Qxf3 f5 20 g5 Ra6 Black cannot develop normally and is forced to squeeze his pieces into action via the edge of the board. 21 Na3 Bxb2 Somehow, I doubt the wisdom of this capture. 22 Nb5 Qd7 23 Rat Bg7 24 Nxd6 exd6 I would have given up the exchange here with 24 .. . Rxd6. As played, Black's QR remains useless. 25 Rae2 Bf8 26 Bc4 Raft 27 Bb5 Q17 28 Be8 Qg8 Black has been completely trussed up on the back rank and now Lein finishes things off with an at- tractive combination. 29 Re7! Bxe7 30 Rxe7 Qf8
Position after 28 . . . Qg8
31 Qc3 + Kg8 32 Bf7+ Qxf7 33 Rxf7 Kxf7 34 Q16+ Ke8 35 Qh8 + Black resigns.
When you read this, I shall be in In- donesia, playing in the largest all-play-all tournament of modern times. It is a 26-man category 9 event and the 18 Grandmasters taking part include Hort, Miles, Browne and Ribli.
Meanwhile, the annual BBC TV tourna- ment is once again in full swing. Look out for it on BBC 2 on Wednesday evenings. As last year, the identity of the ultimate winner is a great shock.
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