Chess
BY PHILIDOR
No. 17. F. GAMAGE WHITE, 9 men.
No one in the world can play more beautiful games than Korea; when at his best he is a perfect stylist and, like all stylists in all games, makes everything look too natural add easy for words. This week's game, played in the Inter- zonal tournament at Gothenburg is an excellent example; he gets his pieces to the right squares with effortless ease while his unfortunate oppo- nent seems to grope clumsily around in an uncoordinated muddle. Yet Bisguier is a fine player; he has my heartfelt sympathy—from personal experience I know what it feels like to be the victim of Keres's art.
White A. BISGUIER Black P. KERES Opening, Three Knights,
P-K 4 P-K 4 21 R-K 1 (g) Kt-OQ 4 2 KV-K 13 3 Kt-Q 3 22 Kt-K4 Kt-Kt 5 3 Kt-B 3 P.:K Kt 3 (a) 23 Kt-B5 Kt X B
4 P-Q 4 PxP ,24KtxIS RxKt
5 Kt-Q 5 (6) B-Kt 2 25 P x Kt R t R ch 68-K Kt 5 Q Kt-K.2 (c) 26 Q x R Q-B 51 (h) 7 Kt x Q P P-Q B 3 27 P-K Kt 3 Q-B 6
8 Kt.() Si P-K R 31(d) 28 R-Q 1 R-Q 4
9 B-R 4 Q-Kt 3 29 R-Q 2 R-K 4 10 Kt-Kt3 P-Q R 41 30 Q-Q B 1 (I) P-R 41 R 4 P-Q 4! (a) 31 B-14 6 125-03 13 Kt-B3 32 B-B 7 R-K 3 B-Q 3 P X P 33 P-R 3 (I) P-R 5 14 Kt x P Kt x Kt 34 R-B 2 K-R 2 15 B x Kt P-K Kt 4! 35 P-K Kt 4 QxRP 16 B-Kt 3 0-0 36 Q-Q I R-B 3 17 Kt-Q 2 (f) B-K 3 37 P-Kt 3 R-B 6 18 B-Q 6 K 14.-K I 38 Q-B I Q x P ch 19 B-R 3 Q R-Q 1 39 Q-Kt 2 Q-B 4 20 B-Q 3 Q-B 2 40 B x P? (k) R-Kt 6 41 Resians (a) A favourite of Korea's—less drawish than Kt-B 3. (6) I think simple 5 Kt x P Is better and gives White some advantage.
(c) Not 6 . K Kt-K 2?; 7 Kt x Q Pl. B x 1(17 (7. Kt x Kt?: 8 B x Kt); 8 Q x B1, Kt X Q?; 9 Kt-B 6 eh, K-B I; 10 B-R 6 mate.
(d) Forcing White to decide on diagonal be wanta—best reply is 9 B-K 3; on R 4 bishop is merely a target. (e) Black has completely seized initiative. If in reply 12 P x P. then 12 ... Q.-Kt 51 with advantage. (f) Black threatened P-it B 4-9 5. Text (by avoiding pin on Q file) prepares to meet P-K B 4 with B-Q 6. However, natural B-Q 3 at once is preferable and if 17... R-Q 18 Q-K 2. (g) Rook is useless there. Better Q-B 3 getting rid of pin. (h) Note from now on the superb way in which Black manoeuvres his three pieces to get maximum from his positional advantage—and bow he as in no hurry to win his pawns. In reply to Q-B 5, 27 13-B 5 is a little better than P-K Kt 3, but game is quite lost anyway. (030 Q-Q I, Q x•Q ch; 31 R x Q, R-K 7 is lost ending for %Vilna, at least one pawn falling.
V) Black threatened P-R 5-R 6. k) Blunder, but game is hopeless anyway. Superbly played by Black.
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