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V. • •• • • •• • 0 •• • 0 •• • • •• • • •• • 0 •• • • •• •• •• • • 0 • • 0 •• • 0 •• •0 •• • 0 •• • 0 •• • 0 •• • 0 #• • 0 •• • 0 •• •V. 0 •.V • • 0 •• •0 •.V • • 0 •• •0 •• • 0 0 • • 0 •• 0 0 •• •Chess• • 0 •• • 0 •• • 0 •• • 0 •• •• ••V.V.V • • • 0 • •V. 0 •• • » •• • 0 •• •0 •• •V.0 •s*•••0 ••V • •0 0.V • •0 •• •V.0 •• •0 0 • •0 •• •0 •• •0 •• •%• m • 0• •• 0• •It’s always intriguing to the amateur or curious novice how the expert thinker or performeroperates. The experts’ achievements are often breathtakingly impressive. They seem to be produced as if by magic. But even genius can be surprisingly basic in its inspiration. Mastery of fundamentals may be at the root of virtual wizardry.BLACKVRANESICHO NO BO O X 8X NX dX871(UjSUjB* ! 1h mnriBHPas18GR QN QB O K KB KN KRCOMMONSWHITEWhite matesThe following two positions were won abruptly and charmingly by the players with the white pieces. (Ironically the player who was white in the position in diagram one, Kim Commons, was black and the loser in the second diagram.)BLACKCOMMONS dO NO 90 O X 9X NX dXQR QN QB QKB KN KRTARJANWHITE, . . PXP leads to mate!Ix)ok at the two diagrams and see if you can find the most decisive way of winning in each. You may be surprised todiscover that the same theme was at the basis of both winning variations.In the first position, white mates decisively with 1) Q-R8 check, BxQ; 2) RxB check, K-N2; and 3) B-B6 mate. The rook and bishop combine withstiletto effect.The win in the second position was subtler in execution, although the same theme was a necessary ingredient. Diagram two shows the position after white has just played 1) P-K6! (which attacks the pinned black bishop.) Black had to resign because 1) . . . PxP, which avoids the loss of the bishop, would allow checkmate after white moves either rookto the king bishop file as in diagram three.BLACKCOMMONSdO NO 90 O X 9X NX dXQR QN QB QKB KN KRTARJANWHITELike thisThe key to both positions is an old mating idea listed as “pattern of mate, no. 9’’ in the excellent and recommended Dover paperback. “The Art of the Checkmate” by Reynaud and Kahn. It is given in its simplest form in diagram 4.BLACKdO NO 90 0X 9X NX dXQR QN QB QKB KN KRWHITEThe' common themeIt was the knowledge of this primary position and practice in using it in new positions which made it possible for Commons and Tarjan to do heir work, as given above. The hought process of achessmaster is not necessarilyobscure, as you can see.8 Years MarkedThe cast of Days of Our Lives was feted at NBC as the show celebrated its eighth anniversary.And a few statistics about the enduring show emerged: there have been 2031 shows which used enough tape to stretch nearly from Log Angeles to San Francisco. If the scripts for the series were stacked up they would be nearly as high as a four-story building. There have been one million lines ofdialogue and mercials.12,192 com- i
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Glens Falls, New York, US
Sat, Apr 06, 1974
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