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Passivity means atrophy inRussian commentators,writing before the worid championship match last summer, thought they detected a weakness in Bobby Fischer’s play: A tendency toward impetuousness in passive positions.If it is true that Fischer has difficulties with positions allowing only restricted ueien-sive play for his pieces, he shares a universal malady. Unless there are very few pieces on the board, mere defensive play should lose. On the other hand, as was alleged with respect to Fischer, impatience can be a fatalweakness. Few players have the resoluteness to nurse the spare resources that may be at hand in a position with little active play. It takes exceptional character to play it close to the vett when cuestands to lose despite a brave effort.(Diagram 1)BLACKBotvinnik8 X 8X NX XXQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRYudovichWHITEIn the position in diagramone, Yudovich (white) is in great danger. His lone bishopis “bad,” and will be evenmore restricted if black advances his king and queenJ RjRwns. His knight also has limited mobility. At the moment, ex-world champion Botvinnik (black) has an almostpermanent advantage inspace on the king side. Yudovich with a pawn majority in that sphere could have challenged Botvinnik’s control of space with P-KN4 a move ago. (Instead he played Q-B2, probably fearing to expose his king.) Now he is condemned to passivity on the king side, for black immeddatey playedthe restraining move. . .P-KR4.16(Diagram 2)BLACKBotvinnik85 5 n nQR QN QBKN KR\ udovirfiWHITEDiagram two shows the game svverai moves later. Botvinnik has been methodi-caly piling up on the excellent target, white’s king knight pawn. White meanwhile desperately tries some worse than futile play on the queen side. The advance and loss of the queen knight pawn only hasten the posting of the black queen bishop on the long diagonal, where it bears down malevolently on the white king’s position.The sequence leading from the first diagram to the second is 1) P-QN4, R-KN1 (threatening P-K6); ) R-Nl, P-R5 (threatening again P-K6, for if then BxP bywhite, back’s Q-N6 check willwin a piece): 3) B-Kl, KB2; 3) P-N5, R-N2; 4) PxP, BxP. With white’s ’xceilert help, the black bishop is now ideally posted.PlaygramP-K6;P-N4checkgramcontinued from dia-two with 5) N-K2,6) Q-Bl, QR-KN1, 7) (desperation), PxP en passant; and dia-xd(Diagram 3)BLACKBotvinnik8b 5 X 8XXXQR QN QB Q K KB KNYult;lo\!chv iirrtthre is reached. Now it’s a simple matter for black. After 8) BxP, P-Q5; 9) R-N4, NxB: 10) RxN, QxP; and 11) RxR check,(Diagram 4)BLACKBotvinnikXd Nb 86 b X 9XXXQR QN Q8 QKN KRYudovichWHITEchessRxR, diagram four is reached. White’s position ishopeless. Black has manifoldthreats and can win at will. R-N7 check or P-Q6 would both be fatal. The inevitabe black attack has been broughthome.Copyright 1973 bv Shelby LymanStrike right bill goes to AssemblySACRAMENTOAbill giving 1.1 million California public employes the right to strike if negotiations fail has advanced to the Assembly floor after barelvv wclearing the Ways and Means Committee.The controversial bill (AB1243) by Speaker Bob Mo-retti. D-Van Nuys, was approved by the committee on an 11-5 tally with no votes to spare.Morettisaid his measiu-adealing with disputes over public employe contractswhich “actually will reduce«/strikes” because of its lengthy arbitration procedures.Opponents argued the bill would “ccub’e taxes” because of outrageous union demands and force all teachers to pay union fees.The bill, opposed by the Reagan administration, would grant collective bargaining rights to state and local public employes, including school teachers and public safety officials.vA court order could halt a strike if it threatened publichealth or safety.
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