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ID agram 1}(Diagram 2)Diagram 3)(Diagram 4)BLACKBLACKBLACKBLACKSO NO SOSX NX BXHO NO BO O X SX NX bXbO NO SO O X SX NX bXbO NO SO O X SX NX bX62QR ON OB Q K KB KN KRWHITEWhite mates in 3OR QN QBKB KN KRWHITENo problemOR QN QB Q KWHITEKB KN KRlt;*4R QN QB Q K KB KN KRA trap closesWHITE Mate in t^o ^oreIn some situations, you 're better off not to move at all^ V1 t • 'Those who find in chess the fiendishrw . •• •sublimation of a sinister unconscious, tending to Oedipai complexes, patru etc., can easily gloat over what happens as many games come to a close. For almost inevitably, if a game is playedout to mate, a reverse logic begins totake placeThe right to move becomes a mechanism of self-destruct ivene^s. Not onlv isShelby Lymanonchessone’s move used against oneself, but it becomes a necessary link in the opponent's winning effort. Without your move he either cannot win, or cannot win so easily.portion for the required mate. (After 1. . K M 2. Kxl\ K-Bl; there is noimmediate mate.)But a light alteration in white’s posi-willOf course we call such a situation “zugzwang ” and we have seen it before, though few examples of zugzwang areas exemplary as our problem today.DIAGRAM I shows that problem. A couple of pieces on each side, and w hiteto mate in three moves.white will do in response to each possible first black move, then make the necessary adjustment in the white position the correct first move — toachieve the three-move mate in everv* 1 j *s normal attempt to run is thwarted bv his own pawn at N4 which blocks his escape from 3. R-R2 male. True zugzwang irony!In all three above instances, whitenon win prepare \ ho proper mate iL that eventuality, too.Thus, the first white move and solution to the problem must be 1. R-QB2!! Now white will mate after 1 . . . K-Nl(Diagram t), with 2 Kx!\ K-Rl (therook cuts off the king escape); and 3. R-B8 mate.The problem i olved. The solution1. R B2 adjusts the position to black 8 pOsible fourth move, while preserving the conditions for the mates alreadythe initial position aftercase.What could be easier? But in fact.I’sing that procedure, you will findthat though black has four legal moves,two of them (king directly up or back)offer the most prosaic solutions. (Dia-2) i.e. 1 . . . K-R3: 2. R-R2can 'pass” on his firt move and illhave the requisite mate.Such is not the case after black's fourth and final lecal move 1existing m black's other moves.Now give the problem to someoneelse, and observe how difficult finding the solution can he.K NT. Here white's pieces are notineven very strong players have faltered and floundered before thev found thegram i.e.mate; or 1 . . . K-Rl: 2. KxP. K N 1; 3.Copyright 1975 b\ Shelby LymanR-K8 mate.»*liit if 'ii.However, the thirdible blackmmThe reader mav try. But he should move will lead to a solution much more. . P-N’4. white will K-B7! (Diagram 3), a n dAll Acne PeopleA CUTABOVE ?we «£ST*keep in mind that black's moves willnot stop or slow down the mate. They will instead hasten that end.elegant. For if 1Now Clear SkinplavIt is white’ move. Ask yourself whatin o days, for acne and wrin*led skin. Dissolve deadskin cells where wrinkles, bleSNOWmishes, blackheads and signsnf nninn nnnpnrr“»REMOVALEQUIPMENT
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