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Shelbv Lyman on chessBEGINNER’S CORNERAFTER 51....R-B7ch MADRID 1575ROHDE LEONARDO DA CUTRIdO NO 90 O X 8X NX dX dO NO 80 O X 8X NX dXQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRTABAROVQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRRUY LOPEZBEGINNER S CORNER-hint and explanation: Black will then be able to force checkmate in two moves.*****In days of old when knights were bold and ladies were exceptionally fair (especially queens), anything went on the chessboard. Flayers outdid each other to be brilliant - and brilliant they were!But then William Steinitz discovered the principles of modern chess play. Soon many a potential brilliancy was foundering on the shoals of Steinitz's solid positional style which w as gradually adopted by players at large.You may enjoy the best of those early games by browsing through I.A. Horowitz sclassic, “The Golden Treasury of Chess”(Cornerstone Library, N.Y.).This book contains games played in Rome and Madrid in the 15th and 16th centuries, as well as great masterpieces of the Romantic Period (350-450 years later) by Andersson, Evans, Labourdonnais, Morphy, Max Lange,Zuckertort, etc. It also samples modern chessthrough 1966.But it is the early games which are the rare offering.In the words of the late author: “Remember, when you play one of these games, that many of them were played for pure amusement, not as part of a grueling contest and notfor the record. In that way you can savor theircharm, their sociable and leisurely character.*****To celebrate 400 years of chess, you might look over the following two games from the“Golden Treasury.”On the board above is the first game, which was played by the famous Spanish bishop Ruy Lopez and features a basic chess combination. Do you see how white wins?The second is from a collection of games edited by Greco, who was “the last great Italian player of the early period.”Ruy LopezLeonardo da Cutri1. P K4P-K4Z. P-KB4P-Q33. B-B4P-QB34. N-KB3B-N5?5. PxPPxP6. BxPchKxB7. NxPchK-Kl8.QxBN-B3?9.Q-K6chQ-K210.Q-B8chQ-Ql11.QxQchKxQ12.N-B7chResignsFrom Greco’s Collection1.P-K4P K42.N-KB3N-QB33.B-B4B-B44.P-B3Q-K25.0-0P-Q3.6.P Q4B-N37.B-N5P-B38.B-R4P-N49.NxNP!PxN10.Q-R5chK-Q211.BxPQ-N212.B-K6ch!KxB13.Q-K8chN-K214.P-Q5 mate*****Solution to BEGINNER’S CORNER: Black would then mate w ith 52. . . . P-N5ch K-R4;53 RxP mate.Copyright 1976 by Shelby Lymanby Oswald and James JacobySouth ruffs the club lead and runs off all his trumps. East has to make five discards. Two clubs, one heart and one diamond are easy. The last one is likely to be about as painful as losing a tooth.West had no problems. His hand can’t possibly take a trick. Nevertheless, it is up to West to discard in such a manner as to solve East’s problem for him.Can he do this? Yes, he can!He follows to three trumps and notes that East discarded on the third one. Hence, South is going to play four more trumps and West can make his four discards in such manner as to tell his partner the exact distribution.W’est starts by discarding the deuce of hearts. His next discard is the three spot. Then he plays the four and chucks one of his useless high clubs on the last trump.At this point, if East has been paying attention East will know that West started with
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