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Shelby Lyman: On ChessCommon ThemeThere are at least two stages in the execution of a combination. The first is simply to “sense” or “see” the possibility. The second is to notice, combine and reject concrete ideas and moves until the correct continuation has been found.Now nothing can be more well known than the winning theme in our first position, which is an example of the dragon variation of theBLACKANDREASho no bo o x a* nx axQR QN OB Q K KB KN KRTHORNALLYWHITEWhat's Old hat ?Sicilian Defense. The winning move is 1. B-N5check! and black’s I ... H (^2 will lose to 2. QxN, as black's queen bishop is pinned. lt;The alternative 1 ... K-Bl loses even more drastically to 2. N-K6 check and 3. QxQ.)Anyone familiar with the dragon position will have a lead into the win in our second position. Stoyka-Eztork. For again 1. B NfThe most famous city in the Republic of Mali in West Africa is Timbuktu, once the jewel of the 14th century Songhai empire. Although now a small town, it still holds allure for tourists.BLACKEZTORKdO NO 80 O X 8X NX dXQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRSTOYKAWHITESamt* moveis an obvious trv as black’s*rook has nowhere to move and white’s knight at K5 will have something to say about any attempt to block the white bishop by an in terference move at 02.In fact, after 1 B-N5, N02; i as 1 B 02 loses to 2.NxB, NxN; 3. 0 R4) 2. BBG!, K \ 1 ; white mav win%immediately. 'See Diagram Three)BLACKEZTORKdO NO 80 O X 8X NX dXQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRSTOYKAWHITEand...!Yes. for here white has 3. NxBP! and after 3 ... KxN; 4. BxP check, K-B3; black would be neatly mated by r.Q-B3.Though black avoided the main variation by 3 ... Q-B2; (instead of KxN); after 4. BxP, N-B3; 5. B-N3 ... he resigned anyway.In our lastexample the B NfBellon Quinteros, move is againBLACKQUINTEROSdO NO 80 O X 8X NX dXrrnQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRBELLONWHITEThe same ideabeckoning, though here obviously a sacrifice is called for Bellon began with1 QNxNP, lt;the KN musthold QBG) PxN; 2. BxP check. Once more black must interpose, and once more white will have a deadly pin (II instead, 2 ... K-Ql; 3. N Kll double check, K-Bl; 4. R-Q8 mate.)After black's 2 ... KN Q2; 3. R-Kl. P-B3; white won elegantly with 4. RxN, PxR; 5. N KG, K-B2; 6. BxN, RxP?; and 7. R Bl check, K N3; 8. B-K8 mate.The lack of escape squares for the king in the last position and the vulnerable QR and QP in the previous one were the salient clues that 1. B Nf might be worth considering.In each case it was hard not to see the weakness on the “QR4 K8” diagonal and the possibility of a “strong” BN.).
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