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ShelbyLymanOn chessBeginner’s corner — hint explanation: Or mate.a b c d e f g hBLACK WINS THE KNIGHTWatching the recent National Basketball Association playoff series between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls, I was impressed by the similarities between the very physical sport of basketball and the cerebral sport of chess.Both the Knicks and the Bulls players played the entire series “in each other's jerseys, as the players are fond of saying. Aggression both on offense and defensewas unceasing and unmitigated.Or, as Bobby Fischer saidafter his 1972 match with Boris Spassky: “The pressure was terrible.”Also notable w as the emphasis both teams put on defense. Offensive energy and momentum were often generated by physical and, at times, merciless defensive efforts.In chess, too, the first taskis to blunt the opponent's initiative. Then comes the attack.Finally. I was impressed by daily changes in game plan adopted by both New' York and Chicago — analogous to adjustments in opening and middle-game strategy made by top chess players each time they play.Below? is a 1986 game played Phoenix Suns guard Danny Ainge (then with the Boston Celtics) against 11-year-old prodigy Bobby Seltzer. Celtics stars Bill Walton and KevinMcHale played simultaneously with Seltzer and also lost. But. as it was then reported, Ainge — who is clearly an amateur (at chess) the hardest fight.put upAs Suns mega-superstarCharles Barkley recently toldthe press: “Danny Aingecan't beat my mother in basketball, but he's as tough as you can get.”Seltxer1. e42. d43. e54. N135. N(b)d26. Nh47. Nxf58. Nxe49. Be210. exf611. Be312. 0-013. a414. Bg4ch15. Bh316. a517. fxe318. axb619. Rf420. Qf121. Qb522. Rg423. Rxg7ch24. Rd725. Qxd526. Kh127. Rd628. Rxc629. Qxc630. Qa431. Qb532. Rf133. Rf7ch34. Qa6ch 35 Qb7 mateAingeNc6Nf6Me 4 d5 Bf5 e6 exf5 fxe4 16Oxf60-0-0Bd6Qh4Kb8Bf4Bxe3b6cxb6Qe7R(d)f8Od6Kb7Kb8Ob6Qxe3chRc1Rc7Rxc6Qd2a5Kb7e3Ka8Kb8AFTER 31AINGESELTZERWHITE TO FLAY(See text A game score)Solution to beginner’s corner: 1. Qxg3!, etc. then ... g5! with the unstoppable threat of ... Rh6 mate (from Delekta-Geller 1992).c 1993. Shelby Lyman
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