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Shelby Lyman on chessMore on BohlGrandmaster TechniqueBent Larsen has slipped somewhat from the spectacular heights he occupied in 1970 when played first board ahead of Bobby Fischer in the match“USSR. vs. the WORLD”. But he is stillone erf the world’s best.In the following position from a game with the Romanian grandmaster Georghiu, Larsen found asimple means to exploit his lead in developmentI^ast week we printed excerpts from an interview with Bobby Fischer s close friend Svetozar Gligoric, as published in a Soviet chess magazine Today we continue:Question: Why doesfischer keep raising his financial demands'1Answer: Fischer is not so much interested inmoney per se as in the very tact that he has beenrecognized, and that he be paid higher honoraria On this plane he does not represent a typical American.QUESTION: Will aKarpov-Fischer matchtake place'*BEGINNER'S CORNERWHITE MATES WITH ECONOMY(Solution beiow)Answer: In my opinion, at heart Fischer would like to meet with Karpov (A match of this kind would beof enormous significancefor popularizing chess.) It is lamentable, but I believe that Fischer will not participate in any officialcompetitions sponsored byFIDEQuestion: As for unofficial ones?Answer: When themoney runs out, he will be forced to earn it. Then Fischer will have to return to chess!He initiated a trade of queens with 16. Q-N8! Thereafter, his remaining pieces made rapid inroads and won against feeble resistance.Larsen Q-N6!7 BxQ8 PxF3 QR-B1 ) R-BSch1 p-B42 PKR33 PXN4. RxBch! 5 B-B5ch6. N-Q6GeorghiuQxQR-Q2PxPP-B3K-B2N-N5P-Q4R-N2KxRK-NlR-NlSOLVE-ITAFTER 15. P-N4GEORGHIU BO NO 80 0 X BM NX BXKN KRLARSENA STRATEGIC DECISION BY LARSEN(S#»e text $ame score)2728 2930.31.32. 33P B5PxPB-R7NxPP-R4N-Q4P-R5PxPP-R3R-QlK-R2KR-K1R-K5ResignsSolution to BEGINNER’S CORNER - Whitemates in two with l.Q-B6ch. K-Kl; 2 B-B6 mate’
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Pomona Progress Bulletin
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Sat, Jul 10, 1976
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