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22—Section 3 Saturday, July 19, 1975 THE HERALDShelbyLymanonchessWomen enter male-dominated gameChess remains one of the most formi- Soviet-born Alla Kushnir, now an emigredable bastions of male dominance. EvenSoviet Union, where women havethemade remarkable progress in other areas, has yet to produce a female grandmaster.The recent performance ofto Israel, held her six male grandmaster opponents even, with two wins, two drawsand two losses.twoMeanwhile in an international competition held in Vrnjacka Banja, Yugo-world-class women promises us that chess must increasingly benefit from a significant infusion of the energy and talent of the neglected half of the world’s population.In this year’s Louis Statham chess tournament, held in Lone Pine, Calif.,players, however, slavia, the world women’s champion, NonaGaprindashvili, drew three and lost one ofher four games with grandmaster opponents. What’s more, although she finished10th of 16 players, only two other entriessurpassed her over-all score against the 11top players. Inexplicably Nona lost threeWinbridgeby Oswald and james JacobyUnnecessary bidnecessaryOne of the most interesting concepts inthe language of bids is that of the unnecessary bid.NORTH19A K65V 87♦ A K 9 4 3A A 8 2WESTEAST(Diagram 1) BLACKRAICEVIC(Diagram 2)BLACKRAICEVICWWWGAPRIN DASHVILIWHITEGAPRIN DASHVILIWHITEWhite to move!The Resultchess, may be enlightened by learning that Bobby Fischer’s response to the news of one of Alla Kushnir’s victories at Lone Pines (over Larry Evans) was as follows (in Evans’ own words): “Bobby called Pal Benko (another grandmaster), to ask him how I could lose to a woman.”Let’s hope that Bobby was only kidding. Though even that would indicate thatchess has a long way to go.Copyright 1975 by Shelby LymanDirty money sale in PalatinePalatine National Bank will sell mutilated money today as part of Palatine’s Sidewalk Days.Terrible twenties will go for $18.50, torn tens for $9.50, filthy fives for $4.50 and dirty ones for 90 cents. The sale takes place at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in front of the bank, Brockway Streetand Bank Lane.games to players 14, 15 and 16.WITHOUT questions, Nona and Allaare showing other women that barriers in chess are a legacy of the past and ought to soon be breached.An example of Graprindashvili’shigh-class play is seen in her win over internaional master Raicevi, who finished sixth at Vrnjacka Banja.In the Diagram I she found the breakthrough move, l.NxBP!However black played — 1 . . . KxN, allowing 2.QxBCH or 1 . . . BxN, allow-R3 — white would get the upperhand.RAICEVIC chose the second option, and after another five moves, was in fact two pawns down. Gaprindashvili thenwrapped up the game neatly with an expertly played king-side attack shown inDiagram 2.'Those readers doubting the sometimes even nasty barriers faced by women in
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