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Shelby Lyman on ChessIRobert Byrne looks like a serious ! IS. challengerflt-;How thechessmenmoveforwardone space, with the exception of itsfirst move when it has the option ofspaces forwardforwardTHE KNIGHT moves and capturesformtwospaces in either a horizontal or vertical direction and one space to theoverTHE QUEEN, the most powerfulpiece on the board, mlt; tures diagonally, andhorizontallyfiles.erticallyTHE ROOK (occasionally calledandzontally and vertically, along theranks and files.THE BISHOP moves and capturesdiagonally.THEmoves andone square at a ti tion.captures tv direc-of 1973 with 164 to follow.201stNo one has doubted that Bobby Fischer’s ascendancy to the world championship would initiate some kind of renaissance in American chess. But few(Diagram I)HLACkTaimaiioi*b Nb 8b b * 8M(Diagram 2) BLACKlUritc*b Nb 8b bIIexpected that the lone American participant, 45-year-old Robert Byrne, wouldqualify for next year’s challenge matches by taking one of the top three placesin the 18-n.^n Leningrad Interzonal.Pressing the leaders, Karpov and Korchnoi. all the way, Byrne played the bestchess of his career.He will join Karpov, Korchnoi, Petrosian, Spassky and three others selectedin a second interzonal tournament (heldnext month in Brazil) in a series of8rro7ri654M 8»Hi* JL— mmS' *I )IIi*325t\V\9Li'N(SYXVmatches to determine the challenger to Fischer.QR QN QBK KB KN KRQR QN QB8Him*W HITEQ K KB KN KRKon-lmoiWHITE *In keeping with the elan of his play atLeningrad, Byrne said after the touraa-Whot is Byrne's winning move?What is Korchnoi's winning sacrifice?pes*- I ment that he would like to play Spassky, pawn and regain the sacrificed piece in a possibilities as you can in the positionsBoris, who recently announced himself complicated variation. Play continued to that occurred after 21. NxP check. Nextthat he wished to play a rematch with move 28, when Byrne resigned. He was week we’ll present several of those vari-Fischer in 1975, may be wondering, at two pawns behind and faced unstoppable ations in detail as well as the completethis point, whether 63-year-old Sammy threatsReshevsky, wrho will be representing theagainst his king, moves were as follows: 22The game score of the game.• • •B-Q2; 23.United States in Brazil, will also qualify Q-R6, Q-K2; 24. B-B5, Q-N2; 25. QxB4LYMANISMand add another American obstacle to check, K-Rl; 26. N-B7 check, K-Nl; 27.Peculiar placement of piecesthe ex-champion’s hoped-for match with NxP check, K-Rl; 28. BxB, Resigns.allows surprise combinationsFischer.Work out as many of the alternativeCopyright 1973 by Shelby LymanFrom among Byrne’s many fine effortsin the Interzonal, I have selected crucialpositions from two games: one in whichhe beat the Russian Mark Taimanov, andanother in wrhich he lost to Taimanov’scountryman, Victor Korchnoi. The lattergame was the only loss by Byrne in Leningrad. It demonstrates the superb playneeded by Korchnoi to beat him.Diagram 1The following position occurred afterTaimanov (black) grabbed Byrne’s kingpawn with his rook and then retreatedhis knight (then at QN5) to QB3 whenByrne chased it with P-QB3. Byrne hasthe surprise move 26, N-QB5. If Taimanov had moved his attacked rook, hewould have lost the QRP and rook (atNl) for the white knight. Taimanovplayed instead 26PxN and was thenforced to play 27 . . . QxR after Byrne’sThe moon is approaching its last quar- 27. R-Q7, which threatened checkmateter.(after QxP check) as well as the queen.The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter With the advantage of queen for knightand Saturn.and rook, Byrne was able to win theThe evening stars are Mercury andVenus.Diagram 2Those born on this date are under theIn our next position, Korchnoi engi-sign of Cancer.neers a surprising breakthrough with 21.Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand ex- ;lxBB ABer N*N/21 ’ by By™e'plorer who was the first man to conquer22. N-N5 is sufficient to win anotherWas tuin to 9.90Checks or solids in assorted fabrics
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