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Shelby Lyman: On ChessNew ChallengerThere is a player who has done consistently well ininternational tournaments during the last three years. When he has played, he has almost always finished among the top three players. What’s more, he has played at least a few games of absolutely topcaliber.Who is this fellow? Is he a9possible challenger to Anatoly Karpov? The answer to the second questionis maybe. And the answer to the first is Boris Spassky.Unfortunately, Spassky is not an improving “young” player. Nor have his better performances been of super quality. Now that Karpov is champion, though, there is no longer a super-star to play the role of challenger (except for the still-absent Fischer). So why not Boris Spassky?True, Mecking of Brazeil and Ljubojevic ofFrrest Defends6SWAT’SeriesBy DICK KLEINERABC’sHOLLYWOOD — new police-action series,“SWAT”, has millions of fans already — but it also has aroused some criticism as being “neo-Fascist” in. that it elevates to hero status an elite corps of police.Steve Forrest, who stars as the commander of that elite force, denies the charge. And his denial should carry some weight, because he’s an old-line Hollywood liberal, who prides himself on the fact that he was anti-Nixon in the ’40s, when the former president first ran for congress against Jerry Voorhis.“I think,” Forrest says, “that I would sense any neo-Fascist tendencies. And I don’t.”STEVE FORRESTHe believes that today’s changing national morality makes it mandatory for big city police departments to have a “SWAT” - like force. (The initials, incidentally, stand for Special Weapons And Tactics.)“I think,” he says, “that basically the police do a good job. The Los Angeles police have been criticized for their assault on the SLAbutcapsule on a Disney film I was in. And we have no closeups of violent beatings or sadistic acts.”Forrest has been a capable actor for years but never really shot to the stardom he deserved. Maybe now it will happen.He is one of 13 sons of a Baptist minister in Texas and his childhood was severe. His father was strict and conservative.headquarters here, nobody really knows what started the fire there — the SLA may have started it themselves.”It was World War II which took him away from home and introduced him to the world and to acting. His brother, as everybody knows, is actor Dana Andrews.Yugoslavia are top-notch. Spassky could have an edge over them, if he can completely shake the aftereffects of the Fischer catastrophe, as well as findthe determination tostruggle for a dubious honor, i.e., to play the youth (Karpov) who has once already decisively beaten him.Some hope is to be found in Spassky’s most recent effort, a tie for second with Olaffson, another Soviet player (Paul Keres was first) in the very strong annual tournament in Tallin, Estonia, U.S.S.R.His most impressivefollowed the oldgamesSpassky’s favorite style, i.e., queen’s gambit,'classic development (strong pawn center and aggressively placed pieces), and sooner or later the inevitable crush.In Diagram One, you see the decisive position from Spassky-Lengyel.BLACKLENGYELbO NO 80 O X 8X NX bX8^ N'*I31QR QN QB QKB KN KRSPASSKYWHITEWhite to playMaterial is even but what an advantage in position for white! Spassky played 1. N-Q7!, and Lengyel resigned (foreseeing NxN, 2. QxP check, etc., or . . R-B2; 2. QxP, etc.).Another Spassky effort is to be seen in our second position (Spassky-Nei). Black’s rook is under immediate attack and white’s beautifully centralized position and powerful rook on the seventh rank more than compensate for his slight material disadvantage.BLACKNEIbO NO 90 O X 8X NX bXQR QN QB QKB KN KRSPASSKYWHITEWhite is much superiorNei tried 1 . . R-Bl, but after 2. Q-N6, R-KNl; 3. N-K4, Q-K8, 4. R-KB7 (see Diagram Three black resigned.BLACKNEIbO NO 80 O X 8X NX bXQR QN QB QKB KN KRSPASSKYWHITEThe conclusionThere is no answer to 5. N-B6! threatening Q-R7 mate (if 5 . . PxN, then 8. Q-R7 mate anyway).Good performances for Boris. But what chanceswould he have against theClIt’s worth the tripuswe service4 1__- 1_____
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