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10— Section 2Friday, June IS, 1973THE HERALDShelby Lyman on ChessShortest distancestraight line? Not in this game(Diogrom 1)BLACK*6 N5 8b * ay(Diagram 2)BLACKKl6 flfc X 8M KIM MMQR QN QBKB KN KRWHITEQR QN QBWHITEWhite to play and draw; impossible?How does white approach both blacksquares at once?M N 8b(Diagram 3) BLACK8i nm m(Diagram 4)BLACKMb N 8 M 8M KIM MMQR QN QBKB KN KRWHITEQR QN QBKB KN KRWHITEHow can white queen his own pawn anddraw?How does white do two necessary thingsat once?i iiiMiiliiAn expert defending with an inexperienced partner is like a pilot flyingblind infa fog with his navigational in4 Mm -NORTH15instinct.inoperativeA A J82V Q 9 3When experts play together they have♦ A87conventions that are likely to substitute1 • * A* AQ4certainty for guesswork.WEST (D)EASTWest’s king of spades is covered byKQA VoidNorth’s ace and ruffed by East’s deuceA¥62of trumps. The four of diamonds is returned. South’s jack is covered by West’s♦ K9 6♦ Q10543king and the trick won by dummy’s ace*K10*J97653andSOUTHace.A 10 6 5He cashes the aueen of snades EastVKJ108754Theretime I lookimpossibleunderstandpositionDiagram 1White is on thepawnqueening square. The white king starts three squares behind that pawn. Yet white can force a draw; in one of the twokey variations the white king actuallypawnpawn, which seems easy prey to theking, will prove to be an importantdecoy in the struggle.How? The idea is to move toward bothpawns simultaneously, although they seem to be in opposite directions. Whileagainstthreat of queening (the white king willownbepawnDiagram 2The principle is represented in its simplest form in diagram two. Which moveby the white king will bring it simultaneously closer to the shaded squares QB7KR2?squares separating the king from theshaded squares, before and after K-K5and you will see that the white kingsimultaneously.bothLet us nowabove fact of chessboardSupposetryking forward, toward the black pawnand sideways, toward the queen pawnbe as follows: 1R5.and whitealready has a draw in hand. He mayplay now K-K7 andDiagram 3pawnplay 3).ownpawnanswerbe stymiedpawnshownwhite’s queenside threats are more substantial than we may have thought (the*• A M M A _white king was “closer” to the queensidethan it originally appeared)happensthese queenside threats.Diagram 4after black has played 2).see the positioninsteadthreateningpawn, while his ownoutsideposition and see if you can that draws.The correct move in DiagramSimultaneously white has drawncloser to the same twohandthreatening to play 4) K-Q6 andpawn will again beother hand he is encroachingpawn. A likely result would be4). . .KxP; 5) K-B4, P-R6 (what else}pawntriumphantlychess, the shortest distancetwo “points” is not necessarihline. LYMANISMitbeatingshownrace.Astonished, he stopped99Copyright 1973 by Shelby Lyma Questions?Address Shelby LymaP.O. Box 280, Arlington Heights, 111.60006.REQUESTSTEREOHOURSMETRO NEWSCOVERAGEWATTSREQUESTRADIO
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