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Sheibman('hcssCheckmate2Section 2Friday, March 9, 1973THE HERALDrare occurrence on master levelCheckmate is athe-board(Diagram ML \CkNXphenomenon in master chess. The slight or moderate advantage held by one player over another does not usually translate itself into an immediate checkmating opportunity.It is only when most of the pieces have been traded and a pawn is promoted to a queen by the superior side in an end game that checkmate becomes an achievable reality. Before the coup de grace itself can be administered, the player with the inferior position will usually resign.Rare, indeed, is the forced checkmate that was achieved by Larry Gilden, winner of the recent New York Senior Master Tournament. His opponent was international master Anthony Saidy.(Diagram 1)In the position, given in our first diagram, it is Gilden, playing black, to move. He is the exchange behind, (rook for a knight) and his knight at K6 is attacked by white’s king. He could play problems are over. Why? Saidy will be(Diagram 2)BLACKDiogram IIL UK*6 Nb id 61)1 NX XXQR QN QB Q K KB KN KR1 HITEid NdIX NX IXQR QNKB KN KRWHITEQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRWHITEplay RxN without suffering RxN by...............whiteAny attempt by Gilden to win the • • 1 Itrapped” knight after 2) R-Ql can be (^flpSS ITlOiStCr tO VlSlt SCtlOOlScircumvented. For example if he K3, protecting his knight at Q4, Saidy1. . .N-Q4 and control his own QB2 and QN3, the escape squares of the white knight, with the idea of capturing it on the next move. Unfortunately for black, white has a clever saving move. What isB7. The knight Q4 will not be able to capture because s pinned by white’s rook, jilden, realizing the futility of N-Q4 (in r initial position), played instead N-B4.Jude Acers, a national senior chess the Schaumburg and Barrington high master, will meet with chess cldbs from school chess clubs in Barringtonit? Answer: 2) KR-Ql! Now black cannot Saidy postpones the immediate retreat ofhis own threatened knight and instead plays P-B4. This move at least gains the square B3 for the besieged king.There follows 2).. N-Q6 check; 3) K-K2 (white must keep black’s knight under attack or lose his own without compensation). . .NxP check, 4) K-B3,P-K4!! and 5) N-N6. The white knight had to be retreated or lost.Saidy’s desperate delaying actions are over and Gilden has a forced mate in all variations. He played 5.. .R-Q6 check; 6) K-B2, R-Q7 check; 7) K-Kl (if instead 7) K-B3, Gilden would have mated exquisitely with N-Q5(Diagram 2)check; 8) K-K4, R-K7 checkmate, as in diagram two) R-K7 check; 8) K-QI, N-K6; 9) K-Bl, N-Q7 check and Saidy resigned, rather than face mate on the next move.Acers isnumber of area high schools while visiting here for a chess exhibition at the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg.scheduled to meet the Elk Grove, Hersey and Forest View high school chess clubs this afternoon at Forest View High School in Arlington Heights. Monday he is scheduled to visitArlington High School.Yesterday the chess master met withAcers will take on chess enthusiasts from throughout the Chicago area in a tournament at Woodfield Mall Tuesdaythrough Thursday.Chess fans are invited to challenge the master at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. each day, when Acers will play 20 games at a time in the shopping center’s grand court. Players are asked to bring their own chess boards.mmm(DiagramAs Gliden made his last moves, there was an audible gasp and burst of applause from the audience in celebration6f his masterpiece.Copyright 1972 by Shelby Lyman (Shelby Lyman will from time to time answer readers’ questions about chess in this column but he cannot promise to answer all inquiries. Address your questions to Shelby Lyman, in care of Paddock Publications, P.O. Box 280, Arlington Heights, 111.. 60006.)
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