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Shelby Lyman: On ChessBy the standards prevailing on the chessboard, the powers of the queen are immense while the king, its natural prey, is not only vulnerable but weak.Thus, a Queen versus an exposed king is an unsightly and barbaric mismatch. With the slightest help, the queen is capable of administering a quick and easy checkmate.In a recent game from the U.S.S.R. Championship, Kupreichik vs. Belyavsky, we are presented with a variety of such mates effectively used as threats.BLACKBELYAVSKYdO NO 80 O X 8X NX dXQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRKUPREICHIKWHITEDiagram one shows us a near material balance but strategically white is ahead hands down. The queen, pawns and white king are placed better than the black king, which is exposed, andthe black rooks, which canonly cling to each other in mutual protection.White’s pieces, in fact, are in the process of using mate possibilities to set free the white pawns on the queenside. In fact, Kupreichik has just initiated that attack with the happy resource 1. P-N4 check. Whatever Belyavsky chooses, capture of either pawn or flight of his king, the few white pieces will exact their toll.For example, if black plays 1 ... KxNP, white has a mate in two: i.e. 2. Q-QR3 check, KxP; 3. Q-B3 mate (see Diagram Two).BLACKBELYAVSKYdO NO 80 O X 8X NX dXQR QN QB QKB KN KRKUPREICHIKWHITE1 ... KxBP yields a similar result after 2. Q-R3!! (a quiet move). White threatens 3. Q-B3 mate, and will mate in two more moves if black now tries to flee, i.e. 2 ... K-Q5; 3. Q-K3 check, K-B5; and 4. Q-B3ueen vsmate.Black chose his best option, 1 ... K-Q5, but white has another mate threat to sewthings up. Kupreichik played2. Q-Q6! (seeBLACKBELYAVSKYdO NO 80 O X 8X NX dXQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRKUPREICHIKWHITEDiagram Three) The threat is 3. Q-B4 mate and black’s position will be wrecked.Desperately, Belyavsky tried 2 ... K-K5. White then exacted his tribute with 3. QxP check and a few moves later won the other black queenside pawn. Faced with the inevitable white queenside pawn juggernaut, black resigned.Another example of queen mating powers (this time with a knight) took place in our last position. Black, though a piece ahead, is utterly lost. For 1. N-B6 check knows no answer. But white, the sensational young Tony Miles, has a bonus threat: i.e. 1. R-B7!, KxR; and 2. QxP mate. An aesthetic result!Basman resigned and avoided both results.It is easy to compose your own queen-and-pawn(s) or queen-and-piece vs. king positions. Both children and adults can improve theirpowers of calculation and visualization by attempting their solutions.BLACKBASMANdO NO 80 O X 8X NX dXrnnLJin' VVkAiJriN ' \ X X V X *QR QN QB Q K KB KN KRMILESWHITEWhite's prettiest threat Is?ClanBuddy Ebsen Have Traveling ShowBy BOB THOMAS Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) -“When I was 6 years old, my father, who was a dancing teacher, taught me everything he knew. Now I’m doing the same for my children.”• • • • • • • • .... . V.V.V.'A'•.vXv.vw -“viA*KdHi* - * a . . . . . '. . - * * ■ » • . .a . * a a a .... a i ■ a a
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Sat, Mar 15, 1975
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