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To ue beginning player, stalemate is a buaaboo de-signed for no apparent reason except to frustrate him. Howmany times has he reachedrect but the zany problemist Sam Lloyd has created a game in which stalemate occurs on the 12th move. Here is the position after the next(Diagram hBLACK*6 nO jfi |)| Nx m(Diagram 3*BLACKNfi 16 6 X IX NX IXQR QN Ql Q K Kl KN KRX HIT f.QR QN Ql Q K Kl KN KRWHITTthe type of position in Diagram One, played K-B5 or whatever, waited for his oppon?rt to move and he checkmated. and instead stared in horror at the position as he realized that by depriving theenemy king of all escapesquares with the last mow., he had created a stalemate:to last move. The problem for black is to move and stale-mat? v. ii i t e . The answer: P-B5 does the trick. See ifvou can work backwards and%reconstruct the game. Themov.s as conjurjd up byLlovd r? given at the end of this column.With time the developing chess player discovers that stalemate positions occur not onlv as a result of error but(Diagram 4*BLACKlC Nd Id Q X IX NX IXalso as an intrinsic element of endgame strategy, albeit in alimited number of positions.For example, in each of thetwo positions giv.n in thetD«ogr*m 2)BL UKid Nd Id d X IX NX IXQR Qn Ql Q K Kl KN KR* HIT!If the comic perversity ofSam j . has not saw-d vourQR QN Ql Q K Kl KN KR1 HI11.split diagram. (Diagram Two), black, cognizant ot the stalemate principle, can force a draw. What is his correct move, and how would play continue in each case?In the first oosition theapp t here is one more stalemate position, a slightvaria on tre first position of Diagram Two. Again black to move Again the correct play is to abandon the pawn with K-Bl. Commenting for all of us in h.s “Manual of Chess.” Emanuel Lasker described the la • position this wav “IfQxP. black is stalemated With ibis, black snaos hispositionking, which is in check, abandons the bishop pawn and goes to Rl. The pawoi is now threatening to queen. If white captures it. stalemate! In ftae second position, black’s correct move is K-Nl. With this correct timing, a draw must ensue. (Try K-Bl as an alter n a t i v e . ) I.e. after I) . . . K-Nl, 2) K-B6, K-Bl: .1) P-N7 check. K-Nl; 4) K-NG (what else?). Stalemate!with this degree offew' ifsnapslinsers at the white queen made powerless by the wor ding ot a rule.“The Grand Daddywof Stalemates’**»sophistication, tew it any players think of stalemate ex eot as an endgame phenome on. They are essentially corWhiteBlack1. P-Q4P-Q32. 0-02V *P-K43. P-QR4P-K54. Q-KB4P-KB45. P-KR3B-K26. Q-KR2B-K37. R-QR3VP-QB48. R-KN3Q-R4 check9. N-Q2B-R510. P-KB3B-N611. P-05P-K612. P-(2B4P-B5???/icopyright 1973 by Shelby LymanChess Club notesBy ENGF.NE CABALOT’tere is a couple of chesstournaments scheduled this weekend in the Valley. TheDesert High School ChessClassic will be held this Saturday at the Ramona Junior High School Auditorium in CHhino,This is open to all studentsin grades 4-12. Trophies andcash prizes will be awardedadults and $5 for those under 21. Trophies and cash prizes will be awarded. Registrat'on starts at 9 a.m. For more information call 620-2321.The second round of the Ontario spring rating tournament produced a tough game between Robert Knell (black pieces) and Brad Chanevw(white “B»and free refreshments will belt;e rvedEntry fee is $2 if received by Thursday, May 17 Send your application to Eugene Cabalo, Chess Club sponsor, Ramona Junior High School, 4574 Wa'nut Ave., Chino 917'0, The Pomona Parks Recreation Department is sponsor i n g the spring ctournament Sunday, May 20W w mst the Palomares Park Audi-rorium USCF membership is required which is $10 lotCourt upholdsbank’s seizureof check acctSAN FRANCISCO (UP1) -U.S. District Judge Stanley AWeigel ruled Tuesday that a bank did not violate federal lawpieces). Chaney, a player (1702), is a 19-. ear-old sophomore at L'C Riverside majoring in politicalscience. He is the son of Dr Robert Chaney, a specialist in internal medicine, and DrLoma Forbes, a psychiatrist.The game was drawish, although Chaney had a slight edge in position and a pawn Then Knell realized that he had only a few minutes left to make the required 40 moves. He tried desperately to beat the clock, but in vain for his Hag dropped before he was able to complete his 36th move. He would have lost anyway, because in his frun-tu Hiorts to meet the time limit, he made several weak moves which would have resulted with fhe Ions of his valuable rootI P y 4 l Pby seizing a pi'sun’Bi * WI 4 F/fSK N • h6 HUY fit’llauthP - Y j P Q4 P/P P Y*L.VvVRl ’thedevhoiLOish 1platetor 1yearourbusideatheit h lt;DeaCeigh“5.0Suntadvektmiadsor C Rithelizectheem“ftosligla crviev“1peofmeaRollit—icanme.Slt;howrlallofFG1nowcar ot ( N triumeisonmelialgogalIhilt;initre atoto(65henoGJthchecking account to pay off debts owed on a credit card.Weigel said that, at best, the owner of the checking account might charge the bank w-ith breach of contract butfc f-9 « K i10 N ft411 |K J12 b*U13 N 0714 P-IS15 Q-b?H Ok Ql17 W-BT 1| N-N 3IV K k4f i YJ h 02N*n5F BiP GR3i/7ibB K7W(mQwould have to do that in a'A) H BS 21 Nxistate court.The decision came n the case of Eugene and Sandy Jo-jola. Ukiah. They said the bank’s action violated tederalNamed in their suit was1.22 PmB21 R K224 U \ \ Ki25 RxBP-Or f jbN-Q2B 02u m nBxNG-K2B - B4BxBpaacsi:taawWell * Far^o Dan# {8* 2fc G-Kf,4 2 P KB430 P*V31 RxP 3? RxP53 Q K244 P-KN4 15 Q K3* Q*B5Ob?1-Q3P B3 Rl-QlR KlPxPP *PR*B3K B»R R jR Q3MkBaP1
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