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Shelby LymanTHE HERALDFriday, October 5, 1973Section 7-3Even world champs can commit crucial blundersChess is a great leveier. Class, race, age and even sex mav recede into relative insignificance as two persons engage over the chessboard Yet the juxtaposition of opposites sometimes leads to the dramatization of psvchological quirks as “background” differences assume central importance.For example, the impoverished chess expert will “hustle” an eager and moreaffluent “patzer.” 7'he expert will notonly pick up a wager or two but willtake pleasure in demonstrating a superiority over his higher status adversary who has wandered into his domain.Theon the other hand, form of conceit, i.e., second-guessingworld champions. Here are tions in which a famouspatzerthough he may lose money, will occasionally win a game and has manynear-misses that spur him on masochist- “blunders.” Try your luck icallv to new encounters with his ne- what thev missed.four( Diagram 2)In 1958, Botvinnik, playing Smyslovposi-champion pi at seeing check, black played 7 ... K-B4. He in-Q3*mesis.The person who is hustled has a rare experience in his first hand knowledge( Diagram 1)In 1886. the great Steinitz, playingtends, now that his king is safe from checks by the rook, to push his pawns. But he had to resign after Smyslov’snext more. What is it? Answer: 3.of a usually unapproachable chess tal- Zuckertort, made the move DNxQBP?? K-Q3, threatening 4. P-N4 and check-ent. His familiarity teaches him or deludes him to think that he too would be ned* What a stone’s throw from greatness if hewere to make the effort.THOSE NOT given to such extravagant pleasures may enjoy a milderthinking the black queen pawn was pin-is black’s reply? Answer: 1.... PxN!, which simply wins a piece.For if 2. QxQ,...RxR mate follows. While 2. RxR allows..NxR defendingthe black queen.mate.The Doctor Savs . . . bv Lawrence L. LambrLrichinosis is uncommon•but(Diagram 3)In this position from the 1959 Candidates Tournament, the young Fischer could have won a pawn. How? Answer:1. Q-R5. Black’s.. K-Nl does not work.Why? Answer: QxN! followed by a knight fork.I am writing about my24-year-old son. About a year andhalf ago he contracted trichi-met hodusuallv cured within a much shortertime. Theabendazole, a relativelv new(Diagram 4)disease is from hamburgers in w hich thebeef is diluted with pork or con- medicine, has been very useful in most Taimanov against Fischer in 1971. HerePerhaps the worst blunder of all is bvnosis. He was very sick and still is. taminated in the meat grinder. You can cases. Mild infestations often recover on Taimanov played 1) RxP???? to the as-avoid this problem by grinding your their own. Residual muscle damage af- tonishment of all. W’hat’s Fischer’sHe complains of pains in the legs, back or something. Sometimesthere isn’t enough life in his legs towalk and he feels tired all thetime. Once in awhile he gets very disgusted and feels he will neveram worried. He seesown beef at home. Sausages and wur;are an important source of trichinosis.IT CAN be ore vented. The best ater an acute infection is unusual — but reply? Answer: Q-Q5 check (double at-it does occur. After severe infestations tack). Taimanov resigned as he shame-muscle weakness and stiffness can per- facedlv realized that Fischer wouldproach is to eliminate the infection in sist for months or even years. The para- meet. R B2 with 2. R-R8 check whichbe well. Ithese “hippiesandme?”He is a vervsays “Why good bov.gs to begin with. t gs should be heat si You can’t dependsite actually invades the muscles and, wins the rook.even in some cases, the nervous system.routine meatPlease, Dr. Lamb, help me as I am a very worried mother.Trichinosis is a verv uncommon dis-mspection to eliminate mtected The only real protection you have is inhnw von nrenare it. The meat can beIf the infection has been completely pork, arrested then the process is really one ofregaining muscle strength which is re-LYMANISMIf it is true as Fischer has said, thatlated to developing new muscle tissue, with proper training he should be ableto beat the Chinese at ping pong be-ease, but it is more common in United States than any other part of the world. It comes from pork infested with the trichinosis worm.7'he incidence of trichinosis has declined sharplv in the United States. It used to be quite high in New York City because the pork came from New Jerseyand the hogs were fed on untreated garbage. New laws on meat storage andmethods in raising pigs has helped.frozen at minus 32 degrees centigrade With patience and a consistent effort, the for several hours — but the low freezing muscle strength and a feeling of cause of his longer arms, then it is mostpossibledependwell-being can be regained.likelv also true that sitting closer to thecoo k edI hope you have talked this over with board, they should win over him at vour doctor. If he is confident that the chesss.All pork whould be cooked atgrees for 30 minutes for each pound and that means internal meat temperature. Anything less than this mav not kill all the trichinosis.140 infestation has been well controlled hemight consider a physical program to regain strength. During the infection phase, however, patients are usually placed on limited activity or even bedYOUR BOY must have had a verv rest.severe infection since mild cases are(Newspaper Enterprise Assn.)Copyright 1973 by Shelby Lyman Address your questions in care of this column to Paddock Publications, P. O. Box 280, Arlington Heights, III. 60006.Diagram IIBLACKZukertoftxd Nd 8d d X IX NX XXQR QN QB Q K KBStemitzWHITEStemitz?(Diogrom 3)BLACKFilip*d Nd id d x sxamVvJ.iKNKRxQBP byNXyxtiis9L81tQR QN QBK KB KN KRFischerU HITEHow docs Fischer win a pawn and why?Diagram 2)BLACK.BotVMMlkyd Nd Id d X iXyx1IQR QN QBK KB KN KRSmyslovWHITEFind black's selt-mafe(Diagram 4)BLACKFischeryd Nd 8d d X 8X NXyx1IQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRTaimar.ov U HITEWhy is 1) RxP a horrible blunder?
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