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ChessBobby Fischerhad great ideaAt times, Bobby Fischer's play has been criticized by Russian grandmasters as ‘ lacking in originality. They have not been precise in thisclaim, which may only be an '* expression of their wishful « thinking. One of my favoriteideas of Fischer is the motion% *that guided his play in the following position.(Diagram 1)BLACKN,hv*rb*',rxd Nd ad d x ax nx axtr*r‘QR QN QB Q K KB KN KRF i»rlt«TWHITEAs you can see, his white -bishop at Q3 is attacked by the black pawn at K5. It would seem that Fischer must retreat it to K2, which would allow black to play NxP and win a rook for a knight.* But Bobby had conceived a remarkable response. Instead of the bishop withdrawal, he played 1) RxP!!! True' enough, the rook is inviolate, lor an immediate. . . .PxR* Would allow 2) B-KB4, winning the black queen, which would be skewred against its'•own king. But why can’t Schweber (black) play 1). . . .QxQ (which he did play), intending after 2) PxQ, to play* PxR, which would gain a full Took? What did Fischer haveI' in mind in the position* reached after. . . .QxQ, which* is given in diagram two?* (Diagram 2)BLACKSchnrb^rid Nd id d X SX NX XX**Ql QN QB Q K KB KN KKI isch^rKHITE. .Q-N5, which at least gains a rook instead of a bishop for the queen. After the moves 3) RxQ, BxR; and 4) BxP, Fischer had two pawns for the exchange (bishop for rook)and had an easy time becausof his very strong advanced bishop pawn.eIn fact, after the moves, 4). . . KR-N1; 5) B-R7, R-Rl; 6) B-Q3, QR Kl; 7) P-B7, R-K2; 8) P-B8-Q, RxQ; 9) B-N4, Fischer won a rook for a bishop and pawn and remained a clear pawn ahead with a routine win.As you can see, there is a delightful elegance in trapping a queen that seems to have so many escape moves. Another example of the same phenomenon can be seen indiagram three.(Diogram 31BLACKid N id d X IX NX XXQR QN QB Q KWHITEKN KRAlthough black has the move, he cannot avoid aqueen trade. Why?.......No matter where black moves his queen, i.e., R7, N.7, Q7, or Q6, QB5, QN4 or QR3, either Q-Q4 check or Q-Q4 check followed by Q-B4 check forces the queen exchange. Moves such as RQ-1or P-R4 by black in diagram three prevent the exchange but result in the loss of arook or in checkmate.Work out the possibilities yourself. After the trade, white, who is two pawns ahead, has an easy time.As in the Fischer game, the cornering of the king is anaesthetic delight.Copyright 1973 by Shelby LymaniIStamp designdrawing fire4»*%**Ignoring black’s queen, he played simply 2) RxN!! Curiously, the queen, which nowhas a tempo in which to save itself, has no escape. A queen retreat on the diagonal will yield the queen for a bishop after 3) B-KB4 and Fischer would have been-Thehave been a pawn ahead with an almost certain winning endgame.* Schweber elected to play 2).V -VWASHINGTON (UPI)U.S. Postal Service receives a lot of mail itself these days, but not always from people griping about slow delivery.The theme is often love.Public reaction to the multicolored “love” stamp issued to commemorate last Valentine’s Day is running 8-1 in favor, a spokesman said recently.
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