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Dxoqrom \)BL M ks. i**6 n6 ad 6rin r9M NX XXQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRI im Ih rU HITEFind Fischer's morvelous move.xb n5vi' **** •*0.u*IIPi-■lSKsJLPPa*3m k3'\\v3E x ’ 3F\v- ’ lt;■ •K .V '■*' V1r :A wNL srJuts1QR QN QB\\■Q K KB KN KRFwltrf1 HITEAfain.(Diofrom 3'HLACkX Nd Id d X IX NX XXQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRXk HITEBlock cannot effectively avoid thequeen trade.lt;■»Shelby Lyman on ChessFischer’s play answers his criticsAt times, Bobby Fischer’s play has RxQ, BxR; and 4) BxP, Fischer had two but result in the loss of a rook or inbeen criticized by Russian grandmasters pawns for the exchange (bishop for rook) checkmate.as lacking in originality. They have not and had an easy time because of his verybeen precise in this claim, which may strong advanced bishop pawn,only be an expression of their wishful In fact, after the moves, 4) ... KR-Nl; ahead, has an easy time.Work out the possibilities yourself. After the trade, white, who is two pawnsthinking. One of my favorite ideas of Fis- 5) B-R7, R-Rl; 6) B-Q3, QR-Kl; 7) P-B7,As in the Fischer game, the corneringcher is the notion that guided his play in R-K2; 8) P-B8-Q, RxQ; 9) B-N4, Fischer 0f tfoe king is an aesthetic delight.the following position.Diagram IAs you can see, his white bishop at Q3 is attacked by the black pawn at K5. It would seem that Fischer must retreat itwon a rook for a bishop and pawn and remained a clear pawn ahead with a routine win.LYMAXISM“It is strange but Satan, who delightscan see, there is a delightful in evil-doing, never plays chess himself.”As youelegance in trapping a queen that seems to have so many escape moves. Another52, would allow’ black to play example of the same phenomenon can beNxP and win a rook for a knight.But Bobby had conceived a remarkable response. Instead of the bishop withdrawal, he played 1) RxP!! Trueseen in Diagram 3.Diagram 3Although black has the move, he can-... NoCopyright 1973 by Shelby LymanAddress your chess questions to Shelby Lyman, P.O. Box 280, Arlington Heights, 111. 60006.enough, the rook is inviolate for an im- no* av01fi a Queen trade. \\ hy? . . .mediate. . . PxR would allow 2) B-KB4, matter where black moves his queen,winning the black queen, which would be or 0®* QB5, QN4 or QR3,skewered against its own king. But why either Q-Q-4 check or Q-Q4 check follow-can’t Schweber (black) play 1) . . . QxQ ^ br QB4 check forces the lt;*ueen ex’(which he did play), intending after 2 change. Moves such as R-Ql or P-R4 byblack in Diagram 3 prevent the exchangeLEARNHm KRff wo* Reward** toroar w pcfawaaat Innremaval m barrier, fait ar part ti«»* Oat arWen WftmeftCOM! WRIT! OR PHONE FORFREE BROCHUREPP■tff Insfttvtt tf ItKTiOlYSfS5 S. Wabash Avt , Chicago 2-08 1 7Approved by the Office of ffie Supf. ofSfofe of lllinoPxQ, to pay PxR, wiiich would gain afull rook? What did Fischer have in mird in the position reached after . . . QxQ, which is given in Diagram 2?Diagram 2Ignoring black’s queen, he played simply 2) RxN!! Curiously, the queen, which now has a tempo in which to save itself, has no escape. A queen retreat on thediagonal will yield the queen for a bishop . -after 3) B-KB4 arxl Fischer would have LECTURES ON HEALING, MEDITATION, TAROT, PSYCHIC FRAUDbeen a pawn ahead with an almost cer- AND MANY MORE ... OPEN TO PUBLIC 10 AM to 10 PM DAILY!tain winning end game.Schweber elected to play 2) . . . Q \5,which at least gains a rook instead of a bishop for the queen. After the moves 3)CHICAGO PSYCHISCENESFIRST ANNUAL ESP-FEST featuring PSYCHIC READERS ... ESI TESTING, AURA (KIRLIAN) PHOTOGRAPHY DONE ON THE SPOT iFREE Admission.15616Leaning Tower YMCA -6300 Touhy, Miles
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