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ChessBy SHELBY LYMAN(Diagram 1)BLACKbo no so o y gy m byLWjpjOR ON QB QK KB KN KRWHITEWhite move!The overwhelming preoccupation of all chess strategy iscrassly materialistic: separate the opponent from hispieces! But winning materialis usually only a final moment In a long arduousstruggle. Often, in fact, thewin of material becomes anti-climactic.Nevertheless the final harvest is almost always a distinctly pleasurable event. For it is the culmination and reward for one’s work. And an aesthetic denouement fur-rishes an extra bonus.H i g h-ranking among the aesthetically preferable wins are those in which the opponent is forced willy-nilly to seal his own doom. When thedefensive effort only tightens(Diagram 2)BLACKbo no eo o y fiy Ny aythe snare, when the defender’s nieces onlv interferepieces only with each other, the resulting irony seems to heighten the aesthetic appeal.Sometimes the endQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRWHITEmaycome simply and unexpectedly abruptly, as in the position given in the first diagram. Black's position is rather strung out. His knight is protected only from afar by his queen, and he can barely meet white’s Q-K8 check with R-Ql. In fact it seems that 1. P-Q4 would win immediately for white, if his own knightweren’t “on the loose.”But look(see dia-againgram two). An immediate 1. P-Q4 does win, since black’s defensive resource, 1 . , . . QxN, interferes with the defensive inteiDosition of theinterposition rook. After 1. P-Q4, QxN; 2. Q-K8 check, the queen is lost. An unusual self-pin.Our third position borders on the fantastic in diagram 3.(Diagram 3)BLACKKARPOVbo no 90 o y gy Ny byOR ON OB Q K KB KN KRCALVOWHITEThe Karpov specialthe white player. It is Calvo’smove, but there is no defenseto 1. . . .BxN,In a chaplinesque mimicry of maneuvering, Karpov’s opponent seems to have been hypnotized into playing “up-s i d e-down” chess. Though Calvo was apparently trying to defend his position, the congestion in the white king’s corner would seem to be theresult of a deliberate spoof byThe pin win#II V?\ « • '4WindowH ;ihcidotH! * 1mmCatalina»INFORMATIONBy Tim Ma/ur Long Beach/Catalina CruisesLabor Da\ is past tot* anoth* » \ear. And (lint usually mean*WT *the t*ml of summer for many people.Hill, on ( atalina Mand. tin* summer seem* to go on and on and on. I lie months of S. ptlt; mb* iand Oetober are rea!i\ beautiful ( atalina shifts to an even iwer pare. and the weather is ju-t Ureal.If on didn’t make it tot atalina Island this past summer, win not plan now to men a \ i*it fm a day or two, or even a weekor longer.We want to stirs* tlin itiipoi taut point: I'uii though I ahor |)u\ is gone for this vear. I ONt.I IK ACM iAl‘AI.IN \ (Hi 1^1 *(ON I IM LS 1(1 OIM UAI II \ I HV HAY.We are the only boat (t in-portation now operating two round trips dad\ from the iti.on land, and we will he opi ratingv ear-round.I In* (piaint a* it % «*! V\ alon i* imt one square mile . it's r* allvvery* enjoyable to just walk up and down the eity streets ,.*ee some of the summer Imnu * that have been tht*re for vear* or take some of tin* *»g|tl*« * mg tours that operate all ye o( all lt;21.0 775-2*151 or lt;7 1082lt;I-2I70 now, or mail tin eon* poii today tor detail* -about a wonderful trip to unspoiled lt;at-alma Island.MAIL COUPON TODAYLong Beach/Catalina Crimes 330 Golden Shore BlvdLong Bear h( Catd 9080? 31Please tend folderMarneAddretotCity/»pN.M. II lllll—I ■
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