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9! DORY DFPF,NCF,<br />

unlikely <strong>to</strong> select. He alsosoughtFURE MAr and<br />

E oNoMv of material. In 1842 he published Pra6-<br />

lenes d'ache6, bnposat et datli s au anateu6 de<br />

.e je,, a colecdon of 250 of his problems; an even<br />

Iareer rumber Nas published itr ^hNDREs<br />

mueclio. four years later.<br />

His fanily, long resident in the Bishopnc of<br />

Cadbrai, moved <strong>to</strong> Ge.many ia thc 16th century<br />

and were there variously engaged i. banking.<br />

manufactu.e. and merchanting. An8lsi *as bor.<br />

and spent his childhood in Sl Pete$burg- Later his<br />

father <strong>to</strong>ok over a snufi fado.y if, Offenbach, and<br />

the lamily noyed the.e. Rep.eknting the family<br />

busine$ Algust lived in Antserp irom 1836 <strong>to</strong><br />

1842 a during tfiis ,eriod @mposed oos<strong>to</strong>fhis<br />

prcbleds. He tived his l6t yeas in Regensburg.<br />

DdRY DDTENCE, 171 and 220, pioneered <strong>by</strong> the<br />

Autrian Ladislaus Ddry in 1923. KEM played it<br />

with ene success inlernalionally. and a1 Vienna in<br />

1937 he won a small <strong>to</strong>urname.r i. which aU Ca6es<br />

bad 10 begia with this opening. In 1943 Baon D6ry<br />

w6 senten.ed 10 death <strong>by</strong> the Nazis lor sedidon,<br />

but swived in prisn and wa releded in 1945.<br />

DOUBLE, ( 1) ro nake a pam capture that creates<br />

DoUBGD PAws or 10 induce or lorce an oPPonenl<br />

lo date such a captnre. For exanple alter I e4 c6<br />

2 d.l d5 3 Ni3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 NI6 Whitc conld<br />

double Black\ papns <strong>by</strong> 5 Nxl6+ i o. afier 1 e4 e6<br />

2d4d5 3Nc3Nf6 4Bg5BM 5e5h6 6 Bd2<br />

B!c3 white could double his o{n paNns <strong>by</strong> 7 bxc3.<br />

DOUBLE, (2) <strong>to</strong> plac iwo rooks so that tbey guard<br />

one anorher. To double rooks on an open nle or oo<br />

tbe SEENTB N(, lor ex<strong>amp</strong>le. Enauy leads <strong>to</strong><br />

advantageous @mmand of that file o. rank. To<br />

pla.e a queen and a bisbop so that they glard one<br />

atrother and auack along the same diagonal nighl<br />

also be called doubling, but il a player felt the need<br />

<strong>to</strong> describe this hc would say he w6 setling up a<br />

DOUBLE AITACT, a simnllatr;us atkck agaiist<br />

two seParare krgeh; lhese may be e.emy sen or<br />

squares the enemy nccds <strong>to</strong> dcfend. A donble<br />

altack <strong>by</strong> one man asainst tso is called atuR(. A<br />

donble altack <strong>by</strong> tNo men could anse in several<br />

*ays, e.c. iion a DscovERED csrc(.<br />

DOUBLE BISEOP SACRIFICE, the sacdfice or<br />

offer olbolh bishops. one shortly alter the other.<br />

In most insran.es the anacker has raking bishops<br />

beanng down on fte eneny king and he comnences<br />

<strong>by</strong> oltering the cRDEx crm. Ine nst known<br />

ex<strong>amp</strong>lcwas i, aCamcwon btLaske.in 1899-ee<br />

BAUTR. (see also ruRM^N.)<br />

DOUDLE CHECK, check given <strong>by</strong> rwo pieces<br />

simultaneously. Itr reply a delender musl move his<br />

ki.s, lor which reason a double chcck can be a<br />

poserful tacric.l weapon. All double checks are<br />

M. R Koldqrc. Z.issl lricndly eane, Vieona,<br />

1€4e5 2NBN.6 3Bc4Bc5 4b4Bxb4 5.3Ba5 6d4<br />

cxd4 7 Qb3 C)t6 3 e5 Nxe5 9 Nxe5 Qxe5+ l0 Kdl<br />

Qh5+ 1rBe2Qg6 12Re1Kd3 13Ba3d6 14Q65Qfs<br />

and Whire anounced n,e in rhree: 15 Oo3+ Kiea 16<br />

Bb5+ (a double check) K- 17 Rea nale.<br />

DOUBLED PAlyNS, t{o pawns oi the sane @lour<br />

on tne sane 6le. <strong>The</strong>y nay be veak be@u* they<br />

are hdd 10 defend or because lhey lessetr lhe<br />

nobility ol the pawn foroalion. pe.haps oeating<br />

Hocsj they nay be strong because lhey guard<br />

important squares or, indirecily, be.ause m adjoining<br />

6le can be ued advantageously: or they<br />

may be of no ac@unt. Doubl.d pawns in front oI<br />

rbe king may teave holes that assist the onemy<br />

altack Gee G. H. Mc@r) or the holes may be<br />

oI litfle consequence (see NwN, Nurcv). <strong>The</strong><br />

6le or liles adjoining doubled pams are ukd <strong>to</strong><br />

advantage in the games given nnder tsALF-opEN<br />

and rcRmG. By contrdi see<br />

\\mlr rorMAroN for a gam. in which lhe PaPns<br />

a.e subjecled <strong>to</strong> a powertul attack, aod see MNAW<br />

ER fo. a game in which Blact\ doubled papns<br />

senously resirict his nobility.<br />

DOUaLE FIANCHET'TO. lwo fiarch€t<strong>to</strong>s made<br />

DOUBLE.MOVE CfiESS. o. Marseilaise <strong>chess</strong>,<br />

an unorthodor gane invented <strong>by</strong> Albert Fo.th<br />

(187!19%), a Greek livins in Maceilles, and<br />

desnbed <strong>by</strong> him i, a.,J,l€r. a local ne*spaper.<br />

Each player makes two sinsle-noves on his tm <strong>to</strong><br />

play: a check nay be gilen only on the latter ol<br />

tbese rwo doves and mBt bc evaded on the nEt<br />

- single move in r.ply. In 1926, beiween rounds ol a<br />

snall <strong>to</strong>urnameni ar Bimingham, and<br />

tte othe. conpeti<strong>to</strong>rs anu*d themselves ^cruINE playing<br />

double-move <strong>chess</strong>. Challenged 10 a game of triple<br />

move <strong>chess</strong> Alekhino, declaring lhal the tust player<br />

should always win, delivered scHohR s MAE: t e3<br />

&NA &Nc3 g5& g4&8ll3 2OxB&Bc4&<br />

DOUBLD MUZIO GAMaIT, 602. Besides the<br />

knighl sa lice thal charoclerizes the MUzIo cAM-<br />

Brr, White sacnnces his uctsr Brssop. J. W.<br />

saowdm played this gambit against<br />

Taubenhaus. New York 1889, and lcl alter the<br />

contanuation 8 . . . Kxfl 9d4Ql5.llins1ead9...<br />

Qxd4+ then 10 Be3 Of6 11 Bxf4 with a<br />

pronisiDg attack, a@ording 1o soviet analysis.<br />

DOIIBLEROOK SACRIFICE. lbe sacrince oftwo<br />

rooks, onesoon aicr the olher. U.likethelou8c<br />

Brssop sac(FrcEvhen the tso bishops are usually<br />

thrown in<strong>to</strong> thc atlack (active sasi6ce) lhe rooks<br />

arc uually Ieft lo be captured (passye sadifce).

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