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ENGELS !03<br />

FIDE title system is lounded on Elo radng.<br />

tuuRNAMEM GEcoxt. and NoRM. (se MrN{i.)<br />

Elo, <strong>The</strong> RatinS of Ch$splarers, P6t and Prerenl<br />

oe78).<br />

iMPRESS, ao unorthodo! piece thal combincs the<br />

poNen of rook and knight. Since 1617 when<br />

.N.e suggested thc use of rhis piece. which he<br />

called a ch<strong>amp</strong>ion. it has been used for other<br />

unorthodox games. In an l8th-ccntnry PeBian<br />

manus.ipt rhe piece n callcd a dabbaba and in a<br />

gane devned <strong>by</strong> Benjamin R. Foster (1851 1926)<br />

of St. Louis in lli67 it iscalled a chancellor and rhe<br />

gam., Chancetlor Cbess.<br />

F:NCYCLoPEDIA OF CmSS. sec Dr.aroNARt.<br />

ENCYCLOPEDTA OF CIIESS OPENINGS, A<br />

multilinqual teais. fi6t publisbed 197+9 under<br />

the cbiei edilorship ot GrANov,a. Tlere are ,i!c<br />

volumes:C(1e4e5 and 1e4e6), B (otheropcnines<br />

beginnins 1 e4), D (1 d4 d5)- E (most other<br />

ope.inss beginning 1 d4), and A (all other<br />

oprnrng\ ncludin8 a ieq rhar begrn I d4) Thc<br />

commenrary r <strong>by</strong> mcansoflhe urual.i,NvLNr oN<br />

Ar sy@oB and aboul 30 special symbols alt oI<br />

which are explained in eigbt languages. This<br />

.omprcbensive work consisring in all oi aboui<br />

2.100 pages and with contnbutions lronr many<br />

Ieading grandmastershasbe@me astandard qork.<br />

A revised volune C sas publhhed in 1981 and<br />

reviscd editions oI the olher lolunes are in<br />

ENDGAME, the lastphaseolrhe gameNhcn the.e<br />

are fes pieccs on the board. I1s bcginning is not<br />

ciearly demarcated. Tbe .harader oI the play<br />

diffe6 sonewhar from lhe middle game Mating<br />

aftcks are less lobelearedsolhe kings maylake<br />

an aciive part. and p.wns may be advancedditb<br />

less danger <strong>to</strong> lhenselves or lhen kings. When<br />

there are iev pasns srALEMr!. zuczwANc, and<br />

lack ot a sulicicnt malilg force nay enlne,y alter<br />

the charactcr oI the ptay. (Sa BN'c ENDGNE.)<br />

Generally, the uldmatc bnl nol .€cessarily isnediale<br />

ain is 10 promote apawn. Begi.ne$oftcn<br />

do notrealize thatthe final phase is asimportant as<br />

the ope.i.g and the diddle-gamc. Somelimes a<br />

small advanrage can bc exploiied only in thc<br />

endgade or there, as a last resort, a hard-pressd<br />

player night delend himsell. Moreover, the eod'<br />

gamc may be acreativephasein Nhichwinsnaybe<br />

w.esred from a draun position. All Norld chanpiors<br />

bave been grear endgame Players, somc the<br />

best ol then rinre. Lack olskitl in this pha* may<br />

hinde. a player's .dvan@m€nl i lo. ex<strong>amp</strong>le, thee<br />

ol lbe five Iosses sustained <strong>by</strong> BRoNSETN in his<br />

drawn ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship matcb against BorINMx in<br />

l95l wcre.aused <strong>by</strong> *eat endgane play.<br />

<strong>The</strong> first *ork devotcd wholly <strong>to</strong> the endganc<br />

was <strong>by</strong> DUUND and FRE! (1871 3). subsequently<br />

standard treatises were qritlen bv UERCER in 1890<br />

Gevhed <strong>by</strong> hin in 192), rNE in 1941, and<br />

i, I 95G62. An English hanslation ol lhe<br />

^VEBAG grearer nart or A.\erbalh ( rcatne sas Pub ishcd<br />

in seLen \olumes (lo7+q)i an(l he @mmenccd<br />

publication ol a revised edition (i. Rusian) in<br />

1980.<br />

ENDING. an ENDGAME, the end ol a gamc. or a<br />

ENDZELINS, LUCIUS 0909+1), Es<strong>to</strong>nian-born<br />

,Anstralian who von the lnle of l.lernational<br />

Corespondcnce <strong>Chess</strong> Grindma{er (195q) b} hir<br />

achre!cment rn lhe znd World C!re\pond.ncc<br />

Cb<strong>amp</strong>ionship 195.>.9 in which he shared second<br />

place *ith L. S.HMID ilter RAcozrN. In oler fie<br />

board <strong>chess</strong> he played for Latvia in t*o Oiym<br />

piads belore fte Se.ond World War and won rhe<br />

,Australian Charpionship in 1961.<br />

ENEMY SQUAXT, a squarc on tbe fittb rani or<br />

beyond, in the opponeni's halloi the board.<br />

ENCIILS, LUDWIC (1905 n?), Geman player<br />

vell known in the 193G. Bis best results in<br />

inlernational <strong>to</strong>unanents were at Bad Nauhein<br />

1935 (*cond equalNilh ELsksEs afterA,xo,iE)<br />

and ar Dresden 1936 (second pnze, +.1=4-1, after<br />

Alekhine and ahead oi MAR6czy. sridLDERG.<br />

Boco,ruBow, and rcREs). Engels played <strong>to</strong>r Ger<br />

many at the Blenos Anes Olympiad 1939. and<br />

maderhe besr s@re at thirdboard (+12=4). when<br />

the Second World War began he stayed in Sonth<br />

Ameri.a and played in a fcw local events, bul hii<br />

international <strong>chess</strong>.areer ended. He died i. Seo<br />

Paulo whcre he had for some time beld a post as<br />

lraincr and coach a1 a <strong>chess</strong> club.<br />

KcrcFEryeh DEsddn 1s36 Enghhopening, Brcncn<br />

lc4e5 2N.3Nl6 l33dl 4cxds Nrd5 5Bg2Nb6 6<br />

NBN.6 7G0Be7 lld3rlo 9Bc3&1 l0hlBe6 11<br />

Na4 Qd7 l2Nc5Bx.5 13 Bxc5 Rres l4KhzRad3 15<br />

Qc116 16b3Nd5 t7Ba3h6 18Rd1N'14 19c:rNxfl+<br />

22 d,l *'11 23 exd4<br />

2l . . . e4 (abck gi!6 u! a pa{n <strong>to</strong> matc Whitc\ o<br />

irsHoK inefiectire.) 24 Bxe4 Bf5 25 Bxr5 Oxr5 26 Od2<br />

h5 2? h4 Rdc3 23 Racl Rxcl 29 Rrc1 Rea r0 Qc2 QA<br />

31Rfl Rxl + 32 gihl Nf4 33 Qc3+ Kh7 34 Qf5+<br />

(n6 35 Oxl,l+ Qx14+ 36 K!2 Oq4+ 37 K62 Qxh4+

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