chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

Ii$l pria ahead of Bogoljubow, L L. NrNoucs,
and RoMANovso. Aiound 1916 nambere was
aUowed to retun to WaBas. after which he ga,e
up turther chess ambilions. In 194 he snccesstuIy
led Warsae in a tea6 narch against L6diprobably
his last appearancc i. com petirivc .hcss .
FLANK! the squares on the a , b , or cliles Gbe
queen\ nank) and the squares on the f-. g-, and
h nles (1he kinat flank), Pawns on these six liles
are flank pawns.
FI,ANK OPENING, a general 1em for any
opening in which neirher ot While-s ce.tre pawns is
advanced lo its fourth rank in lhe nrsl fcw noves.
TLEISCIIMANN, LEO (1881-1930). native ot
Bndapesi *ho sometimes used his Hungarian
surnxne, Forgacs. Dnring the yeais i905 to 191:
Fleischmann played in aboul a dozen intcrnational
tournameots, .otabl! Nurembcrs 1906, ostend
1906, Onend Masters 1907, and Hanburg 1910.
He achieved his best perfomance ar Nuremhcrg,
ryine snh s.HLE.Em for thiid place after MAR-
SE^LL and ruNs ahead ol c
anduDMAR. At oslcnd in 1907he rook nlth place
only onc poinl behind the joint winne6, BTRNSTEIN
and RUBr\srErN. HG best win wd at the 'B'
toumanenr,Bamen 1905 (nottobeco.iusedwith
the sfonger 'A' lournament held at Barmen
concurently. and won by rNowsK and MARoczrl.
ln l91l he gave up conPetitive.hcss.
TLEISSIG CAMBIT, 237, the MoRM cAMBtr.
probably named alter lhe Ausrian player Max
Fleissis (b. 18,15), tbe elder brolhcr of Bemhard
Flcissig (185!1931).
TLEISSTG VARLATION,520- thc MEIINTR vNA
noN olthe s.orcs GAM.. named alterB. neissig.
TLIGHT, or flightsquare, a square lowhich a king
could be mored, perhaps lor ils own saiety The
term n used almosl erclusilely by conposers
althougn rhe provision of a fiignt, known as an
6.Apr souAxE, is not uncommon in play. Fligit
squa.es may lom palterns such as srAR Elcsrs
a.d pLUs rlrcsrs, which Bay be featlred by
6nposc6. For an cxampl€ ofa Right that n some
distance ftom a kine see EETBSNN.
TLOIIR, SALOMON MIKHAILOVICII ( I9(]8
83), Inte.national Grandnaster (1950), Interna
tional Arbiter (1963), joumalist, one of thc bcst
eightplayers in thewondduringthe 1930s. He was
born inPoland afld moved lo Czechoslovakia i. his
childhood. alter his p rent had died in a nassacre .
FLOHR 119
In the ten years lron 1c28 lo 193? he played in 42
toumatuenls, nationalorinlemalional, andshared
or won lirst prize in hallofthem. His besl ictories
were: sliaa 1932 (+6=7). a tie wirh v'DMARi
Moscow 1935 (+7-12), a iie witnBonNNIKahead
ot LASER and cApABhNcAi Podebrady 1936
(+10=6-l) ah.ad or aLExH,NEi (emeri 1937
(+7=10),atiesith prrkovedaBHErsnaheadof
Alekhine, (BEs, and ENE. He.lso rod so6e
shong bul small events, notably: Hastings 1931-2
(+7=2) ahead ol XASEDAN and Euwri Hasings
193H(+5=4)aheadorAlekhine and unNfuAr;
Hastings 1934-5 (+4=5), a tie pilh Eu*e and
rsoGs abead ofCapablanca and Botlinnihiand
Mareare 1936 (+6:3) ahcad or capablanca. He
drew malches against two oi his closest rivals:
Euwe. 1932 (+3-10 3), and Botlinnfi, 1933
(+2:8 2). Plaling Ior Czechoslo,akia in nlc
Olympiads hc twic. made the best score on firsl
board: 1935 (+9:8) and 1937 (+9-7).
In 193? lrDE designated Flohr 'otlicial challen
ger for rhe {o.ld title. Alekhine accepted the
challenge in 1938. butFlohrNasunableto rahe the
slake money because oI the troubled slale oI his
counlry In No!. 1938 fie Sreat ArRo lourdamenl
was ananged: the wodd\ besl eighl players
compeled in a doublcjound contcst. Kercs and
Finesharedfiretp ze, Flohrcame 16l. ra[a(ow-
Er once described Flohr as 'that rock ot safely and
coreclnesaa Flohr-s lechnique- especially in the
.NDcAMEi wasu.surpa$cd bt hn co.temporaries.
Hh tournament vidones olten depended on his
high score againsl tbe lail endeBi he was rarely
able to sin a tournamenlgamc against hisequals,
and AVRO was no exception He had, howeve.,
otherworries. OtJeqishbirlh,andanticiparing the
conplete occupalionolhiscountryhy anri Senilic
invadeswho had 6y Oct. l9l8occupicdaparl, he
{as seeking a ne{ home in Russia, Nhere he had
sperl a iew nonths earlier in the ye.r. To sone
ertent Flohr restored his reputalion in the slrong
haining lournamenl hcld at Moscow and Leningrad
inJan. 1939 by winning 6xt pdze (+8:8-1)
aheadof Reshevskya.dKeres. Laterintheyearhe
{on a toumament held a1 Kemeri and Riga
(+9:6).
Alter the war Flobr played in ihe inte.zonal
Sallsjobaden 19,18, scored
+3=15 1, and shared sixtb place. ln the double
round .ANDTDATES tournament, Budapest 1950,
Flohr agai. failed to deleal any of his strongest
rivals i he shared lasr pl ace , afier which he gave up
furrher woru tnle anbirio.s. He entered the
Soviet Championship nine limes lrom rg44 to
1955, scorine his best resulls, lourth place. in 1944
and 19,18. In collaboration wirh (oro! he wrote
Sa jettches Scha.h t917-1935 (1960), acollectioi
oI4{0 games by Soviel playcrs ofwhich nearly 100
Flohr Botvintrik 6th march Bame 1933 Nilla lndian
Defene. Cldsici Vanado.
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