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seond board lor bis suntry in tbe Olympiads oI
1937 and 1939. During the Second World War he
rCain trun lhrrd fiize in d r rong !\cnr, rhis rime iL
Pr.cue 1942 atkr Alelhinc and ]UNGE F.lq(s
Ue'irroorr.a" rn r L"urnamenr held at Karlov)
Varyand Manrnskd L&nC in 1948 (aboutcateeory
7). In 1951he qualilied for the inte.zonal touma_
,nent to be held atSaltsjdbadcn in 1952, butbetorc
il iook placc he died otleukaemia.
FooI-'sMAID, tbe sboitcsr game endingin mate.
e.g. I g4c6ore5 2 il or14Oh4. Tncre are eigbt
possible ways ol rcaching this matc.
FORllEs, DUNCAN (1798 1868), ScoitnhNnter
on chess history. prolessor ol oricnlal languages.
In 1854 and 1855 he wrole ascriesolarticlesin ihc
lluntuEd London N.||s, collect€d and publhhed
as Obselwtbns ok th. Oti{in oh.l Prc$rcs af
cne$ e1c. (l 855). fi. /r,rrol! o/ chess (1860) was
a greatly enlareed exPosilion ol his lheories. In ih
way he demohbed thc more
lancitul clanns regarding tbe origin olchess. buthe
sD.mnrbed to the temptarion of inventing evid€ncc
to support bis belicl that tbe gine is 5.000 year
old. TheIalscprophethasl.kenusallin,saidlan
der r.i{ori. who, with Prolcssor Albrechl Weber
(1821 1901). discolercdthairhesourcesquoiedby
Forbes did not contain the attibulcd rcfercnces.
Lilerscholarchip estabinhed tnat in anycase these
sourccs were at leas12-500 ycars younger $an had
bccn ihonghl in FoibcJs time. Regarded by his
coniehPorarics as a monument to s.hola6hip,
Forbets /r8rory is no{ ignorcd. He did not even
nake good use oI thc material known lo hin ,
sroie J. G. wsm nr 1898.
FORTRESS 12I
rwo points ahend of the second prizc winDer
poRns.E. Forintos achieved his besl nrternalionaL
toutu.nent resultsatBaja l97l shenhecrme lirsr
(+8=6 1) and Reytjalik 1974 Nhen he camc
sc.oDd(+8=6)art.rs yslo!abeadorBRoNst,N,
and he played lor his conntry in six Ol],mPiads
FoRK. adirecr and sinrultaneous atack on t\eo or
morc men b! onc mani 10 nakc such an altack.
.^Dyman maifork. (seerAtrnL!.HEc(lorarorkby
a kniAht,lhe mosl common kindiscc sHo(r caME
ror r tork b! i qtcn lhtrh endcd a gdmr rn lndr
A lnrk bv a piwn ...uh Jlr(r I c4 e5 2
Nf3
'no\es.J Nc6 I Nc3 Bc5 4 Nxe5 Nre5 5 d4. (For a
remarkable tork by a hishoP at thc eod ola gamc
FORSYTII NOTAIION. x mcthod oI re@rdins
nosrrunr tnvlnred by Dlrrd FoF)th (1854 1'rnql
J Slor\m.n $ho emrgnrcd to Ne\ Z(r rnd. anLl
rAt nublEh