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

trutto della Munieta di Gilocar'a S.a..r, (Turin,
1597), a slendcrvolume (57leave, olsreat rarit!
A lmnslalion b, srRL\r Nas published in 181?
Gianutio rhrows light on the laws olchess th.n in
use, descnbing rhe dificrcnt lorms of both the
kidg\ l.ap ai'd ncc .As.LL"c. Ile drew liom his
cxl icncc (hc sas a slronS player according lo
poNz'AN, and lrom manuscnpl sources- blt added
litlle rhat Bas not .keady know. to For ERn and
odernastersolrhc tim.. This book, the fir$ to be
wriue. by. playcr ofthe late 16th cenruryll.li.n
school. was soon superseded by the nore exlensivc
treatises ol s^Lvro and CARRTR{
CILBERT, EI-LEN E. (183? 1900), Aneican
.otrcspondcnce plarer. She hld only loc,l lamc
nntilthe corespondence nalch helwccn thc USA
and Britaln in 1879 shcn thc Amcrican manager
caused 6uch ncad{haking b, pulting her against
(nssrp sho was thouSht by sone ro be thc strongcsl
corespondence pldter kno{n She Non her
grnes,.nnouncingnatc ir 21 moves in one Same
.ndmit. in l5 in aDother Gossiprsponded wilh
uncxpccted gauantry and dedicaled hh 71,,.ory o/
al.rr open,asJ (18?9) ro her. Mn Gilbert (ni€
Srong) w.s known as theOueenofChess.aLide
usuallt givcn to a wonan who.chieves. mod.st
fane in this nale domin.tedgane Shcconrinucd
to pli! cofespondc.cc ches and announce lon!
rangc maics until her eyesighl deterioraGd.
CILC. KARL (l90l 1ll). Irtcrnational Master
(1951). A Sudctcn German. he played Ior
Czc.hoslovakia in lhree Ollmpnds (1927- l92li,
1931). noled to Cieinlny durnrg thc Sccond
World Wrr, .nd plar_cd for West Gernrany in lhe
llrn Europ.an tcam championship. 1957. Fron
1926 10 1938 hc cntered seleral slronginlemdtioo
at tournaments. achieving onl! mod$atc rcsultsi
bul he won i iewmnrorcvcnts. notably Trenaian'
ske Teplicc 1937.{henhe saswcllahead oianeld
that includcd BtccR and oPoaExs(1.
cIPsI-ts, AIVAR PE-lRa)vlcH (1937 ),
So!icl plalcr f ronr Riea. International Grrndnas
ter (1967), economist. He won rhe Latli.n Cham
pionsbip when he *ns 18 (lor rhc 6nl ol scvcral
tioer.nd plaled i,r thc USSR Championship six
tnncsfrom l95Slo 1970. cominSlhnd (+6=12 2)
€qual sirh (orcHNor and rArMf,Nov altersrrN and
cFr r FR 1966 7 Hn besl ntcrnational touflrament
rcsurrs wcr.: Bad l-icbcnsrein 1963, 6^r (+6=9)
cqual with rolUr\yrvs(yi Pacs 1964.lnsl (+6-9)
equal witb BoBorsovr lvlos.os 1967- lhour catcg
or! 14, second (+l=14) cqMl xilh Bobotsov.
\Mys'.v xn.l rd xier Siein rhexd of sPAsso rnd
rLrrosy^i": and Hradec Kratov€ 197!) 80, lirsl
(+6=s) equalwnheRLssoN. Form!nryca( no.r
1961 Oipslis edncd lh. Latvian chcss magazine
Kutrechik (litdis Team bumament Ior rcFublirs oI
lh.LrSSR Mos.oq1972,\lckhin.Dcrcn.c.F.trrPastrs
Gl-lcoRlc 129
I c,l NI6 I ei Nd5 3 d,1 d6 4 c.l Nb6 5 14 dxc5 6 Jxe5
N.6 7Be3tsI5 3Nclc6 9NBB!7 10d5NM 11Nd1
BeL 12.Lr15 1lN\ehr\eb lri\hrc.br l5NrlNdr
Lb_O.14 Ors 7 ,ri BJh 13 .5 h5 lo br 0 0 2lr Nbn
Qxil+ 2l Oxal ub6 22 Qb2 Nxe5 23 cxb6l
E //l
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whire \houU hav.givcnback the'tueen (21Or.5 816 2.1
Oxe6+ Kh3 2i c6 Racs 26 Oxesl grining nlo pa$cd
pxwns.ndcomfleringhisdevclopncnr. 2:r Bh4+ l1
Kdl NC4 25 Bd.l ltadl 26!lR{d6 27gxh4e5 2lBxbj
N.l+ 29 kl cid4 l0 Qd2 Rxb6 ll QiURIbB 32
Ord4 Rrh5 :13 Qxe:r Rxbl 3.1Qc6+ Bfl 15 Qe4 R:lb.l
:16Qr5 R1h5 17O.2Rb4 l3Qr5R4b5 l9Oc2tsbl .10
Ocr ILibT ,11 Q!6 Rb6 12 Q.s Ea4 43 (d2 Rd3+ 1,1
Kcl Rc6+ 15 Kr4 Rr3+ .16 Kgi Rg6' ,17 Kh5 Bc3
cIRAFFFI. rn nn.rthodox LL\PER lbal was lscd in
sone Iorns olGRLAr.Hrss. Tbe co .rdinatcsolils
leap arc 1,4, and rhe length .l its move V1?.
Placed on b2 a !naf.would atlacka6..6.13, and
fl
cIIIo(I) PIANISSMO.490 A rcstraiied conli
nuation or rhe rrrlM oP.N,Nt; (ciuoco Piano),
thh rery quiel gam.' r'as named by ANDERSSEN
(See .aNA': MAsoNi MystE{ous Roo( trovr.)
GTUOCO PIANO.,165, lhe TAIIAN oeENtNG. Thc
name neans 'quier g.nc' aDd nnlil the lgtlr
cenlury Nas often .pplicd to ant openingrhal was
CM'AND.TAKE KriY, a problen kcy move that
quarcs for lhe black
knrg and simultaneously dcprivcs it ofoneor B.rc
(;LEDHTLL ATTACK, 6:19. a FRENcn D.r.N.E
variation no bngcr cons ered clfcctiv.. The
Endisb phycr Walte. Gledhill ll85l-19l7) PUb
lishid hh analysis, wirh .onrments by LAswR, in
Btnish Ch?s Moga.ine. 1901.
GLIGORIa, SVETOZAR (1921- ). Yusosliv
Dh\er- lnrcrndriLnJl Grcndnrr.rer (r'r51) Ar t,c
:sc nt ll h< run rhr tlc qrdle \uurh ( ha nn.n_
rlrip afier a cuiious incidenl: in thc prelinrnrary
ronnds he had pcmitted an omo.cnt Nho had