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

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IIABFjRDITZ VARIATION. 654 in the FRFN.H
DEFENCI. tesred in correspondence play by lhe
viennese anaryst Frans Haberdirz (.1901 57).
HAT,BERSIADT, VITALY (1qlH7), player,
analystj and @mposcrj Inlernational Judge ot
ches composirioos (19s7). Born in Odcssa, hc
spent nost of his adult liie in Paris, and b{ane a
naruralized Fren b cituen. He won the chanpionship
oI Paris in l9a5 and played in otbei
natio.al tou.namentsi in one of thes. (Hyarcs
1926) he wo. a BflrLhNd rDzE fo. his game
against ,ANowsn. He was also interesled in lhe
basic e.dgamc, for which bc made some original
analyses, but he is besl remenbered for his studics.
Tnesc olten featured coNruGArE squ^B, about
whi.h be and DUc.aMp wrote a book in 1932,
L'Oppositiot et 16 c6es cohjugaes sokt /,.onci
li er. In1954hemadeacoleclionoI100of hisown
compositions and published thes alonC with some
vork by otber composen in his book CnridirCr
,a.r,.rr.r. (see DrD^or. Posr0N.)
SALr-BAT'IERY, a problemisls tern for a
silu.tion in shich a MirRy (in thc problen sene)
$ould be (ealed on a line it eirher of two pieces ol
ihe samc @lour seie moveil oil the line. For an
example see wHrr. qrRRnooN.
HALI-CENTRE, a pAwN cENrR. tnat arises allet
anexchangeolcenkepaw.sihatleavesoncplaycr
wirh a centre pawn on his lourlh rank and his
opponent wilh a pawn on ns third lank on the
adjoining..nlre 6lc. Forexanple- atter 1e4e5 2
NlJd6 3d4exd4 4Nxd4.o.1e4c6 2d4d5 3
Nd dre4,l Nxe4 White has a half-enlre. lle has
needom for his pieces and bn centre pawn
-qreater
atiacks lwo squarcs in thc enemycanp. For these
reaso.s the t.aditional view. to $hicb rARiAs.rr
subsoibed.is tbatah li