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150 ILLEGAL POSITION<br />
Whiienovmakesa.o BrnAroN ihar rould no. hav. b.en<br />
souDd had hi: lins b.cn on hl. ]9 Rxf6 gxf6 20 Bif6[0<br />
21Rac7 R{l6 22 RrdT BxdT 2l Ne4Rf, 24Og3+ Rg7<br />
25Nr6+ Khs 26Oe5 Bh3 27 Nh5. Cnllc rcsignedsome<br />
noves larer and o y thc. disovered rhe incorect<br />
rcpk@mcnl of the shite king. He rppealed <strong>to</strong> no avail.<br />
ILLEGAL PO.ST ON, (2) a conposd posiliod<br />
thar could nol have ansen Aod rhe aray <strong>by</strong> legal<br />
moves, e.g. a position conraining white pawns at<br />
a3, a2, and b2. Such pcitions are fo.bidden in<br />
studies (<strong>by</strong> delirition) and in nany kinds ot<br />
problcm (<strong>by</strong> convenrion). A composer may slare<br />
thal o.e side is lo play allhough the position @uld<br />
hale ansen only ifit werc the olhersides tu.tr lo<br />
play, an illcgal situation known as Eno<br />
srAr-E ArE. To deiermine phelher a position ,s<br />
legal may requne EnocMDE ANArrs's. (Scc also<br />
IBPEroAL RET*oGRESS'oN,i<br />
ILYIN.GENEVSKY, ALEXANDER FYODOR'<br />
OvIcH (189,F1941), soviet player, joinr cham<br />
pion oi Leningrad in 1925 and ch<strong>amp</strong>ion in 1926<br />
and lg23 sinner of tie Ii^1 Trades Unions<br />
Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionsbip of the USSR, 1927. He also played<br />
in nine oI the 6rst ten USSR chanpionships,<br />
1920 37. E$elled iron sch@l a1 the age of 17<br />
be.ause of his radical ideas, llyin was sent io<br />
Swilzerland <strong>to</strong> mmplele his education: be wotr lhe<br />
chanpioNbip ot Geneva in 1914 and added lhe<br />
<strong>to</strong>wn\ name <strong>to</strong> his own. After rhe revoludo, hc<br />
returned lo Rusia whcrc he initiatcd thc Fnst<br />
AllRusia Ch€s Olympiad , laler.alled the li6i<br />
USSR Ch<strong>amp</strong>iotuhip, 1920, and lron lhen until he<br />
died in the sieCe of Leningrad nc <strong>to</strong>ok a lcading<br />
pa.l in the promolion of <strong>chess</strong> io lhe Soviel Union.<br />
ILYIN-GENEVSKY VARIATION, 127. r slanda.d<br />
line in the DUtB DETENG which list bccame<br />
popular in tbe 1920s, a, altcrnaiile <strong>to</strong> lhe<br />
slonewall Defence. l2r (see sroNEw^LL).<br />
IM, TNTERN{IoNAL M^srn, a title awarded <strong>by</strong><br />
FIDE,<br />
IMITATOR, a piece, idvented <strong>to</strong>i use in rArRy<br />
pRoB.EMs, thal cannolcheck, obstruct, capturc, or<br />
be capturcd. but itcan bc obstru.ted i belonging ro<br />
neilher White nor Black it imnat€s in lengtb and<br />
dnecdon all boves hade <strong>by</strong> olher oen. Moves thal<br />
cannot be imitaled cannot bc madc. Caslling is<br />
regarded as rwo movesi nBr lhe king, rhen tbe<br />
rook. A nan may be moved <strong>to</strong> or beyond a squde<br />
oeupied <strong>by</strong> an inita<strong>to</strong>r, for the initalion is<br />
simultaneous i for ex<strong>amp</strong>le, an imilalor at d I would<br />
not prevenr wlile's caslling od tbe queens side.<br />
<strong>The</strong> piee *as invented <strong>by</strong> the Dutch conposer<br />
<strong>The</strong>odorus C. I-. (ok (1906- ) in 1939. (For an<br />
exanrple oI its use see ciiD Bo^xD.)<br />
IMMORTALGAME, a name given<strong>by</strong>FAL$ERin<br />
i855 lo the fol'oMng TRENDTY GAME.<br />
AnderiseFKiesentky Londotr,1351 Bishop\Gambir<br />
le4e5 21.1ex14 3Bc4 Oh4+ 4Kl1h5 5Brb5Nr6 6<br />
NBOh6 ?d3NhJ 3M4Qg.5? 9Nr5c6 log4Nft 1r<br />
Rg1 cxb5 l2 h4 Qg6 ll h5 OsJ 14 OA Ns3 15 Bif4<br />
Qr6 t6 Nc3 Bc5 1? Nd5l? Qrb2<br />
i%tw.t<br />
AtD!6srN. who has already serificed r bishop, no*<br />
ma*csano!B' E roo( $.rl.tr 13Bd6Bxel (In*ead.13<br />
Qxal+ 19 Ke2 Qb2 sould have been beter ) 19c5<br />
Oxal+ 20Kc2 Black resigns (aa R;s.n.., July 1351)<br />
Latersou(esgiretheconrinuation20.. Nr6 2l NxsT+<br />
Kdn 22 Ql6+ N:J6 23Bc7mare Whire sould rlslin<br />
ftci20...Ba6 21Nc7+ Kd8 22Nxa6<br />
INCOMPLETE BLOCI(. see rloc(.<br />
INDIAN DEFENCE, 1em coined i. 1924 <strong>by</strong><br />
rARr^rcwER, in hn book /rd6./,. lo. the .eply I<br />
. . . Nl6 <strong>to</strong> 1 d4, hithcr<strong>to</strong> simply called Irregular<br />
Opening. Playem oI ihe SYPE<br />
often and systenaticaly began thc gamethisway.<br />
Intbelisthallotthc l9thcenttrrya.IndianPlayer,<br />
Moheshundcr. 'lbe Brahmin, one oi cocHRANE\<br />
opponents, had defended aSainst 1d4<strong>by</strong> 1 . . . NI6<br />
and loUowed with a king-s or q<br />
developnenl thar may properly be called Indian-.<br />
As sell as lcadins <strong>to</strong> the KN<br />
oimN's NDAN DEFENcE. NrM<br />
oLD rNDhN DEFENCE, crilNFnr.D DEF.NCE, and so<br />
on. the reply I . . . Nl6 .an lead lo many openings<br />
ftat are in no scnse 'Indian .<br />
INDIAN OPENING, a name sometimes used {hen<br />
White ope.s sith moves characteristic oi an INDTAN<br />
DErDc. bnt with a move in hand. Such an opcning<br />
ir somerimescall€d an lndian Atia.k. bui White s<br />
gane n nor likely <strong>to</strong> take an aggressive turn. <strong>The</strong><br />
nane was uscd in the seond hali ol the l9th<br />
certury for the moves 1 e4 e5 2 d3 whicb<br />
Vatenline Gi€en (1831-7?) playcd in the London<br />
rournamenl ol 1862 andelseNhere shordy alterhis<br />
rNDh\ IHEME, the namc ol a lanous Problcm<br />
thene: a line-piece h moved adoss a cRlrr.^t<br />
sauARr, anotherpi4e otthe sa6e colourh moved<br />
<strong>to</strong> tnh squa.e, creating a BAm.Ry (in the probleo<br />
sensel and then noved asain <strong>to</strong> nnmask thepiecc
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