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0'0 g6 7 Rcl Bg7 3 h3 Nh6 I Ncr b6 l0 d4 cxd.1<br />

13 Nxc? K!c? 11Brh6Bxh6 L5OFB37 16Nd5+Kds<br />

lTRadl Bb7 13Qb3Bc6 19Nrb6 axh6 20 Qxir Bxc5<br />

2r RxdT+ BxdT 22R{c5Kc7 2rRe7 RadS 24a4a5 25<br />

Od5 Rh.3 26 RxhT g1 27 a5 gxhrS 23.rb6+ Kxb6 29<br />

(HoLMov VARIATION. 409 id rhe spANrsH<br />

opENrNc, introduced <strong>by</strong>cErcoRtNin aeame aeai.st<br />

s.Hr-rcHrrR. Canbndge Springs rournanent 1901.<br />

TIBTTZER, an onlooker. esPecially onc fre€ wilh<br />

advicc. Thh Anencan lern slems via Yiddnh<br />

irom di?D,t (Cieman). a p.ewii.<br />

KIEL VARIATION, 313, line in the cLNtRE<br />

co!Nr.R6^ Elhat isinelfectivcif Whiteavoidslhe<br />

rrap5 Qa,l+ N8c6 6d5, Blackcould tbenreply6<br />

. . . b5 7 Oxh5 Nc2+ 8 Kdl Bd? 9 dxc6 Bl5+.<br />

KIENINGER. GEORG (1902 75). Inlemxdonal<br />

Maner (1950), Ninnc, of the Gernan Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship<br />

in 1937 and 19,10 (+9=5 l) and of the<br />

West Ccrman Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship in 19,17. A <strong>chess</strong><br />

profesional fron 1922, his in.ome cane largely<br />

trum cLltrrne Lhe$ columns in Germin newspJIcR<br />

ind penod'cak Hn Inremaron.l Jchcvcmcnts<br />

wcrc moderate but in minor lourna,ncnts held in<br />

Germany he Bas olten srcccsful. winning a<br />

numbet ol 6nt prizes, and be deleatcd BRN.r-<br />

MANN and several orher sfiong German playeBin<br />

KTESERITZKY. LIONEL ADEI-BER'I'O<br />

BACR,^TION FELLX (180G51). player and<br />

edi<strong>to</strong>rofnned Polish and Ccrman descenl bom in<br />

whal n nowTartu. He was supposed <strong>to</strong> tbllos hh<br />

l.ther as an advocate. bur he became a tca.her oI<br />

mathenrarics instead. Inoeasinely devoted <strong>to</strong><br />

clles, he sailed <strong>to</strong> Francc in 1839 just in lime lo<br />

He installed hinsell at tnc<br />

cAFi rr r A Rir;EN.r and wouldgive lcssons for five<br />

francs an hour orpl.y a gamc lor the same lee He<br />

had a thoroughtnowledgc of openings, arecePrile<br />

nenoiy, lnd a rich nnagination. His slienglh sas<br />

shosn mosr lavourably wben sivnrp ereat odds <strong>to</strong><br />

weak players: a8ainsl mastcs be sas less convinc<br />

ing. Kiesertzky s hcstmatch achierement sas lhc<br />

dclcar of HoRs'rz (+7-1 4) at l-ondon in 1846.<br />

KING 165<br />

although he is chiefly remembcred lor the loss, in<br />

friendly play, oi the 1MMoR1^L GAME' when hc<br />

made his second and last visil <strong>to</strong> London in 1851.<br />

He broughl onr a nagazine, l-a Rr8.,.c. 184+51,<br />

but the use oI an obs.ure nolation ot his osn<br />

devising linilcd its success. A sinilar failure lo<br />

coBmuni.atc also h<strong>amp</strong>ered his <strong>chess</strong> lessons<br />

which scre givenin a mixlurc ofmathenadcal nnd<br />

musical leros. He invented a three dimc.sional<br />

Iom oI <strong>chess</strong>, bul lailed <strong>to</strong> nakc anyone under<br />

stand his idea and n died with bim. Hispalespongy<br />

complexion and unaltradive appearancc co,n_<br />

bined witb a rouchy irrirability made him adimcult<br />

man ro likc and when hc dicd none {ould<br />

contribule <strong>to</strong> save him lrom a PauPer\ funcral aod<br />

none slood <strong>by</strong> thc grave.<br />

XIESERIIZKY ATTACK, 504, rwo xN'cnrs<br />

DETENCE variation originally noted <strong>by</strong> Lange<br />

in MaBdebutcer S.hachzeitun8, 1849, ^4ax aod sone<br />

tircs caued the Morphy Variarion<br />

KTESERTTZKY COTJNIDII.CAMBIT, 572. 1hC<br />

in the nNG's c^irBr<br />

Acccpted (see rMMoRrar csE.)<br />

KESERITZKY GAMBIT, 608 in lhe KINcs<br />

cAmr A.cepled ln the 1840s nEslRrzxY did<br />

nuch <strong>to</strong> popularize 1hn Une, which dales f.on<br />

rcLER<strong>to</strong>, 1590, and was analysed hy sAll<strong>to</strong>,160'1,<br />

,nd pHrjDoR. 1749. Wbile sccks <strong>to</strong> demonsrratc<br />

1hat rh. delence oi the gambit Pa{n <strong>by</strong> L g5<br />

q.akens Black\ king'sside plNn formation. Thn<br />

posnu0dl crm j \uAsesreJ lir(r h, Phili,lur and laLer<br />

6\ R!s,NnL,N. tunrri(f(w th thecomb,nrLnc a,ms<br />

rliaL rnrmally dFriigtrnh rhe \LLc{ rP and MUzro<br />

..!${N nlx.l\ hest r.nle\ are rhe brRLrN and<br />

P U6EN DE.E .Es (613,;16).<br />

XTNDRED CAMES, games Irch th. same ances<br />

<strong>to</strong>r as <strong>chess</strong>. <strong>The</strong>y fau inlo three classes:<br />

<strong>First</strong>iv there are resio nal variat ions which clne<br />

in<strong>to</strong> being as the game sprcad around theNorld, a<br />

process thar began at lcast as far back as tbe 6lh<br />

cenlury AD. All these sanes Nerc standard in their<br />

reEions and most bear an casily reosnized iela_<br />

l;ship lo lhe inler.alional game; but some,<br />

norabl, cErlEs! cFss and sEoGI, alc vcry difle'<br />

rent Chinescchcss may welt halc beeD theirsllo<br />

branch from il nol lo antcdale the early Indian<br />

Secondl! rhere are derivative gamcssucb as tbe<br />

nany iorns olcRLr cHESs. Such games, oiten lhe<br />

invenlion ol one person and rarely Popular, are<br />

usuaUy classed as unorthodor chcss. A recent<br />

deve<strong>to</strong>pmcnt is star <strong>chess</strong>, a vidco game.<br />

Thirdly there are garcs invented chiefly and<br />

somcrimes exclusively for use in rArRv PRoBLtMs.<br />

IiINc, thc mosi imporunt bul .ot lhe stronBesl<br />

prrle. rcnresenteLl <strong>by</strong> LhL svmbol K or hy rhc<br />

lrsurinc J. lt !dn be mo\ed dideunally or latcrallv<br />

<strong>to</strong> any adjoining squarc that is nol.16.kcd <strong>by</strong> an

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