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

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caied play iollowing 3 . . . g5, prelernng the
sBAza DETENCE- 582, oi thc modcrn form of thc
.IINNINGHAM CAMUN. 3 , . , 8E7 4BC'I Nf6, AIi
tnat can be said about3. . .95, which h.s not been
adequalely tesEd in recent times. is tnar thc
AUMD!. SANSTEIN I TOSNNTRETERJ ANd KESERTZ{Y
cAMEn arc supposed to offer white betrer chances
ttan rhc M,DoNNlrL.
PHILIDOR. ANd GAMBITS (SCE N[U{ANN,)
^LLG{B
KNG'S rNIGET OPENING, 350. 8i!en by
KING'S PAI{N OPENING, or
227. any opening that bceins t e4.
(ING'S SIDE, or K sid.. an a.ea of the board
consisdng ol all rhc squa.esonlheb g and lliles
including on occasion the squares on thc c-lilc.
(ING'S SIDE CASTLING, caslling on the king s
side, representcd by the stmbol0 0.
XIROV MNOV, NINO ( 1945 ),Inlemalional
Grandmaster (1975), lwie Nin nci ofthe Bulsarian
chanpionship(1973, l9?9). jointwinnerarvdac
1975, a tournamcnt ol aboul calegory 8. He
rcprcsenred his couniry il rhe Nice olympiad
XI,ECZYiISKI VARIATION. 37?, IhE DIWORTE
KLETT, PHILIPP (1833 1910), Gernan conpos
er specializinS in orthodox REE- and MoRE-
MovlRs, am! olitcer. Hc was the 'Bach oI lhe
problen ar1' wrotc Adoll Bayer orfer (18,15
l90l), who. Iike his mntemporaries, nghdy regarded
Kleft as the leading cxpone.t of lhe
so called Old German Style. (see PRoB!€M us
roRy,) His mostcreati,e periodbeganaround 1860
and culminated i. rhe publication in l8rli oI his
book Ph. Kkn's S.ha.hptobleh., conlainnrg ll3
oI his problems. (Scc Ri.^L pL^Yr PRoBLw {s
1. D. Bc^stey, A setectio of ches Problens br
XLING, JoSEF (1811 76), cobposcr andpioneer
ENDc^ttE analyst. Born in Mainzwberebebecame
an organist, (ling movcd lo Paris in 1834 and
setded in London th.ee years laler. Hc sas drc
principal a..hitect oi a delinitive anallsis of ihe
endgame R+B v. R, Nhich was printed in a.
Palam?d., l&116. and in shuNroN s Cl.u-Plal./l
Hdhdbook, 1A11. Klia{ gublished Ci,.ts Ez.lid in
1849. conlaining dore lhan 2m oI hn problens,
but he .cbieved greatcr fame as co aurhor, wilh
noRwrz. oI crc.r s,,dies (1851), a classi. that
launched lhe arl oismDycomposition. From 1851
ro 1853 these rNo .ditcd The Ch6s Playr. x
periodical rhich.onrai.s many joinlcompositiont
andwbichcbioniclesiheevenlsof tnctimc. ln 1852
rlng eslablhhed his 'Cncss and CofieeRoons'in
Ncw Oxford Stleet. and maierially assisled Hor
$irz by appointing him residenlprolesional. (See
DESPEMDOi TRIANGULATION.)
KI,IN(: AND IIORWITZ'OTINTERATTA'I{.
599 in the KNG s GAmrAccepled- llsl published
in cn.$ .sl!d,.s (1851).
I.MOCH, JOHANN JOSEPH (18911973), helter
knovn r\ Hrn\ Km.ch lnicrnational Master
(1950), lnlernalional Arbiter (1951). Aviennese
playcr and writer ol Czech paienlage, he cmigrated
to theNetherlands in th€ l930sandrhenlo
rhe usA- wherc hc setiled, in 1947. He shoNed
enorgh skill asayouthtowinaclubchanpionship.
hut when asked to aliSn himself to a polilical pa y
as a condiiion ol @nlinuing membership he lett fte
club and gavc up the same lor about 1en yeare,
During this pcriod his hobby *as priting ardcles,
nany of them hunorous. Ater lhc Fnsr World
War he nide wnling his profession and resumed
his interesl in chcss. He shared lirst place with
Reifitina eumrNrER orsanized by the Austrian
Chess Association, Vienna 1921. bcgan hh inteF
national caree. the following ycar, and achieved
hn besl rouroament perlormance al Debre.en
1925 whcn he came 6rst (+9=2 2) ahead oI
raRrAowm and cRnNrErD. Kmoch played for
Austn. inrhe Olynpiads of 1927, 1930, and 1931.
He is cniefiv rcmcmbered for his annotationsarticles,
anA books. including a supplement lo
Bilguer's tuNDBUcs in 1930, and uselnl biographies
oIEUWE !nd RUBrNsr.'N. Perhaps hn nost
enduring work n Die Kuilt det V*lerliguig
(1927). Anothe. ofhn wel known bool6 is Pa,,
Paw€r i, crdsr (19s9), in shich hc coined dozeos
ot umecessary and oicn ngly ja.gon words. For
examplc hcwrilcs ola pawn move nade by Black,
-Tnc conlersion of the d,a into a leuco bouad
chain crcares a bod run an l enhances the a./d,-
r,c"io oI Black\ position', mcani.g that Bta.k
furtber reshicts his bad bishop.
KMOCL VARTATION, 152, rhe NoA vARrAroN ol
IhE NIMZOTNDhN DETENG,
KNAAK, RAINER FRITZ ALBERT (195} ),
Intcrnatiooal GrandmasEr (1975). E6i Ccrman
player, national chanpion in 1974 md 1978. In
inteinarional tournamcnt play he came second
(+7=7-l) to rAL at Hane 1974, shared filsi prize
wirh M^xcH and sMEruL ar t ipziq 1917, c ne
6st(+7=a 2) equal with !^uc6 and usruNN at
Hallc l9T8,androoksecondprne(+7=3 1)aftcr
Sturua at Tmava i980.
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