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

LDWIS COUNmR-GAMBIT, 335, an aggressive
deferce to the rsuDoR v.MroN of the BrsHoP's
opENNc, launched by LEws in 1834 wirh 21 Pages
of analr5h. AlthooSh probably sound it wa nol
much played, for olher add simpler defences
h..,me,v.ilable arou lhis time.
I BTJRT,ON. VI,ADIMIR MI(HAILOVICH
(1937 ), soviet-bom player, tnremtional
Grandmaster (1%5). He played in live USSR
championships fion 1960 to 1970 naKng his besr
resu,t. a fonrth ptace, in 1968. His toumaoent
a.hievements around this time inctude a fourth
pla@(+4=8 1) atYerevan 1964, as@reoI+7:8
to share fBt p.ize wirh uslGNN at Zinnowitz
1967. and a *6nd piace (+5=10) after rcRrscH
ahead of lAsnEov and srDrN at Ansterdan 1969.
In 1973 he emierated to israeli there he won the
national championship 19H, playfd for his
adopted country tu sevelal Olympiads from 1974,
and shared tust prize at Beesheba 1976 and
Natdya 197. He also won n6r prne ( +7=5 - I ) at
venice 1974 and twice came Iisl in st.ong swiss
system toumameals at Lone Pine, California, an
ournght win in 1975, a shared *in in 1979.
sicilian Defen@.
lc4d 2NBe6 rd4cxd4 4N 4N.6 5Nh5d6 6c4
s 0.0h6 l0 Br4 Bb7 11Re1
Rca D BIl Nc5 13Nd2Nrd7 llBg3
LICHINING CHESS 185
higgcst and fi.esl in private hands. vith more lhan
LIBURKN, MARK SAVEL\EVICH ( 1910 53),
Soviet study composer, accounhnl- He shded
with oRol(ov the second USSR Study Composing
championship (1947 8) and won the third (1949
52) ourighl. His studics were original and of a high
%w.
%
w.iw.
A study by Libukio that won *cond prize in the
Shoknnatu! rotmey l93l- lnspired by tbe su
vEDu study, Libdkin creates a task record for
conorent promotions to root and bishop. while
be8ias1Nc1, andnoP 1... R\b5 2c7Rd5+ l
Ndl RxdS+ 4k2Rd4 5c8=RRa4 6Kb3,orl
.. Rd5+ 2KCRC5+ 3 K.L3 Rxb5 4c7Rb8 5
db8=B (no15 qb8=R or O sralemate).
Boumeester and Spinhovcn, D. MaSn.ne
Schaoklgutua (1976) contains 2?8 studies, 83 ol
them by Libukin; R. M. Kolnan, .I2bla4rte
Eryudy S. KmindaiM. Libul&'d(1981) includes
LICHTENTIEIN COUNTDRATTACK, 570, the
10 the KNc's cAMBrr AccePted,
naned afler the Cernm-Anencan Player
Theodor Lichtenhei. (1829 74).
la. S5 r5Rclat IbRKhs lTarzRs* 13LlRg7
19 h. h5 ra3Oq3 2tRelQhT,Ne:R(S3 2lR(l
Rsb 24 f4 erl{ :5N!ERnd 20RglR\31 27Biglh4
2RBnBie4 19c5&.5 30bx.5Brcs ll B\c5b\5 12
Nc4 Ql5 33 Od2 R!6 34Nie5 Nxe5 35Q'13+Xg7 36
g3 Nl3+ 37 RxR BrB 38 Bd3 Oe5 Whi.c resiens
LI}RARIES. Three oDtstanding colleclions exisr
in libraries open ro tne public. The J. G. wlm
ollection in Cleveland, Ohio. isthe largesi in the
vorld. In rhe Royal Library at Tte HagE ihe van
der LrNDr-MEMEIER colledion is based on the
chcs libranes of lhe two men whose name it bcas.
and rh€ Aaderso. CnessCoucdio. i. Melboune.
Australia. also lakes the name oI its benelacior,
Masnus Mdor Andenon (1884 1966). The ches
library of Grandnaster Lothar scoMrD is the
LICII'ITNIIEIN ITEFENCD, 548 in the PmRoFts
DEF.NCE, played in the game Morphy-Lichtenhein,
New Yort 185?.
LIGHT BISEOP, a bishop that is ooved on lignt
LIGITTNTNG CIiESS. or rapid lransit ches,
games played nuch more quicklythanthe nomal
time limit alows. The term generally neans ganes
for which tnere is a 6xed dde linit foreach mo!e.
but is somelimes also used 10 dcscribe rrvE M'NUrE
.H6s. When each movc h timed an electonic
tiner is often used lo cnsure precGion, and a Player
must move immediatelv he hears lhe sisflal,