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

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and oilen look less lime. ln the second all platr all
inrernational toumaf, ent- London 1862. sir prizes
were ofiered. an inducement to play thai led lo
ALLT MWANDLUNG, or ,4u,, a German lem
(1,t. omni proEolion) thar descnbes. omposirion
task consisting of tnc promolio. ol a pawn or
pasns to Q, R, B. and N.ln a.Am, pRoRrrM the
rcrn would also include promotion lo every kind of
lairy piece rhat is present in $e initial posilion. In a
problcm lhe piomorions are usually concurem,
and ii isdesirable. but noiessentialj thatlhcsame
pawn should be promoted in eachcasei in astudy
the promo tions nay b e concurrenr or consecu tive.
(For eunples see ELtuArE and NEURAL GN.)
ANALYST, one who analyses the game. espccially
the openings or rhe endgane.
ANASTASIA'S MAlll]. The ram€ is rakcn lron a
novel bv Wilheln Heinse (1749 1803),.1drr6ia
zd das .tcra.nJpi./ (Franklurt, 1803).
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W&%*
7z%
ffi?,e%
AIIAR GAMBIT, 700, tbe pARrs cAMBrr.
AMAR OPENING, 699, bcttcrknown asther F$
opENrNG. The Parisian anateur Charles Anar
often played il in the 1930s.
AMATIROSIS SCIIACCHISTICA- an ailmcnt diagnosed
by tnc physician raRRAs.H. There is no
su.e preveniive ireatmenr and rhere n some
eyidene lhar n m.y be intedious. Tbe nai.
symprom is the making of obvious bul unchara.lcF
istic blundcs, a complaint mo.e commonlyknowD
AII-{ZON, an unorthodox piccc that combines lhe
powesolrook. bhhop. and kni8ht. Fnstde$nbed
in a l6rh-century manuscnpr no$ in Pcrugia. this
pie.e *as somelinesuscdin thenext tso cenrunes
as a substitutc for the queen in olherwise orthodo!
chcss. In vrD^s fanous poen rhe queei vN
sometnnes called an anazon. probablylbc6stuse
oi rbis word 10 describc a che$ piece.
AMDUSaI, a composinon 1em lor a situafion in
{hich a line piece would smmand a line il another
man, ol cilhcr colon., Nere moved lron the line
(li.e-vacationl. ProbieBilts use the sord baltery
10 describe an amtrlsh for whicn both picccs arc ol
thc samc colour. a in ihe tNDhN rEEMt. For an
exanple with pieces ofopposne colour see Buc(
AMERICAN ATTACK, 290, i. the srcnrAN DE
FENCL. line advocaredbyPhilipRicha.dson of Ncw
York in lhe 1880s bul soon supeneded by
NGUscn s move (7 al).
AMERICAN TOURNAMENT
aMSTERDAM VARIATION, 277, sound way ol
altackinS tbe DucoN lARrArroN of lhc suLrAN
DnF.N.n. knosn since the 1880s but named nuch
ANALYSIS, a detailed examinario. oI the variarions
thal ouu anse iron a given position.
1.. Ka7 2b5Ka8 3Kc?Ka? 4Bc8Ka8 5
Bb?+ Ka7 6 b6 oare The aulhor cal ls rh$ An.
rhsir's nr?re hnr ilr. n,n,. k n.v ns.d f.r
another kind oI nale, atr example olwhich h aho
%HW %
'%, %*
Heinse atrributes thn composition to a Turin
olicer'. White plays 1Qc5+ dxc5 2 RdS nate. lhc
samc pattcn' may occur when Black\ king n on the
edge ol ihe board. c.g. Whitc Rhl and Ne7- Black
Kh? andPeTiand when Anastasia\ matc occu6 in
play lhis is the forn n usuaUy takes.
ANCSOR RrNG, acombinarionolthe verticaland
horizontal cylinder boards. used lor F{rRy pRoB-
LEMS It could bedepicled on thc exte.nal snrface
of a solid body the shapc of a lilebelt. Tb€re are no
edgcsr cach rank. file, and diagonal is continuous.
ANDERSON, FRAN( ROSS (1928 80),Inlem.
tional Mastc' (1954). compurer erPerr. Born in
Canada, he played Ior his country in three
olynpiads, rhe las!in 196,11twice (i954,1958) he
made the besi s.orc on secood board. +13=2 2
and +9=3-l respectively. On the last occasion an
atiack olinflueua prevenled his plalrein the lasl
round: had be done so, andwhatcvcr the result. he