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

208 MATULOII.
N!,{ttJLOVIa, MILAN (193! ), Yucostar
player, lnlemanonal Grandnaster (1965). He won
or shared 6ret pnzes at Belgrade in 1963 (+4=7)
and 1965, and came thnd (+6=8-1) cqnat with
kocrus after rcRcNor and rcrc^Yrvs(y at
Sochi 1966. ln 1967 he qme second (+11:4 2)
equal with GELLEn hall ! poinl behind rrscElR in
the Skopje Kruaeveohrid toumamedt, and ne
played i. the Sousse i.terzonal in which, afier a
liltle cheanng Gee rsouBE), he cane ninth.
Malulovia achieved three tournamen! vicrories in
1969. probably his besr ycar: Skopjc (+8:6 l), a
ri. with H6*r ah..d of sMvcr.v: Arhens
(+10-6 0, ahead of Hort ad stBNERr a.d
Belgrade (+6=8 1), a prize shared with GLr@Rra,
ryxov, and Polugaycvsky ahead of Ccllcr and
so rNNr(. subsequently Marulovi6 won or sha.ed
6rsi prizes al Sarajevo 1971, Majd.npek1976, a.d
Helsinki 1981 (+6=4 1). National champion in
1965 and agai! ii 1967(+7=10), he playedfor his
country in 6ve con*curive Ol)mpiads Lon 19& lo
1972. He likes sharp play i.d has nade some
condbulio$ ro openings knowledge, norably in
varialions such as thc MoRRA cAMBrr, one ol his
specialities. On acounl of his anti social behaviour
he is inliled lo play in loumamenls less
fr.quently than might orhenhe be the casc.
1c4.5 2NI3d6 3d4dd4,lNxd4NI6 5N.3a6 6Bs5
e6 7f4Qb6 3 Qd2 Qxh2 9NblNc6 ]l)Rbl Qa3 ll
Bx16 gxl6 12 Bd3 Bg7 13 G0 0 0 ll Rlll I(n8 15 Rhl
16Ir- exl5 17 ef5 BIf5 13 Bxf5 Nxl5 19 N,l5 RIc3 20
Qdl Qxa2 21 c3 Nh6 22 NIl6 Bxf6 2l Rxh6 &7 24
OxhT+ Kl3 25 Rxf6 R.7 26 R.l Bla.k Esigns
MATULOVL GAMBIT, 23?. the MoRM c MBr.
MA-XIMUMMER. a kind oI FArRy pRosrnM invented
by r^wso! in 1913. Black mDst make his
geodel.ic.lly longest nove or one ofthen iI he has
a choi.e, a stipulation indicated by the abbrevia
tion 'nax'. Tbe u.ii of measuremenl is the dhtana
between the cenfes of two adjoining squares on
the same raok or file. For example, a nove lron al
ro a8 neasnres 7 (V49) and is snorter rhan a move
fion al 10 f6 (V50). Tbe neduements of castlins
are V16 (kine\ side) and V25 (queen s side).
Unless otheNise stipulated bolh check add n.te
are normal(i.e. not fairy) and wiile may nol place
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Aproblem by tsaDLL, Di. S.n,alr., 1933. White is
to force Black lo give nate: 1 Bg6 Rh1 2 Kd4
Rat 3BblRa8 4Ba2Rh8 5Bg8h5 6Be6Ra8
7 Bc8 Ral 8 Ba6 Rhl 9 BIl Rh4.
MAXI-ANCE ATTACX.4SR This.fta.kc2n..ise
irom se,eral openings:
rALAN oPNrNc. The auack was sugSesled by Md
Lange 0832-99) in 1854, and his tul natue n
alsaysused (itisneve.cauedrheLans.Artack). A
citizen ol LeipziS, he *.s a snter, a p.oblemisl,
and le$ succe$fully a che$ adninisrabr.
MCO, a popular abbleviation lot Mod. Ch6s
Or'erin8s. Wnlten by the English players Richard
Clewin Grifnlh (1872 1955) and John Herbert
white (1s8G'1920). the bool tust .ppeared in
1911, was revised in 1913, reprinted in 1916, and
relised in 1925 and 1932. Popular amons EnAlish
speakins playes, n was never as auihorilatire as
Bilguer's HANDBUC!, vhich hosever vas bemming
ourdaied in the 1930s. The sirrh and besl
cdilion of ,{rC?, qritten by uNE, w6 published in
1939. Editions published .frer ihe Seco.d World
Wa., Iion the serenlh in 1946 ro the twelfth ir
1982, areof lessraluepartlybecause lheindeasing
number of opening vanations can no longe. be
adequately represenled within rhe coveB of a
MEADOW IIAY OPENING, 3, thE WS OfEMNA,
The nane c.tches lhe rustic flavour of lhe opening.
(compare couNnY MovE.)
MECKING, HENRIQUE (1952- ), International
crudmasle' (1972), a BraziliaD player who s6
ranked i. lbe world\ fi6t ten fron 1976 to 1980.
Atter wiming ihe nario.al chanpionship al the age
of 13 he began to devote most of his time lo che$: