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

]4 ANNIHILATION
ANNIHILATION, a problem term lor a kind oi
clearana: a piece is moved along a ljne and is
captured i anolher Piee of thc same colonr is then
noved alongthis line afte. the nan tbat b.s Bade
thc caplure has been moved out oI lhc way.
play such claiG are neilher tashionable nor
sanctioncd by tne hNs: ii incorrect they cariy no
pcnalty orher than humiliation.
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A selfnale (whire forces Black to eive nale) by
SHNKMAN, D.ro' ar.e Prcsr, 1883. Tbe key is
I Rdl, a.d lhe iollowingvanationshovsclearaoce
.fWniG\ lisl rank bv nnihilarion: 1 . . . Bxdl 2
Qb1+ Bc2 3 Bd3+ Bxd3 4 Qll+ (rhe quecn
mores alongftec,earcd line) ,1. . . Bxll lhisis
t h e earliesr tnown example ol purc'annihilation:
rhe piccc thar is s cntced (ne.e rhe rcok ar el)
ll lfili no fnnclion othcr thanils olninmolation.
The rem annihilalion n sonelircs nscd, loose
ly, rodescribcanysituationin whichihesacrinceoi
a man is Lsed 10 open a linc.
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In tnh position lrom a corespondence game
between the Liverpool and Edinburgh chess clubs,
1901, Black (Edinburgh) resigned. white had
announced mate i. 45 should Black exchange
bishops (the best oovc). white s rRorEcD PAsslD
s^wN giveshim adecisileadlanlagc becauseit
severely rcstricts lhe Ireedom of Black's king.
Airer 53 . . . Bxf4 54 Kxf4 Kd6 55 Ke4 Ke6 56
(d4c5+ (56. . . I(d6 57d+) 57Kd Kd7 58
Kb3Kd6 59Ka.1Kd7 60Kh5Kd6 61l7Ke? 62
Kc6 (xt7 63 Kb7 b5 6,1 cxb5 c4 65 b6 While
.Ecns 6Bt and *ins thc outrEN sDNc. An
&tensive analysn was pnblished ia the Lireryool
Weekly Mer.utt on 17 AnE. 1901.
ANT,{L DEFENCE, 114, ftesrcDErENCD.ln 1934
tbe Hunganan Alador Antnl (1893 ) srole a
book on the openings entitled Di Ha, (which
AfiTI, a p.e6x added 10 rhe namc of a mole or
nancuvre lo indicale its opposite o. its preven
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ANNOTATION. acomncnto
ol a gane. Annotations should erPlain Nhat h
h ppening and rcveal each decnivc ctror or rhat
pr ofa game rn qtu(h \uch an L nrocor!.Unril
rhe la$ fttrrlotthe lorh ccntury mr$e6 trequendy
iailed lo explai. hoN the advantage passcd irom
oneplayertohisopponenl. AsLAs(nRpointedout,
rhey believed thal r.lenled playcB were able to
@njnre Ni.ning posiiions irom thin air. This lies
sas changed by sr.rNrzt rheory thil a pre@ndilion
tbr victory was opponenl crrori and his
an.otatioos marked adistinct adlance on lhose ol
his prede@s$s. From then lhe slaodard of
annoladons by grandmasters ontinued lo improve.
Two of rhe most dolable acnicvcmenls in
this 6eld are soflrNNr( s book of ihe USSR
Abslule Chanpionshil l9.ll, and BRoNsrErN s
hodk df rheintcrzonal lournamentoi 1953.Nritlen
in conrrasring sryles: Bolvinnik cool, Iogical, .nd
objeciive, Bronstein Nidc-ranging and ina-EinaaNNO'lAllON
SIMBOLS. see coNENrroNAL
aNNOUNCED MATE, a claim by a player communicared
ro his opponent ihar he can forcc mare
i. a stated numbcr of mo,es. In over-the-hoard
A problen by the Gernan conposer Franz
Fcrdinand Ludwis Palatz (1896 1915), Ahtifom,
1929. In rhe nain line oI the solution c6 be.omes a
.NrrcAL sauARE. ulack's nnl tso moves nake a