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PIECE. specjfi cally a queeD. rook, bishop, knight.
or king-a l)awn is nol a piece: fr ot. Ecncrallyused
PIERCD CAMBIT,323, VTLNNA GNEIr laiialion
analysed by thc English pldler Willian Iimbreu
Picrce (1839 1922) in the R.rishChes Mogazin?,
Ian lRR6 aw T Pi.rcc also deserves fedn t or h is
atrenpt to inhoduce sraNDAo NorAtroN in Eng'
land as eany as 18?8. Bben he uscd it in the
PIDTZSCE (lxo.. peach), WOLFGANC
(193(! ). Internatioflal Grandmastcr (196s).
East Gemran chrnpion 1949, 1960. 1962. and
1967. His best rournamcnt{in was rt Leipzi8 1965
(lbout .atcsorr 8) Nhen he canc ahcad ol
r rBEkzoN, cvALEx, and u r.iraNNi the eve.l w.s
held idcelebralion olthe 800th anni versary oi lhc
cily s tounding. Pietzsch played in six Olympiads
PILLSBURY, HARRY NELSON (1]J72 ]906).
Amencd playcr, one ol the bes! lhrcc oi lour nr
the world lrom 189i lo 1903. As atouth he wenl to
Bosion to studt lor a commcr.ial career. butspent
nuch oi his tiDe playi.g whisl, dr.ughls, and
.hess In Api. 1893, le$ lban 6v. yeas after
learninC the moves. be beat thc visiting naster
\!Ar BRoD. (+2=1), and a month o. so hter beea.
his professional carc.r with some ches engaecments
in Philadclphia. Besides chc$ touflralis'n
and actine as rhe h den playcr in the autonaton
JEEB Pillsbury sPecitlizcd i. snnuhaneous blind
lold dnplays. On occasion he qould piay hotlr
cbess and draughls blindlold and takc a hand ol
whht at the same dne Couitcous. anriable. Nnb
an outSoing Peisonalitt
and unassuminl nanncr.
he qas a lavouritc guesl i! mrny chess clubs.
ln 1895 he sailed to Europe and plared nr the
Hasrings toumanent. o.e oi the strongen erenrs
beld up to thar rinrc. Belore play began lhc
nomallt sociable Pilhbury declincd to sla, in a
horclNhere he might neet olh$ maslers:'I wanl
to be quier: I Be.n to rin this tourn.ne.l-
Emanuel.AS(.R. raRus.H.
a.d nany other leading nasletr were conpeling.
yet the 22 re.r old Pillsbury won lirn priz.
(+15=3 3). No player had preliouslt vo. the
6rn najor rournament in shich he had played, an
achicvcment equalled subsequcnily only by caPA
BhN.n.AllredEnery(1865 19.13).ache$playcr
and tournalist Nho was present- qritcs that
Pillsbury\ 'best conbinnrions scrc made with
apparently little foublc An nrvelerate smoker,
often codsuning a dozen.isars wilhoul pausc, hc
PILLSBURY 25]
would. when {orkiDg out some parliculrr con
6i.ation, se.d acloud ol snoke rnong the pieccs
'Ihen. tilti.g hischanlke an American rockcr, he
vouu sun up. !s ir s.cmcd. the Niderprocress ol
rhe ganc, hnnscll often the cooiesl ol the con
pany ' Pithbnry neat piayed in lhe 51 Pet.(huig
ronF'n,der msth r.urnamc.l 1895-6 laboul
categor! 15)i he scorcd {cll againn Lasker
(+2=l l) a.d chiso.nr (+3=1 2).butsobadly
.ganNr Steiniiz thar he took only third placc. Al
Nuemberg 1896 Pillsbury wasm{elt (ftom s)'Phi
lis conrr.cted it Sr Pctcrcburg) but he loughthdd,
s.ored +10=4 4. and shared third prizc with
'Iarrasch after Laslerhd MAtulczy. He ended his
riBt visn to EuroF by taking rhnd place llier
Chisonn and.rhRolsl( at Budapesl 1896.
Ba.k home, he played two malches against
sro$^rr.R. rhe Iirsr grining and the second
retaining lhe US ChampionshiP: 1891. +11)=3-8:
1898. +7=2-1. Four nrong lournamcnts lol
low.d: Vienna l898.lirst (+2.1=7-5) equal with
latrasch, who Bon the play-otl natch: Llndon
1899. scodd (+14=6-5) equal with Mlr6czy and
rANowsK aitcr Laskeri Pnris l9U)- sccond
(+12=l i) alter Laskeri Munich 1900, 6rsl
(+9=6) e{tual Bnh Md6-y and s.HLt.HrEr In
1901 he narried in Philadelphia aid made his
hoBerher. At Hanover 1902 heloot second prize
(+10:4-3) alter Janovski. Duri.g this tournament
Pillsbury played thc toughest ever simul
taneous blindlold dhplay: he scored +3=11 7
ag.i.st 2l opponents. all oINhom sere conpcting
i HauNu tierc for lhe masrcr tiilei yer he
achieved berter results nr the toumam€nt ganes
plxycd ailcr this event than in rhose piayed helor.
In tro tonrnanents ar Monte Carlo Pilkburycame
second in 1902 (+11=6 ,1) alt.r Mar6czy, and in
1903 was rhird (+1a=9-l) arter T Rsch .nd
Maidczy Hc playcd in lhe King\ Ganbitlournameni,
Vienna 1903, bur cane only lourthl he Nas
unable to use his lavourne orcningsi the au$N S
cAMBr and th€ spANrsH opENrNc. lo Bhich he
conhihurcd many orignral ideas In hn llsr rourna
mcnl, Cambridge Sprilgs 1904. he railcd lor the
firsr rime to win n hish prize in an importanl evenl:
Ge lerninal srage oI hh illness had begun.
Against Laskcr. theD Norld champion. Pillsbur!
madc a betrer score (+4=4 4) in sronp rourna
ments than any olhn contemporarics. His playwas
vigorous.nd conbinativc. and althouSh he sone
dnes losr through overplayinS his hand hn sryte
{as matuingi had he nor died young hc mighr
seriously have dvalled l-ask.r\ supremac, (See
ITINDFOLD CNTsSi RI-OCGDIi MNORITI ANAC(.)
?. w. seigeanrandw. iL watls, Piltr,rl ! ar.rs
arza (1922) was repirted in pllcrback in 1966.
Janowrki PLllsbul l'i 1900 Four Krigh6 Opening
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Exc3 I bx!3 d6 SRcl Bd? 9 Rbl Res l0B!5 h6 ll
Bh4.6 12 Ea4 RlrF lr Khl Nc? 1,1Bbl i"A6 15 Bg:l
BC4 16hl tsh5 L7 Re3 NI,l 13 BrJ,l exf4 19 Rel Od7
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