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

254 PILLSBURY DEFENCE
Kg2 Rh4 25 Rbel Nh7 26 Kll Ne5 27 Rg4 Rxh3 2a
L\nl NxB 29 Rh4 E5 30 Rh5 g4 lr Rxh6+ Kg7 32
Rh5 gxl3 33 Rl516 34.4 Rcs 35 Qb1c5 36 Ob6 K1f
17 Rds Qe4 l3 Kel Nxr2 r9 Rid6
11 Kcl Re6 12 OxbT+
Re7 13 Qd5+ Kg7 44Rd8Oe6 45 Oh5Oc1+ Whnc
rcsisns.Ior Bla.k barcs in nvo beeinniq 46 Kb2 Ndl+
4? Kbl Nd+ 43 Kh2 Qbl+
PILLSBURy DEFENCE. 112, a! old opening,
given by .^RREu, usualy a prelude to thc prR.
PILLSBT RY VARIATION. ,160 in the FouR
NrcErs opENrNG, playedsuccc$tullyby flLEBURY
(Bla.k) against .H,6oRrN, st Petersburs 189H.
This linepenl outoflavouron actuunt ol the reply
9 Nh4 introduced by rshscs in 1904. Also 90, rhe
DEF.NCE; and 96, PlaYcd bY
Pillsbury sirh a view ro building np a king\ side
attack Gee BhcGURNE)r bolh in rhe aUEEN's
PILNL, HERMANN (1914-81). p.ofesional
player, International Grandnaster(i952). Bomin
Germa"y, he setlled in Arge.tina around 1910,
won lhe naiional championship in 1942,1945. and
1958, and played lor his adopted munlry in live
Olympiads from 1950 to 1958. At Mar del Plata
1942 he scored +12=2-3 to share seco.d prize
with sr,tsBERG aier NArDoRr. His besr lictories
were Mar del Plal, 1944 a sc.re .f +9-610 rie
with Najdon ahead ol Stahlberg, and Belgrade
1952, botb loumaments of aboutcategoryT. ?ilnik
becane a oNDID^rE after shanng seventh place i.
the inrerzonal lournanent Gdteborg 1955, but he
fared badly in the Candidates toumamenr tbat
followed. tle lravelled extensively a.d lired for
varying penods in several countries eventuaUy
sctiling in Venezuela. Ttere he 1au8ht cbess in rhe
Caracas Military Academy, and there bc died
PILMK VARIATION. 398 i. the srANrss oENrxc.
PIN, a situation in which a line-piece (thepi..ing
nan) holds dosn an eneny nan the pi.ned nan)
in ihe nanner shown in the folo{ing exanplesr 10
b.ing about such a situaiion. Therc are two kinds of
Firsily,pinsagainstlheki.g...g. 1 d4Ni6 2c4
e6 3 Nc3 Bb4. and While\ k.ight ar c3 (he
pinned ma.) cannoi be novedt or 1 d,l e6 2 c,l
Bb4+ 3 Bd2 Qe?, wben the pinned nan at d2 is
nor shony innobilized bur it canaot be moved
Iron the diagonal el-as. ConposeB reognize
Secondly, pinsagainst meo otncrrhan ihe ki.g,
e.g. 1e4 e5 2 NB d6 3 d4 Be4whe. White can
move his knight at I3 but his queen would then
Aftei1e4e6 2d4d5 3exd5exd5 4NBBd6 5
Bd3Ne7 60-00-0 7NE5BI5 8 Bxt5Nxf5 9Nc3
h6 l0 Qd3 Black camot safely movc his knighl
f.on 15 because this sould open a li.e (b1-h7) for
white\ queen (r1 Oh7 mate). This siluation is
similartothar brougbt about by a pin andwouldbe
so called by sone Playes.
Olrhe basicelemenh that makenp the lactical
onlent oI a gamc the pin is one oi lhe oosl
pow ful. (For some exanple
rcRIS'H, ANd USLMANN.)
PIN-MATE, a composer\ tem lor a cbeckmate
that depends upon the pinning ofone or more ol
'/ge w ?$e
,aftrr"g% w
&HW %
%gw^w H
a* "& wr
A problen by MANSEELD rhat Non n$t prize in a
tourney organized b! rhe Hampshir. Telegaph
utrlP, lSlS ThereisaH^rF-FiN.nihe.-fileand
iour vanations show pin nates *hen Black\
queen or tnight is 6oved lrom this file. The key is l
Ors (threatening 2 Rd4)l
1...Nlr5 2Nc5
1...Ne2 2d3
1...Nxd5 2Oxfl
1... Qd3 2Nd,t.
Odervan.tions: 1... QxbS 2Bxb3; 1...
Ne- 2Nd:1.,.Oxd2+ 2 Nxd2.
For other pin-mates see se
and lhe problem by evE under BosEMhN
PIN.STALEI4{TE, d 6oposer\ 1em lor a
stalemale tbar depends upon the pinning oi o.e or