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

15'I PODi,BRADY VARIATION
Pocket se| whiie has jus
pl.yrd 3 Oxd.l. ldling into
pocket, without disturbing the eame.' Thc scr was
sold lbr so6e yeas by Longnan & Co 'in a neat
loolscap o.lalo .asc. price 2s 6d.' Many pocket
sets are olleatherwith durable plaslic mcnj but an
indcpcnden! denand arose ftom corespondence
playem sho Nanred to leave the position ofrhen
game set np ro avoid both tcdiuf a.d oversight.
Cheaper cardboard sels Nere produccd to help
those with nany ganes aclive at the sanre timc.
Pockct sets wilh multiple boards vere p.oduced in
rhe 1920s, one popular sct b.ing kno{n as
Leporello, atter Don Juan s valet
PODiBRADY VARIATTON. A54 in ihd TI. IAN
DEFEN.E, played by ALEGTN. in lhe Podebra{jy
POETRY AND CtrESS. see r.rrFRArrRF AN.
POGOSYANTS. ERNF,ST I,FVONOVI'Ii
093! l, sovier .omposcr. Inleinarional Master
for Che$ Compositio.s (1969), malhenalics
t.achcr. He composes problems but n 6ctcr
known lor hh studies. (See prN STALEM^rE.)
POISONED PAWN, an u.movcd pawn whose
caplure in lhe opedins phase subiecls ihe capturer
to a strone altack (See eaoes under BElt^vskr.
hrllovra, and roRRE.)
Borvinnik Spietmun Mosos ls35 CaicKam Delcncc.
Panov BoNinnik Ata.k
I c4 c6 2 c4 d5 3 crds cxd5 4 d4 N66 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Bg5
ob6 7cxd5Qxb2(Br&ktakesthcpohoncdpi*n.)3Rcl
Nb4 9Na.1Qxa2 t0Bc4!9,1 llNflBrf] l2exB Black
POISONED PAWN VARIATION, 268- conpli
cated line in the srox$ 'EFIN.ENhich
atrracred
much public interest during tbe World Cham
pionship natch beNeen spAsso a.d EscEER,
1972. (See MAroLovra.)
POLDRIO, GIULIO CESARE (1548 1612),leadingft
alian playerlron l-ancianoin rhe Abruzi. In
1574he and LE0NATDo DAcLnr rravcllcdro Spain
shere rhey defeated Ruy L6p!z and .rRoNE in
nltch play. Many ol Polerio s nanuscnpt enst
and shoq nim io havc bccn ajudiciou recorder ol
lhe inpo.tanl opening va.iaiions ol his time: ihe
NO NICHTS DETENCI ANd EGAELLO ATAC(i IhC
scorc! GAMBrra rhe cDnE cAMEi rhe E{GEER
co!NrER-GAMBrri the sALvro GAMBTT andvariationsi
ihe Mrr7,..^ ar' and MrD M./h.iaMRrr:,nd
vanadons of rhe nNc s cAMr Accepred and tbe
rAnAN opENrNc. Manusoipts of unknown au
thoship. some ofwhichnayhale been winten by
Polcrio, include other new opcni.gs: thc cRrco
.ocNER-c^MBni tbe .aGB{r\ cooNllR-oAMur i
the snDFN ('sFiTTn GAMRIT] Ihe THRFf nhHfi
and rouR (Nrcrrs opENrNcsl the BEsImzn
cAMBrr; the srctr-rAN DETENCEi thc c4ne$NN
DEr.NcEi the NNzowrc.H DEFTNCE (1 e4 Nc6) I thc
OUEEN,S fuNCgEM ADd TOBAN'E DETENCES] ANd
POLERTO GAMBIT, 5?9, thE W[LEMSON CAMBITI
597, the MUzo cAMBrr. Both lines *ere Biven by
por-.Rroi his analysis ol the willemson Ganbit
began 1 e4 e5 2 14 exl4 3 d4 Qh4+ 4 e3 kg3 5
KC2: White\ littb nole is the ting\ leap, then a
pemissible allernative to castling.
POLISE DEFENCE, on8inally 19,larer including
216rineachcaseBlackplays. . .Pb7 b5.Thenrst
ol these lines was launched by Alexa.dcr wagner
(1868-..1942) asainst Kuhn in the renrb swiss
Corespondence Cbanpionship, 1913. Waaner