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publishedbisanalysisinDearsches Wach schach,<br />

1914. He was then living in Stannh!, Ioland. a<br />

rcsn which was incorporated in lhe Ukraine in<br />

1945 and renaned Ivano Frankosk.<br />

POLISIi CAMBIT. see Dhc(<br />

POLISH OPENING.5, one ot scvcral nanes lor<br />

thE OfuNG UTAN OPENING.<br />

POLLOCX VARTATION, 647, ineflective line in<br />

the rRnN.H DEts.NcE, n.ned lftcr Wiuian Henry<br />

Krause Pollock (1859L96), a Brirish d61er.<br />

POLUGAYEVSKY, LEV ABRAMOVICH<br />

(193t- ).Sovielplayer,lnlernationalCrandmas<br />

rer (1962). one oI the wond\ best ten players<br />

during the 1970s. He played i. nearly 40 srrong<br />

iniemanonal <strong>to</strong>urnaments lron 19601o mid 1981.<br />

winningorshariog lS6rstandi0sccondprizes. His<br />

bcst wins up <strong>to</strong> 1972 wercr Mar del Plala 1962<br />

(+8-7) aheadolsMyslov andN^rDoNrsochi 1963<br />

(+6=5) aheadolsmyslov; Budapesl 1965 (+?=8)<br />

equal with sz^86 and rArMANoli BeveNijk 1966<br />

(+8=7): Aoslerdam 19?0 (+8=?l equal with<br />

spAssxvi MardelPlara 1971 (+11=4)1 Skopje 1971<br />

(+9=6)i Amsterdan 1972 (+9=6)i and Kclo<br />

vodsk 1972 (+9=4 1). Aho dunng these yea6<br />

Pohgayevsky shared lirsl place in thre consecutiv€<br />

USSR chanpionships: Kharkov 1967. plated<br />

on theSwisssysted, rhen heandr Lbecane joinl<br />

chanpionsr Alra-Ara 1968 9 (+7=1i 1) shen<br />

he won thc play-off aeainst A. z{Irsrr; and<br />

Mos.ow 1969 (+7=1,1 1) whcn he losr rhe<br />

play-off against PErnosYAN.<br />

In 1973 ?olugayevsk, played in hls sccond<br />

interzonal, a category i2 <strong>to</strong>uinamcnt at Petropolis.<br />

scored +7:9 1, shared second ptace Nnh GELLER<br />

and rcRrscE, Nas su@csstul in the play otf, and<br />

becane a cAN.rDArE: he rhen losr <strong>to</strong> (aRrcv in the<br />

quarter-li.al. Next he bad rhree cxccllent lournd'<br />

ment vi.rories: solinsen 1974 (+7=6 1) equai<br />

with tuvALEK ahcad oI Spasky: Sochi 1974<br />

(+7= 8) i and Budapest 1975 (+?=7 1)equalNirh<br />

RrBLr ahead oflordscb. At the Manila inte.zonal<br />

1976, category 12, he again became a Candidate,<br />

scoring +7=11-1 and sharing secondplace silh<br />

rroRr alter ME (NG. ?olugayevsky defeatcd Meckine<br />

(+1=11) in fte quafterlinal match but then<br />

lost <strong>to</strong> (oRcsNor. At wijk aan Zee 1979, category<br />

12, Polugaycvskywo. nEt prize (+4=7) and later<br />

that year becane a Candidate lor 1be tnnd time<br />

aiter iakins second plaie (+8=7-2) in the Risa<br />

interzonal. <strong>The</strong>n he lost <strong>to</strong> Korchnoi in the<br />

semi-6nal, aftcr defeating Tal (+3=5) l. thc<br />

category 15 Moscow burnament 1981. Polusayevsky<br />

cane second (+2=11) equal sitb ks<br />

lsov a.d Smyslov alter Karpov, and in the<br />

.ategory 14 Bugoj.o <strong>to</strong>umanenr, 1982. bc .ane<br />

se@nd (+4=8 1) equal witn ulDorElra after<br />

Polugayevsky s.ore Razhdetile Vdiabla,<br />

(tgT)i Gtandnast* Preparatiaa \198t) n an<br />

POMAR 159<br />

Endnh translation $ith revisions and added<br />

nateriai. An excelent book ior those aspiring lo<br />

succeed in comPedive <strong>chess</strong>. it .onsists oI iour<br />

pans: inroductjonithc developnent ol a selected<br />

opening and rhe continuing need 10 kecp il in<br />

repan, exemplified b! a lariation ol the stcrlhN<br />

DL.EN.E: how fo analysc adjourned Samesr and<br />

bow <strong>to</strong> preparc for <strong>to</strong>u.namenl .nd 6alch play.<br />

Many of the authoas ganes are inclnded.<br />

Ya. V Damsky, Grosnebtet Poluqayersk!<br />

(1982) contairs ! biography and 60 sames anno<br />

BrownePolusaycvsky L5s Palmas 197,1 Sicilian De.<br />

1e4.5 2NBd6 3d,lqd4 4Nrd1Nr6 5Ncra6 6Be3<br />

c6 7 14 b5 It a3 Bb? 9 Bd3 NbdT 10 OA Rd Ll 0.0<br />

Be7 l?RaclNc5 l:lKh100 t,1Qh: Qd? 15Bcl Bds<br />

t615c5 rTNBRes 13Qg3Kh3 19Bg5Qc7 20 Oh4<br />

Kg3 21 Qg3 Nh5 22 Qg,l Brg5 23 Oxhs 816 219135<br />

25 . . . d5 26 ei tsg7 2716 Bl3 23 exdi e4 29 Bxc4<br />

Nxe4 r0 Rxe4Rie4 3lNxe4Bxd5 l2N.3Bb7 31K32<br />

Rdtr 34RDRc3:r5QgrQ.4 36Ndl Rc1 3?N.lRe3<br />

33 h4 h5 l9 gxn6 Kh7 10Ndl Rrf] 41R{3 O.2+<br />

12NO Bc5 White ftsisns. <strong>The</strong> flrs rre decnive: Black<br />

rharrcns,13. Bxf2 44 OxI? BxB+.<br />

POLUGAYEVSKY VARL{TION, naoe ol two<br />

unrelated vanadons in the srcrLAN DETENCE: 26?<br />

Iiom the gane Nikitin-Poheayelsky, USSR<br />

chanpionship. 1959i and 287, known since srAlN-<br />

POMAR, ARTURO (1931 ), Spanish<br />

prolessional player, lnrerDational Crandmaster<br />

(1962). Hailed as a .hild prodisy, he was eleven<br />

yeaB old when he played in his firsl international<br />

<strong>to</strong>urnament, Madrid 1943, and allhough he barely<br />

aloided last placc ne delealed Grandnaster<br />

siMrs.H in thei gamei bul the pronise ot rhese<br />

early years *as nor iulfilled. He snared first place<br />

with GrrcoRra, DoNNER, and poRlrscE at Madrid<br />

1960, a zonal event, and tben played in tbe<br />

inlerzonal <strong>to</strong>urnanent, S<strong>to</strong>ckholn 1962. in which<br />

be shared eleventh placc amone 23 contestanh.<br />

?omar came 6rst in lhree <strong>to</strong>umanenls of about<br />

calegory ? or 8: Torcnolinos 1961 (+?=3 1)<br />

equal sith Gligoriai Malaga 1964 (+7=3 1)

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