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260 PONZ],\NI<br />
ahe.d oi Portischi aDd Malaea lg71 (+8=6) At<br />
Palma dc Majorc. 1966 be came scond ( + E:6 1)<br />
aier r^L ahead ofPortisch. National ch<strong>amp</strong>ioD in<br />
1946,1950.1957.1962, and 1966, he pl.yed lorhis<br />
country in n.ny Olynpiads f<strong>to</strong>m 1958<br />
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PONZIANI, DOMENICO LORENZO (1719<br />
96), pnest, .nd la* lecturer Lom Modcnainltaly.<br />
author oi !n ihporrant <strong>chess</strong> treatise. He was<br />
identined_as thc ano.ynous Modenese be.ause thc<br />
lirs! ednion oI his book , Aruo.o ituonparobik<br />
d.Ali r.a..li w.s publisbed in 1769 sithour the<br />
auihoas name appearing.In 18120 anEnglish na!!l<br />
officer J. B. Smith, using the pen name J S<br />
Binshlm, rranslared it in<strong>to</strong> Enslish as <strong>The</strong> lncan<br />
Nrubt. Cdne of ches<strong>by</strong> Etcole DrL Ro, althouEh<br />
Potriani had alrcady Civen his nane in the se.ond<br />
edition, 1782 This edition is tbe ben practical<br />
q dc sriltedbv theModenese masrc(. He tikes a<br />
broader vicw oI strategy and gives a more<br />
comFehensive range olopeningvariations including<br />
the vrENN^ GAi,r and thc gambit.nd countereambitnaned<br />
after him. (see ssoo,s oF.EEs.)<br />
PONZTANI COTNTER-GAMBIT. 4-,1? in the poN<br />
zhNIoPENrNr;. l hc Modeneseauthorpublishcdhis<br />
analysn oflhis sound delen.c ln 1782.<br />
PONZIAM GAMBIT. 339 in the DBHo.'s opENrNG<br />
Aftcr 3 .. exd4 Whne sholld not play,l e5,<br />
rightlv condcmned <strong>by</strong> rA.Nrscs, but ,l NB, the<br />
PONZIANI OPENI\G! 443. mentioned <strong>by</strong> LUCE,<br />
NA. It aa Iiked <strong>by</strong> sraulroN, and for thafteason n<br />
sonetines called rhe Staunron Opening or English<br />
PONZIANMRIATION, 2,1, thc Chigorin Vana<br />
tion ot the auEEN s P.{v\ oPrNrNc<br />
POPOVIa! ?ETAR (1959, ), Yugoslav pkyer,<br />
lntem.tional Grandmaster (1981). co-aiiner ol<br />
<strong>to</strong>ur.amentsalP€cs1980(+8-4 l)andNoviSad<br />
r98r (+6=4-r)<br />
PORTISCII, LAJOS (1937 ), International<br />
G'andmastcr (1961), one or rhe $orld s besr ten<br />
players in rhe l9?0s Born in Zalaegerszeg,<br />
Hungary, he leamed ches at a young aec <strong>The</strong><br />
glme sas connonly Played in the lanily and his<br />
brorherFerenc (1939- ) bccam.a. Internarional<br />
Master in i975 Lajos made no sudden lcap<br />
lorw.rd but progressed steadily overlhe years. He<br />
6rst madc his namc in 1958 Nhen he won the<br />
Hunga.ian ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship (lhe first of many such<br />
vic<strong>to</strong>riet and a category 8 rournanent at BalaloD-<br />
In six inrczonals (olthe eighl he entered lron<br />
1962 <strong>to</strong> 1982) Portisch qualificd !s a CANDTDATE:<br />
Anslerdam 1964. eighth (after winning a play-.ff<br />
againsr REssEvso +2=1) thena lossrorar in the<br />
quarteFfnalmatchrSoussel96T.lilth(+8=11 2)<br />
Iollowed <strong>by</strong> a loss <strong>to</strong> r.aRsrNi Pelropolis 1973,<br />
second (+7:9 r) equal Nirh ffLr.trR and rcLU<br />
cAYrvsw iollowed bv sucess in the play-otf and<br />
then a deleat <strong>by</strong> prrRosyANi Biel 1976, second<br />
(+9=6 il) equal wirh Pelrostan and Tal. a vin<br />
asainslLarsed(+5=3 2), tbenalosro spAssoin<br />
the semi-fi.a| match; Rio de Janeiro 19?9, frBr<br />
(+9:5 3), a Nin on tic-break after playidg<br />
Spassky (+1=12 1), and a deleat <strong>by</strong> HLiBNER in<br />
thc scmi-final. Porlisch becane a Candidate after<br />
rakins6nrplace(+6=5 2)equalwnhE.rorEin<br />
rhe inrezonal Toluca 1982 and then lost tbe<br />
quarler nnal <strong>to</strong> (or.HNor.<br />
Apafi lron national chanpionships and inteF<br />
zonals, Portisch plal,ed 1n about50 nrong <strong>to</strong>urnaments<br />
lrom 1958 <strong>to</strong> l98l winning orshanne lS fiBt<br />
pnzes. He made ihe same stcady progiess, as hn<br />
besr vic<strong>to</strong>nes shor: BeveNijk 1965 (+7=7-1)<br />
cqMlwith Gelleriskopje obrid 1968 (+r1=7-r)<br />
ahead of Oeller and Poiugayelsky; Monte Carlo<br />
1969 i+6-1 1) equal sith sMyslovr Amsrerdan<br />
le6e (+8=7)r wijk aan zee i972 (+6=9)i Sai<br />
An<strong>to</strong>Dio 1972 (+6=9) equar *irh hRpol and<br />
Petrosyani Wijk aan z.e lc75- category 12<br />
(+6=9);Wijkaan zee r97E, catesory r] (+5=6),<br />
ahcadol Korchnoii and Tilbure 1978. category l4<br />
(+.1=6-l), ahcad ol iliibnei. ?onisch represenled<br />
his counrry in many olynpiads lrom<br />
1956, notablyin 1978 when Iluneary won th. gold<br />
nedal ahcad of the USSR.<br />
He owes hh snccess parrly <strong>to</strong> his perselerance<br />
and Nill lo win. Ouiel and undemonstralivc he n<br />
liked bv othcr masters lor hn good sportsmanshipi<br />
a Sood loser, he blamcs only iaulls in his play<br />
Unionunately his sanres hale not become widely<br />
appreciated; h$ positio.al style, charactcrized <strong>by</strong><br />
quiel manauvring-he has been calied the Hungan.n<br />
Petros_van-n cficcrive but unspectacular.
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