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276 RAUZER<br />

publican who icqucntcd Po.sell s coffee-housc<br />

aroud 1880. was partial r. th. ope.ing. IIe<br />

explaincd that when meeting strong playe$ he<br />

liked Io keep his plc.es close 1o home. lor if<br />

hc placed lhen in the ope. hk opponenrs rook<br />

RAUZI'R. VSEVOLOD ALFREDOVI'H<br />

(1!08-11),leadin8 Sovlct plater rlu.ine the l9l0s<br />

His ben plaine achievcmcnt wis ar Lennrgrad<br />

l!36. when he shared 66t prizc snh cEE(sovrR<br />

xhead of kAN, (oNsrANrrNorc<br />

roostv. and RrvrN He rchieved onlv m.dar3n<br />

resulls in six USSR chamtio.shits iim 1927 <strong>to</strong><br />

1917. alter rhe hn ofwhich a serious ill,ress ended<br />

his playing caicer A (odenl oI openi.es. hc (<br />

remembered lor thc two well knorvn lariations<br />

RAfIZER VARIAT()N-,10:l in rh. sF^N'rH..FN-<br />

Ir_G. the geDeral idca of qhich qas shown in the<br />

g,ne Rauzer Riunin. Lennrgrad 1936j255 in the<br />

srcrlrnN D.FrNcr. Borhlines were devel.Fd in the<br />

1930s and botb harc bc.ome na.dard pla_v.<br />

lr-RAzi (f.850), narlvc or Rly. .edrTehran, one<br />

oIthe Ji!e aliyat (graDdnraster, orrhe9thcenlurv.<br />

and the pr.aresl oi lhen accordnrg ro as sari<br />

A.ound the Driddlc oflh.c.ntury ar Razr defeat.-d<br />

al AD.i in &e presence ol thc Caliph. He wrote<br />

Kifib nrh \hdtruni. a baok eilire opc.ings. posi<br />

tions ror {udy (rNsrBAr), and advicc Fbr<br />

ex<strong>amp</strong>le, he recom,ncDds that one should noi play<br />

*hile eatr.gor when rhe nrind h occuficd b! other<br />

nraltes. Sccn and used b! .s Snt, ihe bo.k was<br />

RAZUV,IYEV, YI]RI SER';FYFVI'H<br />

(194r ), So'iet player, Internarional Crind<br />

nasrer(1976). Ir the l970she achievedthrcenore<br />

vorlhy loumament pcrfomanes: Cientuegos<br />

1976. sccond (+6:8) equal with srGUsoNSsoN<br />

hall a poinl aicr GUL(oi Dubna 19?9, 6st equal<br />

with Sahovia, slErrN, add L A. z^BNi ;nd<br />

Poladca zdr6j 1979, 6srj h 1981 be shared firsr<br />

pize at Kesztheiy.In USSR ch<strong>amp</strong>ionships f<strong>to</strong>m<br />

1972 he has only oodeiate results.<br />

RECAIIURE, rhe caplure ota nan thar has made<br />

a capture, usually as an nnmedial€ repty andon rbe<br />

same square, somerimes a nove or so liler and<br />

pcrhaps on.nolher square: <strong>to</strong> makcsuch ! nove.<br />

RECIPROCAL PLAY, a problem lem: a paltern<br />

formed <strong>by</strong> movcsllavcdin on<br />

conlraned Nitb ihose played in a.othcr F.r<br />

exinple, rhe NoNolNr r\..rErffkEN.r shows recip'<br />

ro.a1 play .ccurri.g i. fie s.ne phase: piece A<br />

inierleresNith piecc B in onc variatio.. andpicce<br />

B interleres wnhpieceA in another. Howelcr. rhc<br />

t$m is more connonly used <strong>to</strong> describe lomrs of<br />

A problem bv MArn.ws lhlt won firt prizc nr<br />

seclion (t) ol the $,ond <strong>Chess</strong> Qmposnrg <strong>to</strong>ur<br />

nct. 1970. <strong>The</strong> ser play ma_v be.onr,ned *nh rhe<br />

solution R.cipr.c.l plat is shown i! ihc chanped<br />

replies <strong>to</strong> l{o oI Black\ lirsl nores a.d in drc<br />

ch.nged nating replics 1. lord ol Black s second<br />

Scr flar' (qhal *ould happen iI Bla.k were 10<br />

1.. Ras 2 Re2+ Kc6 lBc5<br />

K{d6 I Oxc6<br />

r . . RhrJ 2 Rd2+ Ke6 :l N.i<br />

K\d6 :l Qxc6<br />

<strong>The</strong> nnution. bepnrnitrp wrLh lhe kev I Pd,<br />

(hrcatcning 2 Pd8=O)<br />

1 Ra8 2 Rdz+ Ke6 3 Oxc6<br />

I<br />

%i"'&-<br />

l%Z:'%:@:'W,<br />

lzrt'Qu-r.6al&<br />

E%%<br />

l%T, %<br />

%<br />

,ffi,<br />

t<br />

,&<br />

g-l<br />

'%<br />

tr<br />

Kd6 3 Nc5<br />

Rb8 2 Re2+ Kc6 I Qxc6<br />

Kd6 3 8.5<br />

RT CORDIN(; M()VES. see s.oRF.l.,iHF<br />

RED. IIANS (19,11- ). Dutch player. Inrcrnanonil<br />

Gfundn.sler (1980). national chanpion<br />

196?, 1969. !911. and 1982, and conperi<strong>to</strong>r in<br />

man,v Olymtiads fronr l!66 R.c h6t anracred<br />

allention in 1966 when herook 661prizc ahcadol<br />

ARS.N and DoNNER in a sm.tl <strong>to</strong>urnament at Ter<br />

' Apcl in thc N.rhcrlands. <strong>The</strong>n . srudenr ol<br />

malhenatics and philosophy. hc dc.id.d a t.w<br />

!ea^later <strong>to</strong> become a<strong>chess</strong> prolesioDal Amone<br />

his successes aie a mrlch liclory againn Donner<br />

(+2=5-l) h l!71, a frrst trize shared sirh<br />

sr^ss(y in lhe SNis ststenr Canadian Ol[n<br />

Chanpionship, Vancouler 1971 (lhe title was<br />

asardcd <strong>to</strong> Spa$ky on te tireak), lirsl prize .l<br />

Graz 1979, and firs prizcsharcdwilh u\zr$R at<br />

Amsrerdam i980 (catesory 9) (Thn last el<br />

sh.uld n.t b. c.nlused with the concurenl<br />

category 1,1 <strong>to</strong>urnanrnr.)<br />

RETLECI'I\G BiSITOP. Invenred lor use in FrrRy<br />

PRoBLEMS. tbis piece is noved like an o inary<br />

bishop hur matrho be bouncedolfthe edges. For<br />

ex<strong>amp</strong>le. a refre.tine bishop at cl .ould 1nv.l nr<br />

one move, il unobsructedi bt way ofa5. d8. h4.

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