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22 BAIRD<br />
USSR ch<strong>amp</strong>ionships, &hieving his best r*ul!<br />
(+7=10-2 a.d rourth plac€) itr 1960. From 1975<br />
he lrained csp*ov, another player Iron Azerbai_<br />
Bxc, 25 bic.l Qd7 26Qd3 Rb2 27 Ns5 Rfbli 23 Nde4<br />
Qc6 29 OI3 O{3 30Rcd1R2b3 3lRd.4 32 RddS<br />
Qb7 33Kh2h6 34Nxf6+ Bxf6 35Ne1Bg5 36RelBe7<br />
BAIRD, EDITH ELINA HELEN (nee winier<br />
wood) (1&59-1924). British prcbl€n conposer.<br />
Her parents. two brothe6, and daughler eer all<br />
good playeE o. clever problenisB. She conposd<br />
over 2,m0 problem vhich sere not profound but<br />
were noted lor their sundnes; only a dozen or so<br />
*ere faulled. Her Ser., Hztrdrcd Ctuss Problenr<br />
was published in 1902. She beame deeply<br />
ab$rb€d in *rMmRs. dd her otier b@k IiE<br />
'lNentiedt Centu / Retlo.<strong>to</strong>/ aop.t d in 1907.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are two of the most beautitul <strong>chess</strong> bels<br />
ever <strong>to</strong> appear, printed and hou.d <strong>by</strong> the KinS\<br />
printer Henry Sorheran, and sold at less tian cost.<br />
BAxcsI (proi. Bak{hi), GYORGY 093} ),<br />
Hungaria. conposer f<strong>to</strong>m Eudapesii specialisl in<br />
o.thodox No and BiEE-MovtB and ELmE,<br />
Internatjonal Gra master Ior <strong>Chess</strong> Compci<br />
tio.s (1979), edi<strong>to</strong>r Ior . publishinB hous. He<br />
pnblished 116 ot his own prcblens in Gondolot €s<br />
snadSin (1970), and 473 p<strong>to</strong>hlems and 199 sludies<br />
<strong>by</strong> Hunsarian composes in U/ nas<strong>to</strong>t sa*kfe<strong>to</strong>dvdnr<br />
m<strong>to</strong>l6si' 1t979)- Outside <strong>chess</strong>, he Mites<br />
bools on Rusian literaturc. (See rlus-rltcm.)<br />
BAI-ANCE Of POSITION, or eq libnum, the<br />
sittradon in a game vhe.e neither side has<br />
signincait advanrase- (see rcslnoN.)<br />
BALASHOV, YURI SERGEIE!'ICH 0949. ),<br />
Soviet player, Inlemarional Grandmaster (1973).<br />
From 1969 <strong>to</strong> 1980 he played in ni.e USSR<br />
chadpionships and often l@k a high pla@,<br />
notably in 196, a category 12event,qhenhecame<br />
second (+6=10 1) alter the vorld ch<strong>amp</strong>io.<br />
kMv ahead ol rhree ex-ch<strong>amp</strong>iors ptNostN,<br />
swsrcv. dd rAL. Balashov achieved good results<br />
in *reral other s<strong>to</strong>ng roumamenls: Moscow<br />
.hanpionship 1970. firsli wijk aan zee 1973.<br />
seond (+6=8 1) afler Tal; Cienfuesos 1975,<br />
e@nd (+9:7-1) equal wtuh vasw(ov after<br />
ANDERISoN: vilnius 1975, a rcnal eve.t,66t<br />
(+6=6 3) equal wnh culKo, savoNi ad NEss<br />
(ovs(v;Halle 1976, firsl;Llov 1978,a@tegory 13<br />
zonal <strong>to</strong>u'.am.nt,66t (+5-8 i); Munich 1979,<br />
6Br eqnal wilb Andersen, snBNEi, andsp6s(Yi<br />
K&lov.c 1979,list (+7=6)i wijk aan zcc 1982,<br />
category 12,lict (+4:9) equal *ith NUNN.<br />
Bal.shorRomanishi. UssR Chrmpionship 1971<br />
SpaDish Opening, Bonsenlo Varialion<br />
le4e5 2NAN.6 3Bb5.6 4Bo4Nr6 501lBe7 6Re1<br />
b5 7Bb3d6 3d00 9b3Na5 108.2c5 lld4Nc6 12<br />
al Nd7 13Be3NM 14Nbd2 f 15 Qc2Ba6 16d5<br />
N63 17 b3 N3d7 13Bd3 f5 19 exr5 Nid5 20 Ra.l<br />
Nxe3 2l Qxe3 Nr6 z c4 Rblt 23 O€2 bxc4 2,1Bx.4<br />
37169d6 33ReetKl3 39015Qc3,$Qh7Qe6 4r Rg3<br />
BAI-LOT AND CEESS, see r<br />
BAIOGII DEITNCE, 113, naned after the<br />
Hunganan Janos BrbSn (1892-1980), Inter<br />
narional Corespondence Che$ Mmter (19511.<br />
This opening, played in the 5th nat b 8me<br />
Kieseritzky Hosilz, 1846. nay an* in various<br />
ways: td4d6 2 e4 (GTREM) 2.. . f5.1 c4 d6<br />
2 d4 f5 (.oz,o)i or 1 d4 15 2 e4 GTAUNToN<br />
BALOGE GAMBM, 145. in th<br />
<strong>to</strong> the auEEN s caMErr Declined, dubious ganbit<br />
int.oduced <strong>by</strong> Balogh in the 1920s. He gave rhe<br />
continuation 5 exd6 Bxd6 6 Be215 7 erf5 Oe7,<br />
and r{rA(owER added lhat afier 8 c5 Bxc5 9<br />
Qa4+ Nc6 l0 Qxg4 Black wolld obtai. a st.otrg<br />
altact <strong>by</strong> 10 . . . Bxl5, sacrilicing a second Piece.<br />
rianCz.l 1p.on. Bartsa), GEDEON (1911 ),<br />
Intemadonal Grandmdter (1954), Itrremarional<br />
conespondence Chss Master (1%6), protesor oI<br />
nalhenatics. A natiye ol HunAary. he won the<br />
national chanpionship eight tiocs and represe.ted<br />
his comtry in selen Olympiads i. one oI vhich,<br />
Aislerdam 1954. he won lhe prize for the best<br />
score (+10:5-1) atthnd board. Inslrons<strong>to</strong>urname.ts<br />
the frrst prize alNays eludcd his grasp, but he<br />
ofien .me high in tne prire lisl, mtably sharing<br />
rhnd dace at Havana l%3 (+12=7 2) and lhird<br />
place a1 t ningrad 1967 (+6=9 1), Tnc cb*<br />
opc.if,g and the rcsmoNAL PBY of the lollowing<br />
gane are typical of Ba@at style.<br />
B.iersmyslov Mccow Olrmpiad 1956 Bar@a Open<br />
1Nf]Nl6 293d5 3BrBl5 4c4c6 5cxd5*d5 6Q63<br />
Qr3 7Nc3e6 3d3N.6 9Bf4Be7 100000 l1Ra.l<br />
Od? 12 c4 dxc4 l3 dxe4 Nxel 14 Nre4 Bxc4 15Ne5<br />
Nxe5 l6Bxe.lNc6 r7RldlO.3 13Qa4Rd 19Rxd8+<br />
Oxd8 20 Bxc6 br.6 21 Qxc6 h6 22 Bei Bqi 23 R.4<br />
Od1+ 24Kg2Rd3 25Ql3QxB+ 26Kd3Bf6 27Bxf6