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

BARING CHESS 23
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,9 b4 (wrrit's oUEEN's iDE uro{ta gtues hin a decisive
adlanlage) 29 . . . Kg7 30 a.l e5 31 65 Rdl 32 Rc7 a6
33 bxa6Rd4 34a7Rk4 l5 Kd3f5 36Kc3 Kf6 37Kb3
R,l 13 Kh4 Kg5 39 Kb5 Kb5 40 Kb6 Bla.k resiens.
BARCZA OPENINC, 691. White's first two moves
nay be the prclude to a s,stem that is completed by
his playing 3 Bg2 and 4 0-0, delaying adion in lhe
etrire until Black's inrendotu are knom. Trme
pcilions to orher openings are possible: tor
cxamplo, White co d continue Pd3 and Pe2+,1, a
reveftd KNc s rNDN. Innuenced by the SEER
MoDERN movement, some playeA Lsed the Barcza
Opening in the early 192ft, btrt it was k.own
belore rheE. (see B Rcarnfn.)
BiRczAY (pron. Bartsai). L.{szLO (r93G ).
Ieading Hungaria. playe., I.lernational Grandmasrer
(1967), Inte.natioMl Grandmdrer oI cor'
respondene chess (1979), *inner at Polanica
zdr6j 1969 and @-winner at D€ain 1978, both
ionrnanenrs of about category 8. He played in one
Olynpiad, Havana 1966, and nade an ex@llent
BARDA, OLAF 0ql9-71), I.ternational Master
(1952), Inte.natio.al correspondene chess
Grddmasrer (1953). In over'the board play-lE
won the NoNegian Championship six limes and
played in a nlmber ofinternational lournamenis.
trotably al Jdnkoping (Sweden) 1958 9, when he
and rcrov tied lor tust prize and GGozrN was
lhird. BardaNroteachess ma.ual, iti4k[], in 1943.
BARDELEBEN, CURT VON (1861-1924), Gef
nan naster and wriler. After winni.g the mi,or
rourndenl held concurently with fte master
tournanenr at lmdon 1883 he gave up senous
chess to sludy law, vhich he nevcr pradised. 'He
studiesche$andplarBallaw'saidacontemporary.
Returning lo the gane a Iew years later he becane
aregular lournaneorconpetitor for the rest ofhis
life. notably sharingthree fi6tprizes: Leipzig 1888
( +4= 3) equal wirb xrEuNN i Kiel 1893 (+ 5:2 1)
equal sith wALBRoDri and Coburg 1904, a rie *ith
scHLEcm and swDERsKr. His temperamenr.
however, was unsuited to long hard contesis and he
otten nade indiflerent results. He pas a 6eful
ma. in ches and in dres, bu! lor such a meticulous
persa he had a surprisinA number ofwithdravats
from roumaments and malches: al the grear
Hastings townmen! of 1895 sErNrz won a
brillia.y priu for his game against Bardelebe.
who, alrh€ culninatiotr of his oppotrents coBN -
ToN leil the roon and losl on lime ratner than
resign. Up ro thal point he had scored si wins and
three draq but this leveBal so up*i hiD thal o.ly
vith diffrcdty w6 he pesuaded trot ro abandon tne
compelidon. Soring only 4i points in the next
elelen rounds, he shared scv€nth place wilh
ETGMANN. Bardeleben vrore many books, nsually
aboui openings, althotrgh his last work was a
pampbler on the hislory of the game. He sufiered
hardship du.ina the dii6@lr years in Germany that
fouowed lhe Firsi World War and @nditted
Sreinit Brdeleben Hasti4s 1395 ftalian Operirg
re4e5 2NBN.6 3Bc4Bc5 4dNf6 5d4eid4 6dd1
Bb4+ 7Ndd5 3eid5Nxd5 9G0Be6 rotsxsBe7 11
Bids Bxd5 12Nxd5 Qxd5 l3Bxe?N$7 14Rc1I6 15
Qe2 Od7 16Rrc1.6 17 d5 cxd5 l3Nd4Kfl 19Ne6
Rnd 20 o34 g6 21Ne5+ Ke3
whire no{ besins a long coobim.ion duiiq *hich aI or
ncr oI his pices remain.rplt..22 RxeT+ KfB 3 Ra/+
Kg3 24 Rg7+ Kh8 25 kh7+ , and Black loi d tine.
The gme nigir have .onrinucd 25 . . Kg3 26 Re?+
Kh3 27 Oh4+ K{37 2aQh7+ Kn 29 Qh3+ Ke7 311
og7+ Ke3 3r Os3+ Ke7 32 Qr7+ Kd3 33 O13+ Oe3
34 Nl7+ (d7 35 Qd6 naie. Baideleb.n is .hjeny
icncmbcicd lor .his lcr ganc.
DARDEN, LEONARD WILLIAM, see NEws-
BARE KING, a king without any other men of the
sane colour on rhe board. In seTN, and in chess
of early medieval limes a game could be won by
lealing the oppo.ent with a bare king. The
dimcdry of mating *nh the old pieces may have
made this win dcsirable. In sone countnes, e.g.
Iceland, the bare ki.g was considered an inleiior
The FIDE rules for live ninule chess state ihat a
player having a bare ting only draws iI hG
opPonent erceeds rhe time-limir.
BARING CHESS, a gane in shich a player may
win by leaving his opponent wnh a bare kingi a win
bv checkmate is nol excluded