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SITZFT,EISCH (Cerman'but<strong>to</strong>cks', 69. Pe(er<br />
lcrance ), undue procnstinarion durinc play. ln<br />
the middle of fie 191h ccniury some players<br />
be.ame nolorious lor the slownes oi tben datr, a<br />
situation largely remedied <strong>by</strong> rhe inhoduction ol<br />
rh. ine lini In .lub nalches hoNevcr when<br />
unfinished eanes re adjudicatcd some playen<br />
{ho hale enough limc on then cbcks sit oul rhe<br />
gane hopiiC thc adjudica<strong>to</strong>r{ill fr nd resource they<br />
themsclves caDnol 6nd.<br />
SIX PA$NS ATTACX, 206. variation in lhe KNG's<br />
rccommended <strong>by</strong> a Gerhan<br />
specialist in nnusual oPenings, Gerhart Onnderan<br />
(r90+ ).<br />
SKEWIR, a .ommon stratagen: a line-pic.c<br />
alracks a man Nhichis noledout ol the Nay (line<br />
va.ation) thus enablina thc litre-piece lo caprure<br />
anorher naoi ro caprure (a nad) D ftis manier<br />
%, qzt,<br />
%r&<br />
w 7,"<br />
vre, %<br />
%w<br />
A drawn position. If White hies <strong>to</strong> lree his rook <strong>by</strong><br />
gnardingbispapnNirh ltis king it isdrive. asay <strong>by</strong><br />
cbecks. II Black moves his king <strong>to</strong>wards the paNn<br />
he may lose his rook <strong>by</strong> means ofa skewer: I . . .<br />
Kr? 2 Rh8 RxaT 3 Rh7+.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lerm was invented <strong>by</strong> a Liverpool school<br />
teacher, Edgar Penneu, in 1937. See uxENrsd<br />
and VDMN lor conbinative pl.y id which skeNers<br />
play a decisive.ole.<br />
SKITTLES, casual or tuendly g.oe or ganes<br />
played lan and *nhoui a clock.<br />
SLAIER, JAMES DERRICK (192I ), Bdtish<br />
<strong>chess</strong> patron, financier, children's aulhor. Slater<br />
achieved wide fame in lhe ches sorld on the<br />
occasion ol the EscHER sP ssn world chan<br />
pionshipnatcb of 1972. Fischershowedreluaancc<br />
<strong>to</strong> play and apparenllydccided<strong>to</strong> do sowhen Slaier<br />
added 150.000 <strong>to</strong> rhe pnze ludd. Slaler bas also<br />
made ontibudons 10 nany other <strong>chess</strong> caues and<br />
in 1973 sel up the Slater Foundation. a cha.itable<br />
trust whichi anong orher activiries, pays lor the<br />
coacbins oi young playes and prolides help for<br />
their families ifneeded. Lronard Wiuiam Barden<br />
(1929 ). joint British ch<strong>amp</strong>ion in 1954 a.d<br />
Englisb Olynpiad player in 1952,195,1, 1960, and<br />
1962 adlnes the trusl on <strong>chess</strong> matletr. In the<br />
1970s. partly owing lo this patronae€, junior<br />
platen inB tai. became as strong aslhoseinany<br />
M. Chandler and R. Keene, <strong>The</strong> Enslish Ches<br />
Erploslrn (1981) cha s the prosrcss oI somc ol<br />
tbese youns Britilh playes.<br />
SLAV DEFENCE, 35, one of the pri.cipal de<br />
fenccs <strong>to</strong> the auEEN s GNsrr. Black\secondnole<br />
carriesthe possibihy thatafter turtherprcparation<br />
he niehl capture and hold (<strong>by</strong> . . . Pb7 b5) lhe<br />
ganbitpaNn. l his threat n rarely crried oul, bu1<br />
Wnite must take appropnate precaurionsr and<br />
these enable Black <strong>to</strong> develop his light bish.p<br />
satislaclorily. cither on the king\ side .s in the<br />
czr.! DETENCLj 38, oron tbequeen-sside as in the<br />
ALEKtsrNEv NArroN- 43, e.g.5 . . . b5 6a4b4 1<br />
Na2 Ba6. A sound line for while is the ExcsANcE<br />
vARrArroN, 37r if Black wants <strong>to</strong> Play the sEMLsr.Av<br />
DFENCE he may avoid lhis lorm oi Exchange<br />
Variation <strong>by</strong> piayin8... Pc?-c6 belore...<br />
Me.tioned bt pol!{o..i590. tbe Sla! Defence,<br />
ir disiin.t fr.m th€ sFMrsrAv D.FEN.E. 6ut<br />
becane popular in the 1930s whcn ii was played<br />
irequenlly in all ALE(HrNEs matches with Bo@L<br />
,usow and EUWE. (see !'DMd.)<br />
SLAV cAMBlT. 44. a ouElN s cAMBr Declincd<br />
lariarion in which Black can hold ibc gambil pawn<br />
(5 b5), bu1 whie sains a compe.salins attacf,.<br />
Tbe line sdanalysed<strong>by</strong>rolUssandBoNDARFrs(<br />
in 194? and played <strong>by</strong> GELLER nany times subse-<br />
SLAV STONEWALL. 6,1 in lhe a!EEN s cAMBrr<br />
'sLoTH (pron. sloo, JORN (194,1- ). lnternational<br />
Correspondence <strong>Chess</strong> Grandnaster<br />
(1978), reacher of nathedarics and Russian. the<br />
fir Dane lo {in a world ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship at cness. I.<br />
rhe 1960s he showcd <strong>to</strong>ulhlul talent, nolabty<br />
winninc an inrernarional junior e,enr (later knoqn<br />
as the Eu.opean Junior chanpionship) a1 Gio'<br />
ningen in the Netherlands in 1964. From 19?5 lo<br />
1980 he played in the 8th World Correspondene<br />
Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship and scored +8=6 <strong>to</strong> share E6t<br />
place with zAcoRovsru: the NEUSTADT 1iebreaking<br />
systen was invokcd and Sloth Nas<br />
declared ch<strong>amp</strong>ion. Subsequenrly he rerumed <strong>to</strong><br />
overrhe-board play id sedch oI the Intelnarional<br />
SMALL CENTRE, a cenfe in which neilber ofthe<br />
cenlre papns is moled <strong>to</strong> the lourth rank, a<br />
<strong>to</strong>mation associated with flank openings. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
,awns may be advanced later or play might iake<br />
place on the Eanks as in the Came under rarMNo!.<br />
Hoeard srauwN 6rst uscd such a centre as a<br />
stratesic weapon lor Whiie with the idea that {hen
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