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

man.csin l930 rscoreol+5=5 3bshrrennnrh
place in the category l3 London tournane.t and a
secondplace (+6=?) atMaribor. brought him the
ritlc of lnrernadonal Grlndmaster (1980) Uis
subsequeni a.hicvcmcnts i.clude: Dortnund
1981, ft* (+5=6) equalsilh EiaNrx and KUzMrNi
Hastings l98l-2, sccond cqual with sMysLov alter
(!pRErcHrxi and London 1982. categor) 1,1,
+2=10 1 to sbare tourth place. Ad ercellenr
an.lyn, Speelnan has srirtcn sclcral books.
anong rhen ,4r Crds Gam.s 1970 1980 ll9a2).
M. Mikhalchishin speelmrn
Dcfcic., Knighr Vaialion
1!1c6 2d1d5 lN.ldrct 4NictNlrr 5N{6'-sil6 6
Ne2h5 7h.{Bg1 3Odre5'rBerNa6 l0arOa,r+ 1r
!d2 Ob6 l2 dxe5 Nc5 13 Oel000 14 b.1tsh6 li r'1
15 Rid2 16Oxd2\c.1 17Qd1Qid] l8Nxd.1BxI.l
l9NilNg3 20RniBxh3 llgxhl\xll 22lrltlxc5 23
N-q5 RE3 24Nxfle1 2iNgsBxgi 26hxe5Rxg5 2?Re1
Re3 23 Rxer Rxh3 29Kc2 Rxa3 :rl)Rh4Ra4 rl KJ3
b6 32.3a5 33 (ct$h4 r'1Kbi Ra5 35Kxb1Rgi 36
!4Kb7 3? RtuRg.r r8nlr+Kr6 l'rKb3 R8:r+ 10Kb4
.5+ ,11 Ka.r I{.3 .12 R14 Rxc,l+ whtre resigns
SPIELMANN, RUDOLF (1883 1942). Viennese
prolessional playerNho spcnt most olhis adull liie
in Germany, competitor in morc than l00 tourna
menrs and dore lhan 50 marches. At Sr Pelc Bblrg
1909 hc shared third place pilb DUtus alter L{s(tR
and RU!'NsrErN. Hc won the Ahb.zia tournament
1912 in which everyone bid to plal, thc RNG'S
r;A urAccepted. (rARrA(ovER caued him thc last
knieht of thc King\ Ganbil.) ln the sane year
spielnann camc sccond (+8=8 r) equal $nh
Nuzovm.H alter RubnNreiD al rhc carcgorv ll
San Sebastidn rournaoenr. Spielmann\ 6nt major
alrcr rhe Fnst World War
(duringBbichhese^edin ihe Ansda. amy) was
66r pfte (+6-3 3) in a quadranedar .onrc{
with Bo(nr!Bo*, RErr, and Rlbinstein, Stockholn
1919 (about category 13) 'lhrcc yca6lare.
hc came second (+11-7) €qual siih
^LrxH,NE
after Bogoljuhow ar Piest'ady, and came fr$t
(+6:6 l) equal$irh Riiilhead olRtrbinsrein ar
Spielmann wls nor a lollower ol the HyrER-
MoDERN movementlhatalsso popular at rhe rime.
He sought an open game. prelen nrg dircct arnck
against rhe enem_vking. With areputation olbcing
SPIELMANN 319
onc ot rhe sorld\ besr nNrec ot artack he
admiltcd that his combnradve play was olLen
intunive. nor luut calculaied. If his ra.rics scrc
unsuccessiul he lended to lose conddence. and a
finc su.ccss Nas sonrctimes lollowed by a dismrl
lailure. IIe aflempred ro masrcr thc dclt.rs olhn
slyle. improling his judgement of arlackinC possibiliies.
his endgane skill, and his lechnique with
somc sncccs and in the lrtc 192(k he could he
raDked as ninth orrenth in the world. During tnis
period he had outstanding results in three major
lournanents: SeBmering 1926, ftsr (+l!=6 1)
ahcad of Al.khinc, vrDMAR, Nimzowihch, and
Rubinsteini Berlin Ocr. 1928, about.ate8ory 14,
lhnd (+3=7 2) alter cApaBlANcA and Ninzo
qilschr and Cansbad 1929, scco.d (+ll=, 3)
equal with Capablanca. whom he deleated, after
Nimzowitsch ahead olRubinstein, EUNE, Vidnar,
and Bogo! ubow. sp,eldadn continued his rourna
mcni playdurine lh. 1930s { ith moderatc results.
Escaping rrom rheNazis (forhe\ras aJes) heweDt
ro Sweden. where be spenr tbe lan three years ol
bn [te. His n.tch career rncluded Bany vicones
lgai.sr strong oflioncnts: r.oNnARDT, 1S06
(+6=s 4)i Nimzo{itsch, l90s (+4=1 1)i
MIEsEs. 1910 (+5=2 1)iRari. 1910 (+1=1) and
l92l (+3=l)i Tdtakower, 1910 (+3=1 2) and
l92l (+3=l 2)j srin'urRG, 1930 (+4=1 1)i
srol,z, 1930 (+3=l-2) and 1932 (+4=l-l)i
PjRc, 1r31 (+3=6 1): and BoSoljubov, 1912
(+r=2 l).
In conirast to drc agErcssileness of his play
Spielmann sas a man ol nrild tenrperament and
lriendl! disposition. He regarded ihe game as an
art, tnc beauly subsisine in sAcRr.rcE and com
binative plaI. Thc best of his fcw books. R,./rig
opleln/ (1936), was translated and published as
Ire,4, o/5!.rit.e rhe sine rear. He condbuted
ro rhc last cdirion olBileuer\ nANDur:cn and nls
co'author olthe lasr edition ol.1\tn\'s Larohak.
J. r- Spcnce, Th. Chess Carcn of Rudolph
Sl,.lhd"n (3 voh , 1969 74) conlains 2,12 ganes
Rubinnein spiel,nantr San Seb,$irtr 1912 Durh D.
I d4e6 2c4f5 lr".3Ab4 .1Bd2Nl6 5sr00 6Bg2d5
7a3ts{cl sBxcrNbdT 9Qc2ci L0dx.5Nxcs llNl]
Ncc4 12 0-0 Bd7 13 Rldr Rc8 L4 Bxf6 Qxf6 t5 Qb3
Rc7 16Ncl N.5 17Ob414 18Nd3lxs3 l9fxq:lNxd3
r0 Rxdr ofl+ 21 rahl8.6 22ct Rcl7 23 Rel a5 24
', % 2, !B@
l?2t7" %H*
t
,&
%*.A1&t%
",,&,
,&, ffi^'&t%
ffiHVz
tzllz
Vz '/* %
t/&
%.
%.
ffi
A