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

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18 Os,l Ob5 19 Oc4 Od7 20 Oc7 Ob5 21 a4
Qxa4 22 Re,l Qb5 23 QxbT Black resigns. Rcsearch
by ihe Adencan Dale Alden Brandreth
(1931- ) in 1982 shonglysugeests tnat thn was a
spurious ganei an invention by C. Toiic who
noninaled bis leacher and friend Edwin Ziegter
Adams ( 1885-1944) the winner (See pLAGtARcu.)
This is a study by Georg Bemhardr (1892 i964),
Wienet Schachzenuns. 1923. Whne dra$ by 1
d6cxd6 2Kd3Bxsl 3a5d5,1a6Bb8 5 a7Bxa7
stalemar€. Given in Ci,.rs a,& and Rerie||.1915,
as the end ol a gane between ?ape and Rolh
played in Wesl Gernany, th is position has alreid v
appcarcd in chcss books as a Ccnuinc ganc.
Equally false h the claim made by L Cherncv in
rhe Fn$ide Boak of ch6s (t949) rhar theposiiion
GonsEH NorAroN) 6K1,'3rlr/5kn1/5p2/5P2/6N1/
8/4R1R1occufed in a gameJgrgensen Sore.scn,
1945. White nales h three beginning 1 Nh5+
Rxh5 2 Rxg6+. How could the playe$ possibll
have arriv€d at sDch an Lnusual positionl tn lacr
this is a gth-cenlury Da6rb, by al- ADLi.
There are several known insrances ol the
misreprcscnlaiion olAenuine sanes. A slorl abour
Napoleon includesthe score of a gamc hc.llegedlt
played a8ainst Cou.t Be rand; this was a game
ptayed by rhe author Hugb Alexander Kenned,
(180c 78) aeainst ow.N. Tournamcnt pllye{ who
no longer have the chance ol a prize. or snh to
nake an agieed draB, sonetimes conocl a gane
and playout rhe moves, subsequentlypassingn oli
as a genuinc gamc. Ihcrc havc bccn i.slances ol
lhis being done io set up some kind olrecord, c e
lhe longest gane yet played.
'rte following gane, ianous on account of ns
briUianl linish. Nas allegcdly played berveen E. Z.
Adans (white) and c. roRRE at Ncw orr.a.s in
1920 and 9.s firn published in rhe Am.tican Ches
a rzrn 1925. PhilidorDeiencele4e5 2NBd6 3
d4exd4 4Qxd4Nc6 5Bb5Bd7 6Bxc6Bxc6 7
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Bg5 c6 12 c4 crd5 13 cxd5 Re8 14 Rlel a5 i5
Re2 Rc8 16 Racl Od7 U Bxf6 Bxl6
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A srudy by qERBsftAN that wo. scond prize in
thc .Srathary v sS.tR toDrncy. 1956 I Ng5 Nd6
2 Nxfl+ Nxl, 3 Ne6+ Kes 4 896 (Whire
threatens 5 Ng5.) 4. . . Bcl 5 Bd3Nb8 6Bb5+
Nd7 7Kdl (square vacaton) 7. . . Bh6 8Be2.a
posrrroNAr. DRAV. Black cannot frcc his game- tbr il
he we.e to nore eilher knight a check from the
white bishop would dnve il back.
SQUEEZD, a posilion in shich one player dust
give ground only because he is obtiged to move, as
distincl ircm a zuczwANc shen whoeve. has the
mole would be at a disadvaniage. The position
White Kd6 and Pcr, Black (.8 h a zugzwang:
White lo play sould onl_v dra$. Black to play
qould lose, i.e. hlung the move Nould be
disadvantageous lor both Alack and White. On the
otberhand the position While Kc?.1b6 and Be2,
BlacN Kd and Bc8 would be a squeeze: il Bla.k
Nere ro mov. the plNn could he piodoted and il
Whileweretomovehe could nake awArrrNGMovE
(e.9. Bd3) snhrhesane resulrii.e. onlyBla.k is at
a disadvartaee because he has to dove. For
p.actical purposcs zug2sangs and squeezes occur
only in the endgameiboth are characterizcd bythe
.hsen.e ordire.r th'e3ts h.th zre?hnorm,lif, ih.
scnsc thlt ior the greater parr oI a game playeB
sanl lo gain rather tban lose line