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

]22 STAIILBERG
jrjblden 1952, equal 6fth, again qualiiiinp as a
C.ndidare. He radc o.lt a nrodcst scorc in ihc
C,ndld,n\ i.nflrxmenr.f lg53: in hil mid fn'1ier
he was now overtaken by a nerv generalion oI
nrong players. He &nlinued ro play i. Olynpinds
(liom l952to 1966) andothcrintcrnationalcvcnts.
and was chiela.biter for 6ve world championship
matches (1957 63). in Leninsrad to rate pan in a
tournanenr, be collapsed and died beloie play
Aposillon lrom rhc gameTartakower Rossolino,
Vcnicc 19,19. Black is in a squeeze. (li it werc
White s rum to play he coutd Los. rrrr Movts. 1
Ods+ Kb7 2 Qds+ Kbli I Od7.)'Ihe object of
lhe squeeze is ro torcc Blackto move his rook lron
irs safe position. Play.ontinued 1 . . Rh6 (1
Ka8 2Oc8+Rb8 3Qc6+ Rb7 4Kd6andwhitc
wins rhe pawn or checkmares.) 2 Oc6+ Kb, 3
Qe7+ Ka6 4 Qg7 Rc6 5 Od' Rb6 (Whire now
loscs thc more to set np another qLreeze, agiin
forcine the rook to nore awny.) 6 Qcs+ Ka5 7
Oc7Ka6 8 Od7 (rhesqueeze) Ii Rb2 9Qd3+
Kb7 10 OA+ Kcs 11 QI8+ Kb? 12 Qg7+
SI,IHLBERG, ANDERS GIDEON TOM O9O8-
67). Internationll Graodnasrer (1950), Intcrnation.l
Arbiler (1951), Swcdhh playersho ranlied
amone thc world\ bestten lor a leN years aiterlh.
Second World War.In tbe i9l0s he..hicvcd txo
good march viclories, .ganNt sprrLMANN in 19i3
(+l=4 l) and aeainst N,Mzowusd in 1934
(+,1:2-2)j he aho had rwo sood rournanent
resnlts: Dresden 1936, abolt citegor! 12, rhnd
(+4=3 2)equilwnh ARa.zr artc.ALEXH,NE and
DNG.r.si and Sto.kholm l937. second (+1=5) aiter
FrNE. In 1938 be drew a march agiinsr rcnrs
1+2-4 l2). F.on 1{,9 to 1939 Stihlbcrs won rhc
Swedish Charpionship ll timcs consecuiively and
playcd in seve. Olynpidds. Aftcr the lasi, Buenos
Aires 1939. when war in Europe had begun, h.
ren.ined in Argentina, ahcrc hc achicvcd three
norable rourn!,ncnr ains: Mar del Plara 1941
(+9:8) abead or N^,DoR! and Er6csEsiBuenos
Aires 1941, adouble roundelenr (+9=1 i),!ric
{nh Najdorl; a.d Bucnos ,\ncs 19.1?, about
cateeory l4 (+6:4). ahead orNajdorf, Eliskases,
In 1948 Stll berg rcLurned to Europelndinthc
nert lile yeas he achicvcd sclcral good resuhs in
tournameDt play: Saltsjdbaden 1948, an inlerzonal
olaboutcaregory 14, ascoreol +,1=ll 2losharc
snth pi.ce and lo become a cA\DrDArritsndaFst
1951), a catcgory l6 Candidates lournament.
sevenrhi Amsterdam 1950, third (+9-9 ll aiiei
Najdorl and REsHEvsK: Budapesr 1!52. drnd
(+7=8 2) equalsilh uon,NN,xands ysr.o!arrer
Kercs and cELLExi and the interzonal at Salts
A linguist, a man ol aide nncrcsrs. Stahlbcre
likcd good living. aDd he aho liked orher games
sMhasconrracr b.idgeatwhichbeexcelled. Eilher
his londness ior such dilersio.s orrheinlerlenrion
olsir nly halc hindcrcd tlrc tulIdevelopm€nl of
hh.orrcct and classical stlle (See sMULrNEous
His nosr popular book.t fi4.k a.h schd.kni!
,ere(1937)yasrevisedin 1952andrhentrinslated
intoEnglishasan.ssdxdCr.ssDA.c6(1955) He
also pubhhed acollectionol53olhisown gamesi.
I Kunp n?d varldelian (1958)
srihtbery Sabn Hctinki Olympiad 1952 Quccn\
CdnLn Decliicd. Se'ni TIE{h varirtnri
lN13Nt6 2c,lc6 3\.3d5 1d4c5 i.xd5N\d5 6c3
N.5 7B.4cid4 3 cxd4Nr.3 sbrc3BcT 100'00.0 ll
Oe2b6 12 Rdl Nas LrBdr Bh7 llBraad5 15 Rrbr
ts.6 16 Be5 Ba4 17.4 (lhe n$cr\c PANrs spearhcdl
rhcatra.k)17 .Qd7 13Rd2Nc6 l9d5Nxc5 20Nxes
2lNir7 Rrfl 23 dxe6 Kr8 24 exfT Rd3 25 Rcr Rd7 16
Qel Qhri 27 Rb: Bla.k ftsigns
s'flHLBoRG VARIATIoN, 73. Analysed by
srislBEec in 1933. played by bin in hn 5rh frarch
gane againsr spr.r MANN nr thc samc ycar. thh line
nr lhe o!EEN's crMB'r Declined became popular
alter its use by cApABLANcA agrjnsr LEvENFsn,
S I AIRCASE NIOVEMENT, r maneuvre i. rhich
a qoeen oi rook is molcdin a diagonal dnedionby
neans or short orthosonal moves. (see L^DDER