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clined; 634 in the rxEN.s DEENCE. Tte SNedish<br />

analyst LudwiB oskar SvenoniLs (185!'1e6)<br />

conrributed many a,ticles on ihe openines lo<br />

De tches woch.rcchach<br />

SVF,STTNtr'OY, YEVGENY ELLINOVICH<br />

(195G ), Soviet player. Inte.national Grandnas<br />

ter (1977). Hc qualified lor and played in hisfirst<br />

USSR Ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship when he sa 1?. and at his<br />

rifth attempt (1978) tied for fiith place. In<br />

intemaiional <strong>to</strong>urnamenls he shded 6rst Prize<br />

(+5=10) with xilUc^yEvsn ahead of cEr-,..i at<br />

Sochi 1976, won dtegory 8 <strong>to</strong>umamenls al Le<br />

Halre 1977 (+8=7) and Cie.tuesos 1979 (+9=4),<br />

and sored +6:6-1 <strong>to</strong> share second place witn<br />

Geller after cEEoRcsIU at Noli Sad 1979.<br />

lvanovid Sveshdkov Tem natch Yqoslavia v USSR<br />

ls76 sicilian Defen@. Pcli*in v$iarion<br />

I 61c5 2 Nl3 N.6 3 d4 dd4 4 Nxd4 Nl6 5 Nc3 e5 6<br />

Ndb5 d6 7&Ja6 3Bxl6g 6 9Na3b5 l0N'15 f5 1l<br />

Bd3 8.6 12 c4 Qas+ 13 KI1 Bxd5 14 exd5 Nd.l 15<br />

t5 ax65 16Nc2Nrc2 17Oxc2e4 lllQc6+ Ke7 19<br />

tsxb5 Ra? 20 Oe3+ Kf6 2l s4 Re7 22 QbB<br />

t<br />

ww<br />

?Hr.v&tt<br />

'&&,<br />

7effiw<br />

^wtw<br />

mtwfrw.<br />

ru<br />

tr<br />

22 . . Ke5 2314+ KtI4 21Ke2 Ke5 25 RhJl Lrs4 26<br />

MBg? rbra5Rft3 23 Rabr f5 (<strong>The</strong> $sMRor LER ges<br />

under uay.) 29 a6 f4 308.6l]+ 3lKt2 Rxbl 32Rxb1<br />

Kl4 33RMBC3 34Rc4Ba5 35KflBb6 36-tsb?h5 37<br />

R6 c3 33 Rcl+ Kg5 \lhite Esisns<br />

SWEDTSE VARJATTON, 59. the rorEsroNE<br />

lsaroN in the ou#N\ cAMsr Declined.<br />

SWIDERSKI, RUDOLF (1878-1909). Tte son of<br />

a tf,ipzig nanufacturer. SwideELi nade himsell<br />

loown as a player when he won fi6t plae in the<br />

Munich{AUnuNrB 1900. He compctcd in eight<br />

major rournanenis frcm 1902 <strong>to</strong> 1908, achievidg<br />

his b.st resull at Coburg 1904, when he sh.red list<br />

prize with BARDELTIEN and scEEcsEr. Fot some<br />

rim. hef.re hi\ de,rh sNidenki sutfered illheahh.<br />

a wilh talents above the average but nnding<br />

'rull consolation neirher as a nusician. a chcssplayer.<br />

no. as an ardsf he look his own life,<br />

allegedly because he could not face an operatiotr.<br />

SWINDLE, a lrap <strong>by</strong> means of which a player who<br />

has a lct position avoids defeat. Ii fte rrap fails <strong>to</strong><br />

ens.are the opponent n is not called a swi.dle.<br />

iNSBD, rhe most renowned of swindl€B, was<br />

SWISS SYSTEM 337<br />

rightly proud of this special skillr for a.y mcaos ol<br />

saving a lost position is as good as any other. His<br />

habn ol playing on long after olhers would have<br />

resigned was weu known, and may on o(asion<br />

have disamed his opponenls.<br />

S Bonziz Mile! Riga inicuoral 1979 sicilian De<br />

le4c5 2NBc6 3d4cid4,1Nxd4a6 5Bd3NI6 60.0<br />

d6 7c1Be7 3Nd01l I BclNbdT 10BRe3 llQd2<br />

BfB 12 Rfdl b6 13 Bll Bb7 14 Racl Ro3 li Ol2 Qc?<br />

16b3Qb3 lTRc2Bd l3 Khr Ro$ 19B.lNc5 20<br />

Bb2 '15<br />

21 .E exd5 22 exd5 b5 11 Nr5 b4 24 Na4<br />

Bxd5 25Rdl2O.7 26Ne3Qa7 27Bd4Ob? 23 Bxcs<br />

R{e5 29 Bcl Rh5 30 Nxd5 Nxd5 3l g4 Re5 32 Nh6<br />

:14 h:l Nxc4 r5 bxc4 Oe7 36 R3d2<br />

Rc1 17 Rc2 Oe5 l3Rd5Oi1+ 39KdRE1 40.5Rhl<br />

4l .6 h4 42 R.d2 Rcl 43 R.2 Ohl 44 Rdd2<br />

Wx<br />

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ru<br />

7&<br />

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a7&<br />

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44 . . Rhl This move hd (hs ingrcdicnt ol a 3@d<br />

s{indle: therc n hffdly a lcasible aliemarive i the rcok has<br />

visilcd h I b.fore, in€ffedivelyr and rhs novc 6n s onc<br />

time alter Black\ sane bccanc hor€lesly loi whiie,<br />

who .ould h.vc sor <strong>by</strong> 45 95. suspeds nothitrs. PL,<br />

conlinued 45 c7? R{h3 46K;h3?Qhl+ 47 Qh2QxB+<br />

13 Kxi4 tse?+ 4995B45+ and Black Esigned (50 rr35<br />

SWISS GAMBIT,695. variatiof, in lhe BriD<br />

opENrNc so naned <strong>by</strong> irs inven<strong>to</strong>r, the ukrainian<br />

player Alermder wasner (..1863 ..1942). He<br />

inhoduced lhe gambit. which is snetines naned<br />

after him, in a Swiss correspondence <strong>to</strong>urnamenl<br />

eame Wagner (ostin, 1910-11.<br />

SWIttS SYSTEM, a method of pl.ting a <strong>to</strong>uma<br />

me.t lhat allows many nore players <strong>to</strong> lake part<br />

tha. would be possible in an A<br />

dent lakinS lhe same lengtholdme,.nd that does<br />

not have lhe disadvantages of the KNocK our<br />

method. Tne basic principle is tnat playeB are<br />

paired for each round agaios<strong>to</strong>pponenlsvho tuye<br />

rhesames@reatlhartimeandwhomfteyhavenot<br />

played befo.e. <strong>The</strong> adninistralive details can<br />

be@me qrite @oplicaLd. <strong>The</strong> .eliability of rhe<br />

system depends upon the number oI rounds. As a<br />

ruleolthumba nunberequal <strong>to</strong> that required lor a<br />

knock-oui evenr places the winn€r (a.d the tail<br />

eddeo wnh reasonahle aNuracy. Two exta<br />

rounds are requned lo deternine each addirional<br />

place with rhe same accura.y. Tbus an elevenround<br />

<strong>to</strong>umanent oI32 playes would reveal the<br />

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