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sound enough for the higheslhonou6. A citizen ol<br />

Leningr.d, where he coa.hed sPAssp liom 1951<strong>to</strong><br />

1961, he son rho ciry ch<strong>amp</strong>ionsbip joinrly in 1937<br />

and r9,17, our.ighr in 1938 and 1946 Thc bcsl olbis<br />

lenatlenpls <strong>to</strong>{inlhe USSRCh<strong>amp</strong>ionshipwerel<br />

1950, second (+8=6-3) equal with ARoNIN and<br />

LrpNrrsn after xEREsi 1952, lourth (+8=7 4)<br />

equal vith Eorskvsn atle<br />

Nov. and GELLER lhead of BRoNsrErN: and 195?,<br />

Iourtb (+10=6 5) equal wirh spassky dlter rAL,<br />

Bronstein, and K.res. Tolusb achieled his best<br />

intemalional <strong>to</strong>urnanenl result at Bucharest 1953<br />

shen he won fiEr pnze (+10=8-r) ahead of<br />

pErRosYAN,swslov, Boleslalsky, andSPassky. At<br />

Bala<strong>to</strong>n 1958 he came second (+7=3 i) attcr<br />

Ate,andet Tol6h (19$) n a biography and 92<br />

ganes conpilcd <strong>by</strong> his wife Valenli.a.<br />

Tolush-Ala<strong>to</strong>nsev USSR Chdpionship 1917 Queen'i<br />

c.frbir Declined. Romi Vaiialion<br />

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Nc2 c5 12 NCI 96 13 Bd2 Rc3 l1e4 exd4 t5 Ra.1<br />

Nes 16Nxe5Brc5 l?f4Bc7 llte5Nd5 1915Brc5 20<br />

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t&wq. %t<br />

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22Rx3dxe3 23s?f5 24Nrf5 Bxl5 1tRxr5 Bx37 26<br />

Rg5.2 27Bxc2oc3+ 23Kh1Qrg5 29Bxg5 Khs 30<br />

h1Re5 3l Btu Ra5 r2 Qe4 RIt 33 Bd3 Rh5 3,1Bg5<br />

Bxbz 35 94 Black ftsisls.<br />

TOMLINSON, CHARLES (1808 97), English<br />

player and winer, and pioiecr of rcscarch in<strong>to</strong><br />

surlace lension. From 18,11 lo 1844 he ran a <strong>chess</strong><br />

column in thc Sar!/dz] M,8d:i,c, and in 1856 he<br />

pubhhed the nlst <strong>chess</strong> playeis anoual. <strong>The</strong><br />

demandwasinsuficie.tfornloberepcated. Inthe<br />

B.nish <strong>Chess</strong> Magoziae. 1891, he published his<br />

reniniscenccs oiEnglish<strong>chess</strong> IiIe oI the middle ol<br />

the 19rh century, a vahable insight.<br />

TORRE, CARLOS (1905 ?8). Mexico\ frst<br />

grandnasler whose career had curious paialleh<br />

unh thrt .f MoRpHy Torre w.s t om in Yncardn.<br />

Mexi.o, and in 19i5 noved sith hislamily<strong>to</strong> NeN<br />

Orleans. In 192,1, alter proving hinself tbe best<br />

playe. in Louisiana. he travelled north, shere he<br />

{on the New York Slale ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship and the<br />

Weslern ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship.I.1925 he venr <strong>to</strong> Europe<br />

and played in hh only lop-clas elenls: Badeni<br />

'tK.<br />

TORRE 35?<br />

Baden, Marienbad, and Moscovi coning tenthi<br />

equal tbnd (+6=8 1), and equal fiIth resPecl<br />

ively. He <strong>to</strong>ok the game seriously: ashed why hc<br />

gave noexhibitionsinEurope he replicd'becausel<br />

can lea.n .othing tbere<strong>by</strong>'. But the high pronise ol<br />

hh European achievcments was nor lulfilled. ln<br />

1926 he won the Mencan ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship <strong>by</strong><br />

delealing each oI bis firee oppone.rs twice and<br />

was<strong>to</strong>ld hesouldbe givcn apo Eaching<strong>chess</strong>al<br />

the National University in Mexico At Chicago<br />

laler that year, just before the last round ol tbe<br />

Western ch<strong>amp</strong>ionsbip (in which he tied lor second<br />

place).Torcreceiledlwoletters<strong>by</strong>lhesamepost,<br />

one inlorning him lhal be sould not gel the<br />

leaching post lor lack ol academic qualificatio.s<br />

thc olhe.Iron hn nancae saying she had narried<br />

someone else. He suffe.ed a nervous btcakdoNn,<br />

.eturned ro Mcxico ar tbe end oftheyear. <strong>to</strong>ok an<br />

rll pa d iob rn a Jruts so(, and played no more<br />

.erl.i\.hei\ M'\r. unc ma! halr been ontv the<br />

immediare cause of his retne;ent. Ola mili and<br />

artistic tenperamcnt, he apPieciated lh€ beauty<br />

and loqic ol.hess but lacked lhe spiril olassression<br />

neededforsucce$inplay,Inl93,lhesmred=1 1<br />

in irie.dlyplay against Fr\! who was then visiting<br />

Mexico. Torre ncver maried. He retaincd his<br />

interest in rhe game throuehoul his life andgrearly<br />

adnired FrscHER\ play. ln 197? FIDE awarded<br />

him rhe title oI Inrernational Grandmaster (See<br />

fu'ITZ TMJ(OU. DtrFE\CEi SPURIOUS GAMES.)<br />

C. Tore E. Gi'nfcld Manenbad 1925 Qu.cn\ Pawn<br />

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B.2Rir 25Nc5Bie5 26BxeiKh7 27Re3Qe? 23Rbl<br />

c5 29 Bd3 Bc6 r0 d5 exd5<br />

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ffiar&, wr.'/&<br />

W, rutWr'&<br />

r&{'%, %&, ffi<br />

% %.4w. ru<br />

Y&, "&8"ffin%<br />

31 Rxg6 Rg3 32 RxgS KxBs 33 tsx15 Rrl5 14 Qg4t<br />

Re5 l5hxg5ore5 36gih6+Kh? lTRbrBdT r3ohl<br />

Oel+ l9Kh2Qel 40QJ6Qg6 41Oe?+Kh3 42Q13+<br />

Kh7 13 Qe7+ Khn ,l1 Re3 Orh6+ 45 Kgl Qa7 46<br />

Qd3+Qg8 47 Ql6+ Qg? 43 Qf4B34 49 Rgr Nxc4 50<br />

raxg.lQal+ 5l (h2 Qe5 52Qxe5+ Nxes 53 RgsNd3<br />

5,lRxdtc.l 5iRdn+I(qr 56Rd?+Kl6 57Rxb7a5 53<br />

Rc7 Nb2 5q Rc5 a4 60 g4 Ke6 5l e5 Kd6 62 Rc8 Ke6<br />

63Kg3a3 64I.1K15 65Rc5+Kg6 66Rc6+Kg7 6715<br />

Kr Blackresi8is By lar rhe non bcaulilulgancofthe

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