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co-winaerwithrr-EGERin 1965, Unzictersasthe
sko.gesl Wesl Ge.ma. playe. from the end of the
Second World War until about 1970. F.om 1950 ro
1978 he compeledin $elve Olympiads and on one
of lhe len occasio.s whe. he led his ream.
Dubrovnik 1950. he sored +9-4 I lo sha.e with
NADoN the prize for tbe best lop board s@re. A
las sludenr and later presiding judge ol an
adminstralive court. Unzi.ker had few opportunities
fo. intemational tournamenr play. He conpeled
in t$o inlezonals, hking nintb place at
Saltsi.jbade! 1952 and sixleenth at GoteborA 1955.
The best of his orher achievemcnts were: Sochi
1965, 66t (+6:9) equal piih sr^ssni Sa.ta
Monica 1966, category 15, fourrh (+2=15 1)
equal with poRrsc afier Spasslry. rsciER, and
hrsEN, ahead of pEnosvAN, lhcn world championi
Maribor 1967. nBl anead oI REsrEvskyi
H6ti.gs 1969 70, second (+4=5) after Portisch,
ahead of c!@ea .nd swsrovi South Africa 1979,
se@nd (+3=7-2) 10 (oRcnNori and Amsterdam
1980, Iirst equal with REE.
In 1965 Uuicker, his style nodelled o. the
teachinas of rARMscE, lost a na&n asajnst BEs,
another clEsical player (although .ot cast in ihe
sane mould) In every one of ei8hl Sames they
played the spANrss opENrNG as il tbis, the nost
1laditionaloi allopenings. were thc ooly cofecf
way 1o begin agame. Uuickefs good ma..er ar
lheboad, his sportsnanship and sense oI fair play,
nade him popular at hone and abroad.
Unzi.ler-Reshevsly MudichOlyftpiad 1953 Si.iliin
Defene, Najdorf varialon
1e4d 2Nf3d6 3 d4 dd4
e6 7008e7 ll14O.7 9BAN.6 r0Xnl0-0 11ts€3
Na5 12 Qc1Nc4 13 B.1c5 14 Nl5 Bd5 15 cxl5 Rac3
16 94 e4 1? Nxc4 Rlc3 13 Nrf6+ Bir6 l9 Qf2 B 2
20Bxb2 Nxb2 21Rabl Na4 22 RrbT Oc4 23Og2Nd
24 g5 Rb3 25 Rd7 Rb1 26 Rrbl Nxbl
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v& 7&&,
w wt'ffi
By thrcarening B^cr-RANx M^rEs whiie dives hn
opponent 6ack and consolidates hL p6nion. 2? Os2
Qc3 23Rc?Qd3 29Qc4d5 30Bxd5 Nd2 3lQc6RrB
32 Rxfl Ria/ ll E6 hxg6 34 lxg6 Kil l5 gxfi Ne.l 36
URUSOV ATTACK, 620. variation in the ALLGNTR
6dBrr. sergei Scmyetrevich Uruso! ( 1827-97) was
rhe elder and better-ktro{n oI two brothe6. bolh
chess-ptayins Russian princes. (Se tuLsoY.)
URUSOV GAMBIT, 340, 550, gambit ihat may
arise fton the Brssop s oENrNc, the CENTRE GAME,
the pmoFF DEFENCE. or the scorcB GAMBrr. ll
Black takes the paso, 4 . . . Nxe4, White gets a
compensating art.ck by 5 Qxd4. Sergei Urusov
published his analysis in S./uchzeitung, 1a51, bnt
had played the Cambit as carly as 1853 in a game