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

worzburger. Black\ bhhop on c2 iS trapped. (5
. . . Qh4+ is prohably an error.)
WURZBURG-PLACHUITATEEME, a problem
tncme: a black line-piece deiends square A rnd
another black line-piee ol lile movemenldelends
square B. These pieces delend along tincs ihai
intersecl, and ii eilher pic.e is moled to the
intersection square it will prove unequallo tbelask
ol delending bolh square A a.d squaie B.
(compare PLACBmA rnEM..)
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A rcrsion of th€ pioneer problem by Wurzburg,
Zbn Pruha, 1909. 'lhe key is i Ne5 tbreateninC
Qb2 folowed by Nd7 oi Nxg4. Onc black rook
guards d71hc other 9,1, rhen parhs intemeciing at
d4. and ihe.e Black places a rook to anlicipate
1 . . Rcd,r 2 Od5 (2 Obzr Rcl) 2. . . Rxd5 l
N!g4
1...Rdd4 2Qe4R\e4 3 Nd7.
sone other vanalions: I . . . N(a7)- 2Oc6+.1
..93 2 Qf3+.
Olro wuizburg (1875-1951) was born and speni
hh 1iIc in Grand Rapids, Michiean, Nhere he
worked inthe?osl Ol6ce Departmenl. ln lbe wake
oI sBNnhN, his uncle, he became onc ol thc
leadins Anerican comnoscrs.
WYvrLL, MARMADUKE (1814 16), winfler oI
second p.ne in lhe irst international lournament-
London 1851. Hc dcveloped his ches skitl in the
18.10s, meeting D.Dors in Rome, (EsENrz(! in
Pans, and many playe$, including BUC(E, in
Londod. His style vas that olthe English school,
and hc unde(tood sctlrhe posilional ideas ol the
ENCLiSHOFTNINC ANd thE SI'ILAN DEFEN'E, IN 184?
he was elected Menber ol Parlianenl lor tuch
nodd, Yorkshire, a sear hc hcldmti! l868except
tbr a brcak ol 1wo years. The LondoD 1851
tournament consisred of a senes ol knock-ont
matches. Afrer deieadng WTLLTAMS (+4 3) in rhe
third round ind losins ro ANDERSSEN (+2:l-4) ir
thc fourth and final round, Wtvill Nas placed
WY!1LL FORNtrATION ]81
second. His score against Ander$en *as belter
than rhat nade by orher players (Kieseritzky
= 1 2, szfN +2 ,1, srAUNroN + I -4). Wwitl had
provcd himsclf onc of the leading players of his
rime. Although he played i. no more tounamenrs
he rerained an interest in rhe gamethroughout his
life (see PRoPstuxF.)
wYvLL I'ORIIATION, a naoe given by raRsscH
to a pawntormationwilh DoUBLED r wNs as
desdibed below l his lormation was nol unlamit
iar to wvn-L but .ould wirh nore justilication havc
be.D named aiter wINAwEn who so ftequendy
donbled hn opponenl\ c-pas.s that ihn and
sinilar formalions became ldo{n as hn
trademark. The technique lor atlacking the WldU
formation was also undcrstood by NEUUNN and
betore him b! Carl Hamppe (181+76), the leading
Viennese playcr of lhe 1850s.
Borvinnik Re\hevskr world champioishlp nutch
Niruolndian Dcfcncc, Ruhin$ein
ld.1Nl6 2.4.6 lNclBb4 4elcs 5alBxd+ 6bx.3
rwt%r.?&t
w wi{fi %
'teww
'r&t"& w 7x*
'IheWyvillomarioi schandcriad b) Whnc!doubled
p.rnsatcS and c4 a.d rhcd-pawi d4 d5 (butnd d
d3 or d2) Tne pawn.r ca shich cannot be delendcd by
whitet orher prw.s may become a soutue olwcaknc$
Plrr conlinucd: 6 N.6 ? Bd3 0-0 3 Ne2 b6 'r
e4
Nc3 10Beld6 ll0 0Naj 12NelBa6 lrQe2Od? 14
tuti l5 Rael 96 L6Rd]Qfl 17e5 Rc3 13RIcl dxc5
19dxc5Ne7 20Nr]Rfds 21BDNh5 22 Be:r Qe3 23
Ne:l Oa4 21OJ2 Nxs3 ::5 hx33 h5 26 Be2 Klf 27 ru2
Obl 23 Orb3 Nibl 29 Bd3 Ke7 30 Ke2 Na5 ll Rd2
R.7 32 g4 RcdT :rr gx15 gf,Is l1 Rcdl h4 15 Kel
(white sould lose his pavn at c
orherpiccc.) 35 Nl,l 16NJ5+ erds 37 Bxf5 Nid2
33Rxd2dxcl s9BxnrP{d7 40Rr2Ke6 llRBRdr 42
For aDothergane inwhich thc Wyvill lormalion
is successlully artackcd see LlwE This paNn
lormation, hoNevcr. is nol wirhoutits advantages.
lor rhc paND centre n gre!1ty strcnetheDed. and
thismayleadtoapoNerlulatla.kiasintbeganes
given under (oro! and sAMIs.r