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BISHOPS OF OPPOSITE COLOUR 33 Tso bishops, which together can atlack squares oi either @lour, a.e generauy more than double the worth olone. For i conparison ofthe bishop with the knieht see MNoR EX.EANGE. 1he Bishop's Gambit, with certain othe! chess openings, as an imperishable monunenloihunan wisdon.' Neither lhen nor sine has it been nuch Played, (See IMMoRIAL GAM! ) BTSBOPS OF OPPOSITE COLOU& a light bishopopposedby a dark bishop. (ft is inPlied thal there are no other bhhops on the board.) Each player may sufier a colouR EAxNEss otr tbe square\ hh bishup candot aLrrck Middle.Same Dosiunn\ in uhich suuh br
34 BISHOI'S OPENING BISHOP'S OPENINC, 330. given by LUCEN^. Uniil lhe niddle olthc l9th centur, mosl authoF ities held lharafte. 1 e4e5 theo.ly goodsquarefor whitet light bishop was c4i herej on thc TALTAN DIAcoNAr.lhc bishop would be poised fo. altack, eyeing fl. rH -rDoR prelered to play tbe bishop to c4 at once (2 Bc4) rather than larer (2 NB Nc6 3 Bc4) because he believed that white could rhen relain more options, itrcltrdi.g that of advanciog thc f-pawna and his innuence nade th€ Bishop's Opening popular lor a long time. Followine improvenenls for Blact inthe 334, (2. . . Bc5 3 c3) and the introdudion oi tle BERLTN DEENCE, 338, (2 . . . NI6) around 1840, tne opening fellout ot favour. HSEN played ii a {ew times io rhe 1960s, usually answering the Berlin Defe.ce by 3 d3, a long-neglected move recon mended by Philido.. (See BouRDoNNArsr L.car.r. s BMM, a problemisfs desoiplion of a nove, made by Black, that opens a line lor onc black line-piece andclosesa linecomnanded byanorher black line piece. The lerm was coineij by A.C. A problem by the Soviet .omposers Yevgeny Ivanovich Umnov (1913 ) a.d LosHrNsq thal wo. rist prize in the Westem Moming Ne$ tourneyj Jan.-Junc 1930, The Iiey is I Nh6 (hreatening 2 QxeT nate) and in rhe 6ain varialions Black pins White's queenl 1...Bdt 2Rd5 1. .Bhl 2 Nxg4 1 . . Be4 (a bivalve: a 6le is opcncd lor Blact\ quecn. a rank closd lor his rook) 2 N€2. 1 . . . Be2 (a vALvE: a lile is opened and a rank closed for Black s quccn) 2 Nc4. BLAC(, rhe da.ker coroured picccs (adi.), orthcn BLACKBURNE, JOSEPH HENRY 0841 1924), lor nore than 20 yea6 oneolthe66tsix playcn in the wodd and tor even longer the leading Englishborn player. Draughts was the most popularindoor game in his home lowfl, Manchesteri he learned thisgameasachildandbecameexpe inhisyouth. He was about 18 whcn, inspired by MoRrst\ exploils. he lea.ned lhe moves of cncss. In July 1861 he losl all Iive gan€s oI a match against the Man.hcstcr chess club chanpion Edward Pinda., bul he inproved so rapidlythat hc dclealed Pindar rhree nonths later (+5:2 D, and in 1862 he becade chanpion ot rhe ciub ahead ol Pindar and roRwlrz. Instructcd hy HoNilz, Blackbume became one of the leading ENDCAME plavcre oI his tihei and wishing ro emulate the leats oI L. PAULSEN, who lisited the clubinNovember 1861. hc deve lopcd cxccptio nal s kill atBLrND.oD csEss. lle spent most of the 1860s developing his chc$ and tolingwnhvanousoeupadons. Alterwinni.g th. British championsiip. 186!-9. ahead ol DE vERr. he becam€ a full-lime professional i)laycr. Bla.kbnrnc achieved ex.ellent resLhs in many iournaments: Baden'Baden 1870, lhnd equal with NEUUNN alier ANDETSSEN and sErNrzi London 1872, seco.d (+5-2) alter Sleinitz ahead of 7u$RroRrl Vicnna 1873,second to Stcinitzaicr a play-offi Pa.is 1878, thnd aier wrNAwLx and Zukertorti Wiesbided 1880, frrsl equal with ENGLECH and scnwARzi Berlin 1881- tirst (+13=2-l). thrce points ahead oI zuk€rtort. rhc second prize Ninner (Blackburne s greatest achievemeno i London 1883, third Iter Zukenort and Sreinitza Hamburg 1885. second equal wirh Englisch, MAsoN, rARMsco, andw.6s halla poinl afte.cuNsBERG; Franklurl lS8T,secondequalwiib Weiss atrer MA.ruNzrEi Manchesler 1890, second dtrer Tarasch: Bellast 1892, 6rst equl with Masonr London 1892, second (+6 2) after us xERr London 1893, 6Br (+2:l) He was in lhe Bnlish team in 1l of the Aoglo-American cable mat.hes,meetinsPILSBURYonfi6lboardsixiimes (+2=3 1), and he continued to play interda tionally until hc was ?2, lo.g enough to meet the pioneer of the hrpermodern movement NrMzolmscE, whonhe del€aled ar sr PeteBburg 1914. Bla.kbume had renlrkable combinative pov ers and is rcmembcredlortisswingcingking\side atlacks, oftcn weu prepared but occasionally consisting oI an ingenious SWINDLE lhat would deceive even the greatesr ot hn conEnporaries. Thc tournancnr book ofVicnna l87l rcfcrstohim as 'der schwarze Tod [Black death] der schacnspielel, a nicknane that becane pop ar. llis unflappable temperamenl also eamed hin tbe soubriquellhe nanwilh thc iron ncrucsr. Elcn soi neither histemperament norhis style was suited lo set mathes, in whicb he was rarely successful againsl world class playe6. He had other chess talents: a problem composer, he was also a last solver, allegedly capable oI outpacing lhe grear sam LoyD. Blackburne earned his livelihood by mcans of siDultanoous displays, for this purpose touring Britain rNice-yea.ly, wiih a fep breaks, for more than 50 years. Beiore his rine such displays were solemn affairsi L.jvEmAL, sho vould appcarin formal dressandplaylorscvcral hou6in silence, was shocked when Blackburne turncd up in ordinary clothes, chatdnr and naki.s tokes as
Page 2 and 3: The game of ches exerts a fascinati
Page 4 and 5: THE OXFORD COMPANION TO CF{ESS DAVI
Page 6 and 7: PREFACE No game has surpassed chess
Page 8 and 9: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE authoE and pub
Page 10 and 11: ABBAAA DEFENCE.582, standard line,
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Page 14 and 15: game againsr Adolf C!:nk in lhe Kol
Page 16 and 17: l+o=b-2r dller BonrNNrr, Capablanca
Page 18 and 19: AI-GEBRAIC NOTATION 9 ,ct ro be dis
Page 20 and 21: ANDERSON 11 and oilen look less lim
Page 22 and 23: AnJenseFL. Paulsen Vienna 1373 Phil
Page 24 and 25: this squa.e ineffe.- tive, a manauv
Page 26 and 27: ASETAPADA, an ancienr Indian ra@ ga
Page 28 and 29: posal was oade by Dr zboriet of Pra
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Page 32 and 33: BARING CHESS 23 % t i w % ,9 b4 (wr
Page 34 and 35: BASIC ENDGAME 25 posnionrhar can be
Page 36 and 37: BELYAVSKY 27 xJ2 Bxg3+ is threatene
Page 38 and 39: BERLINER 29 noted rhat (l d4 c5)2.1
Page 40 and 41: BIRD 31 move, Ircm rhree lo nve and
Page 44 and 45: he playcd. and relreshing himself r
Page 46 and 47: Philidor plarinp blindJ.ld at Px$lo
Page 48 and 49: Dr!\cnnnathe,d\mlcottr/hte!lpuM)t4N
Page 50 and 51: cur back his chess activiies. Hh Ni
Page 52 and 53: choicc of moves. These artistic req
Page 54 and 55: BOO(, k.own infornalion ahoui tbc o
Page 56 and 57: BOURDONNAIS 47 DOTVINNIK VaRIATION.
Page 58 and 59: BRINCXMANN 49 Frar Clenens Honoratu
Page 60 and 61: BUCKLE 51 shosing what mighl have o
Page 62 and 63: No-Movd conPose6 of his gene.ation.
Page 64 and 65: ioumament 1896. this defe.ce w6 use
Page 66 and 67: cibler ollhe 158 march and tournane
Page 68 and 69: caRO VARTATION- 44-1 in ib knorm \i
Page 70 and 71: .rss.. Caxton\ t.nshiior oI Cesol.\
Page 72 and 73: Checknare is a unique charactcrisli
Page 74 and 75: N. I. Greko!, M. /. cl4,r;n (1939)
Page 76 and 77: CLEAN SCORE 67 CTRCULAR CEESS. see
Page 78 and 79: novel kind of .lock was prorided by
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Page 82 and 83: COMPANION SQUARES, COMPDNSATION, ad
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Page 86 and 87: CONTROI- NOTATION 77 eration is the
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Page 90 and 91: CRACOW VARIATION 8I 7r. C/'6r C,n.
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CYC]TC PLAY 83 outsranding analrsr,
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DABBABA..n uno.thodox LtaPER used i
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DEMONSTRATION ROARIJ 3? a% "ffifrw
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tsla.l iniourcednaloin three by23.
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DIAGRAM, a piclorial representation
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DoMINATIoN, a study lem indicating
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The objecr, morc often than no1, n
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DUPI-EX 9? comncnls on the Sxde arc
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DUr'CIl VARIATION. 39. a standard l
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pa of the bod! qhrch rr A dcstred t
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ENGELS !03 FIDE title system is lou
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as ambasador. ln relurn d'6onwas sc
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nasrer, and rhey have been tanstaEd
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entre. AIso 414 in the spaNrss opEN
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EALKBEER VARIA'I ION, 321 . la Scha
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A posnion bl tne French inalyst Pie
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chess ser and sood became deeply ab
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Mt 60 Memorobk eMd. a classic of pa
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Ii$l pria ahead of Bogoljubow, L L.
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seond board lor bis suntry in tbe O
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Masaz c (Dec.1786). This essay in p
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FYFE GAMBTT i25 saved.19.. . Bxh2+
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GELLER I27 1833) in 1813 and by Bre
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trutto della Munieta di Gilocar'a S
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whouyto problens.In 1924 holh thc c
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cach player'ssecond rankcould be ad
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GA(A orGADAforWhite. SAWA oTSAPA fo
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2r e5 eb ?2 Ogl Nrs 23 Ne4 ts$3 ?4
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Whrre \ I]a{n on rl r r hrlfPc$ed l
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There was 6uch a.rimony between riv
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Ilaingunoflicially adoptcd a. l lye
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conquerorsolSicilyshortlyafterwards
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HUBNER 14? rr rN.oDened htrchesr dn
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I IBCA, thc Intenratioml Braille Ch
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INTERFERENCE ]5I to be faia!. In mn
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TVKOV 153 ou$clves adopl it. We dis
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J'ADOUBE. A waming givcn by a playe
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JUNGE 157 forerunner ol thc problem
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Kaeov in 1932 L€nidgrad Universir
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HebecamcacaNDrD^Ebywinning(+?=6)the
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KERES 163 and having lew opportunit
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0'0 g6 7 Rcl Bg7 3 h3 Nh6 I Ncr b6
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KNAAK 16? caied play iollowing 3 .
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KOLISCH 169 KNIGIIT WEEEL, a proble
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sdnine the soviel masicr tiilc (195
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KROCIUS I73 rhe (rcnuNr hcciN 19 Oh
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KUPREICEIK. VIKTOR DAVIDOVICH (1949
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delearollvko!(+4:3 l)rhenalossloTal
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1914, a historic event because Capa
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playc$ from Riga, in particular by
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FwIs 133 men1, ln narch play he del
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LDWIS COUNmR-GAMBIT, 335, an aggres
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the G..r.Il,.hrc, neady nnished, wa
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LtvlNG CHESS 189 Anong the many poe
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Thc hmiLiar GREE( crF rollo*\ 2l Bx
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L6PEZ-4TANUTIO COTNTDR.GAMBIT. 569
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idea- although manyye rspasscd bclo
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MCCUTCmON VARIATION. 640. a line in
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t7Qh6+ Krh6 rsNhr5+ Bxf5 19Nxl5+ (h
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€ndgme,havebecomcstandardized. (S
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was not conducive to success 1n sho
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MARSHALL DEFENCE 205 York in 1896.
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as rhe grh centu4 are on rc.ord, bu
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a1 15 he won (+3=3) the 6nal (or pl
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The play is somelines said to show
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nlemaiional Grandmaster (1982). He
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MODEL MATE 215 Tara*h-Tci.hiann O$e
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playemi bur he would not !isi1 thc
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While and 39 or 40 single nov6 by B
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N, a symboliorthe knieht ohen uscd
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NEWSIAPER COLUMNS 223 NEUMANN. GUST
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temporarily retired) lrom ahoul 192
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indicaEs clearlylhrtir is whitcvho
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OBLIGATORY CEECT, a term u*d by Idr
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was little advance md the l9th i th
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inplying the .eciprocal relationshi
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white cannotplay I Nl6+ because thi
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PACITMAN, l-LrDiK (1924 ). Czech-bo
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An.r long derence Blact bc8nr hn.tu
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PAULSEN VARIATION 2,1I Quiet .nd un
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any player in thc world. None of bi
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seak or otheoise. Exanioation may r
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asainst iAENrscn nr the 1840s. Serg
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was the nore proDablc cause. (See D
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tbe frrs1*nler ro exahine a BAsrc E
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ioblcm by Shinkman. D.,rdi, Ire? Pr
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%z % A study; poco$ANis that von se
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twtrfi.t %* %'& t wt% w % tst* w- F
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publishedbisanalysisinDearsches Wac
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E. Varnusz. .S.l..l?l (;an6 af Lajo
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Bla.l nos makes a p.sirional srrili
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The evenl thlt kindled the enlhusil
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(li-Ehmins wa, becausc of thc short
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PSEUDO-TWO-MOVER, a kind ol problen
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Q, the English languagc symbol for
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RABAR, BRASLAV 0919-r3). Yugoslav p
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RAT OPENING 2?5 ard sele.ts a piece
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RFjFLEX CtlESS. an unorrhodox gamc
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1925 he played 29 blindf old games
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A pionccr problem by an unkroNn con
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stalionary shootinS ns target oil t
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naring continuation rhat v.s nol av
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Engl.nd, Germany. a.d India around
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...Ngl 2Nd4.AfterthekeyiBI4(threale
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s, aslmbol ior lhe knight(GernanJp,
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In 1634 he published 1/ P,ri,o, all
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SAVON. VL,ADIMIR ANDREYEViCH (1940-
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Schlechteis laler achielemenls in.l
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anorhei 16 games and back g.nes in
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SCOTCH GAME 3l]I inte.est in dank o
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sealed arc Nritlcn on tbe envelope.
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lron those oI the Tarrasch Deledce,
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SHATRANJ 307 sqnares are on hisodd-
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SHORT, NIGEL DAVID (1965 ), Enghh p
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SISIlR SQUARES 311 SICIIRJONSSON, G
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the cenrre pasns scrc adranced late
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i ,5tt t %wt "&,%ru 20 Bb7 (Blrck!
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Black mu$ conccdc nor spae in rhc .
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man.csin l930 rscoreol+5=5 3bshrren
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SQUEEZE 32I 18 Os,l Ob5 19 Oc4 Od7
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A position f.on rhe gane N. hoscki-
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S'I'AUNTON 325 to rccruil Ameicans
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about chess be lenrned by himsell.
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1972,second (+6=81 afler Polusaye,s
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oad, nh bearins sturdy. IHis leatur
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STRATEGY ]33 SIIPULATIONS, inslrlct
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striving to win: To gain a lourname
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clined; 634 in the rxEN.s DEENCE. T
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yearFl0o 000 no!e, conrains 22 game
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TAIMANOV 341 gxn3, and \:!tne has t
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Sbo ly alter losi.g the title Tal n
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% 7Z&, H@ &s*t"& %&m .r1r . . . d5
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A pos un trcm lh€ Scme BoNrntrrk
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A position from the gane Gligona El
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correc{y played game siould cnd in
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TIME 353 deleated G. wALrcR and oth
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.I'IMING OF MOVES 355 given penod o
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sound enough for the higheslhonou6.
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the results ohtained by applying EI
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showed the winning procedurer I Ka3
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TtJR( 361 Thc Toik, displayed so as
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TWO.PAWNS ATTACK 365 voyag€s, Hor
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UNCAPTURE, to rctract (takc back) a
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VACAITON. se LNE !a.^noN vADAsz, LA
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2l h4f6 22h5Bif 23Os4Kh3 24Nh4 Nbl
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Conpositio6 rhen i1 was i.trodrced
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AL\iscE. walkcr esrablished rhe cus
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uy a car Bhen he landed and scll it
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woLF l7q srrArr. but of drbious ner
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worzburger. Black\ bhhop on c2 iS t
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YUSUPOV 383 shared find dace alter
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in the second world war and in 1949
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Samnch NiDovitch Copcnlra8en 1921 Q
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APPENDIX I OPENINGS O pEN r N G lin
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lhdet 01 None.l t)FninBs ddJ vanatt
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thd.\ ol Naned Openiryt and variati
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l,tlc\ ot l\ou?tl Opchnps ahd vattu
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lhdex oJ Narud Opekiass and vatidti
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lnder oJ Namdl Opehings ahd ratidti
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Iadex of Naded Operings atd yatiuti
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lndo of NaheJ OphtnBs and va, idt o
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APPENDIX II GLOSSARY OF CHESS TERMI
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Glossart of ChN TeminoloLy npoEE rc
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