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

,I8 BOURDONNAIS VARIATION
donnah. like hi rival McDonDcll. {as buricd al
M.D.nrell Bou onnin 47$ 8rm. (fili SaDe or the
rounhmnch) L3l4 Bnh.t\openins.l'hilidorvrddioi
I e4ci 2 Bc,1B.5 3c3 Qe7 l Nll d6 5008b6 6d4
NI6 7Na3BE1 SNczNhdr 9Od3d5ll 10.xd5.1 ll
Qd2 era 12 Rel Ne4 lil Ola 15 1a cxr g5 15 Oe3
Ne5 16!b5+c6 17lxg4 (whiieshoulJhrrcvilhd {
hisbnhop!oc2) 17 Nxgl 18Qc2crb5 l9r:1N316 20
oxb5+ od7 2r ordT+ KrdT 22 fte4 Nrel
Thn position occufcd in lhe gnde P.mar
J Cuadras, Olot 1974. Whne hN tust played his
king ru do uhcrc rt a o tlc uL^Di^Nrs !t Jl
'r!n(
tutrr hlrr nrsn\. Bl1!k c.nrinueJ.l2 . l.l attcr
\ihich he cannot bc prcvented lrom qnccnine a
Iasn Nhne playcd ,13 Kd5 h4 4'l Kxe413 '15
gxf] h3 ,16 fxe,1 and soon resigncd
ApA*Nu.Lbesins.2:1.4Ri.3 2,1.58d3 25 d6 14 26
b1Rl 3 27Rrlh5 23Nal816 29Bb2s4 loNc4B 31
Nc5+Bxe5 r2dxe5h4 33l{adlD+ lBlrkshouldh.!c
idvanced his g.p u.) 31I(hl h:r :r5 Rd:l Rgs :16h5ql
37 hxsS Rxgl l8 Rd4 Lesl 39 c6+ Kd3 10 R4dl??
(whire \hould hav..aprftd rhcknighr ) 10 . h2 4l
e7+ Kd? 42 c5+ bxc6 4l hxc6+ Kx6 44 es=Q+
Rrc3 45 Kih2 Re6 16Rcl+Kb5.ra4+l(b.l 48Bc3+
Rxdl 49 Rxcl (xcl 50d7Rd6 5l Kg2 RrdT 52Rcl+
Kdl 53 (ll Kcl Whi(. rcsi8is
BOURDONNAIS VARIATION, 242. a iinc lor
Black in thc Si.ilian Dcfcncerhatwas plaredthrcc
iimcs by Bou{DoNN^rs in bis lourth matcb against
M.ToNNELL, 183'1. and was larei recomnendedby
LdwENrsAr shose namc it somctimcs bca(
(Comparc BolEn.Avsxr vaR,a,,oN, 247.) Also 662
in the FiE\.H DEFENCE. reconmended as berter
rhan 2 d4 by Bourdonnais in his book (1833)
ahhough he later changed his opinion.
BRADFORD ATTACK, 637, a vanalion oI the
played by BucreurNE againn
Lee ar thc Brldlord lournament 1881i lllack
usually avoids thn altack by playing 6 . . . Nc6
BREDE THEME! a probleB n.nauvr.: a checl
lrom a bla.k piece is ans{.rcd by the sell pin otan
nrbrposed piece shich, subsequently unpidned, is
ieed lo nake rhe maring move
Thc pioneer problen bt !h. Gcirnan composer
Ferdinand JuliusBiede (1800-49). problemno. 16,
Al ana.h fn. tt.u"de nn Schd.lspidl, Altona,
1844: I Ne2 B16+ 2 ad4 (a scll-pin)
2 ... N-d5 3 Nc3+ (thc unpinning movg
3 ... Nxd ,l Oc5 ID problens showing thh
man@uu. (i. problenr ja.sona sfaregic devi.c')
che.ks are oien answered by chc.ks, and it is
sonetimes called the B rcdc c ross-check: but, as in
tbis e{nple, a cros-.heck is nol a necesary
BRADLEY BEACH vARlAftON, 12, a line lor
Bla.k in lhe ENcL'sE opNrNG played by Alr(nrN.
ag instBiSelowin a tournlmc.latBradleyBeach,
BREATTEROUGH, rbe penetration oI an
app.rendy sell delendedposition- otieo byncans
ol sacri6.c. lsce Bro.xAD. and TARRASCH for
ITREMEN VARTATION. ]3 in the tNcLIsg oPE!
rNG, also knosn as the Carls Vanadon. (See
BRENTANO DEIENCE. ,141, n dubious r.ply to
the s!1Nrss opENrNG darine from 1900 when
Brenrano puhlishcd his analrsis in lhe Wi.,cr
S.hdch.eitun$ 598, from the second edirion oI
Bilguer's E^NrBUcq. 1852, and 6i0, the Campbcll
Variation, r*olinesid thc xrNc scA Bn Accepled.