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

No-Movd conPose6 of his gene.ation. He
retumed to Jakarta in 19?9 and took a post
conerned witn planning a.d develoPment in the
tirber i.dnstry. (See Broc(.)
BY-PLAY, vanadons of a problcm solution tbat
are not central ro rhe composcfs idea. (compare
BYRNE, DONALD (1930-76), Anencan plate.,
lnteirrational MNter (1962). He won thc Ssiss
sJr{em US OPen Champrumhip in lqsj an,l
represenred h'( counrB rn rhree Olympiads (1462.
196,{, 19681. Like his brother Roberl be was a
DYRNE, ROBERI EUGENE (1928 ), InteF
national Grandma$er 0961). A leadiae united
Statcs player, he played in lh€ national cham
pionship several limes. winning in 1960 and 6ming
seond (+5=5+1) equal Mrh REssEvsxY afte.
EscnrR in 1965. Byme played in manyOltmPiads
from 1952, naking rbe best thnd-board score
(9:6) at Leipzig in 194{. ToBards tbe end otlhc
1960shegavcup hispositionasa collegelcdurerto
bccome a chess prolessional and soon achieved
good resulls: US Championship. 1968, se@nd
(+5=6) after EvANs ahead olReshevsky: MoscoN
1971. catceory 14, a score of +3=12 2 to share
cighth placei US Championship- 1972.Iitsi equal
with h!^LE( and Reshe'sty. Byrnewon (+2=2)
the play ofl lor thc nalional title in 1972 and thus
quaiificd lor one ol the rso intezonal tournamcnts
ro be heldin 1973iselecred to play at Leningrad. a
cateeory 12 elenl, hc scored +9=7 1 and c.6e
rhird alterxoR.rrNor and kpov ahead olLAnsN.
BYRNE VARIATION 53
hL, and r{MANov. wilh this, hn best tou.nament
a.hievenent. Byrnc became a oNDIDATE, but he
losl the qnarr€rfinal narch againsl the exchampion
sp^sso. His best results sincc the.
were: Tonenolinos 1976, IiBr (+6=7)i Biel
intezonal, 1976, catesory 12, fiftb (+6=11 2)i
Baden-bei-Wien 1980, cateSoiy 12, fourtb
(+4=10-1) equal with vacANyAx aftcr spassky.
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BYRNE VARIATION, 265. a sound line against
the N^rDoN vAEAroN ol rhc srcrLr^N D*a!.t
nrmed alter R. E. BYR{E.