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

N. I. Greko!, M. /. cl4,r;n (1939) contains 281
sames and biosraphy, wilh tcxt in Russiani l.
iromanov. Ivol.re*o. Natlsdie chigorin (196n)
conrains 177 gamcs (complementing thosc in
Grekovt book) and 90 pages oI wcll researched
biography: L. Abrafov, It lrgcs.rn'ftk Lr
S.ha.hs: Tschigorin (1960) contains 400 gancs,
about 100 ol rben annotated
ChigoriFluasd 20ih match sanc S. Pererburs
1893 Fr.n.h Dere'ce. Chigorin Vaiii.iotr
le4c6 2Qc2ae7 lb3li 4BblRr6 5 Bxr6Nxl6 6.5
Nd7 7Qs1s6 8l.1Nc6 9N.lNb4 loKdlN.5 llQe2
a6 l2a3N.6 llNr3h6 l.1d4Nd7 15Qc3Ner l6Bd3
ci 17Nc2Rb7 l,i.lOc7 19Nduhs 20xe].J 2l bic4
bxcl 22 Bc2 Bc6 2l Klzltbs 21 Rabl L{bl 25 Nxbt
Qa5 26 Oc1 N})6 2? Qb2 Kd7 28 Nd2 Kc7 29 Rbl
Rb3 30QclBa4 rlts{a.1Nia4 32 Rxb8lrbs 3:lNfl
Ob5 3.1Q.2 h6 35NclNc6 36Ke2Na? l7Kd2 Qa5 33
Ne2 \b5 39 g4 Nb6 10 t5 sxl5 41 gif5 Oxal
CHINESE CTIESS 65
C{INESD CIIESS (Es,a,8.r'i), the mosl inPor
tant regional variety otchess. the modem lorn is
hcrc descnbed. The mcn are moled on thc
line'inreBecdons (I,oints) of a board that has nine
6les.ndlcn ranks The sPace bctween lhe 6lth and
sixth ranks is caled lhe river. Diagonal lines at
each end ot the board deine the limils oI a
nine'point torrrcss. The men are shaped like
draushtsmcn. ideniilied bY chara.ters on the tace
and aoloured sreen (or blue) lor fte player who
noves 66t and rcd lor hn opponcfll. (The
beautilullycarucd sets often lound in antique shops
and tabellcd as Chinese scre made tor export.)
Thc diagranshoss thc arayia desciiplion olthe
men and the saY they nole follows.
'Ihe seneral, depi.red as a king (K), is noved
likeaw^zrRbur notpernitledlo lcavelhelortress.
The counscllor (c), sooetnnes called a nan_
dann, movcd like a ERs. also .ol Pemitlcd to
Thc clephanl (E), moved like a riL but cannot
l.al or cros thc ri,er.
rhe NAo (M).
Thecha or, depidedas arook(R)andmovedin
Tbe sao (P), representing th€ ballina .nd
sometioes called a canno.
The sldier, depicled as a pawn, noleddncctly
foMa.d one squarc al a tine or ahcrnatively
side*ays (Lare'ally) after rosing the river.
On th. tcnth rank the pasn may only molc
Bli.k hasarhn *on alawn on the quccn\ sidc. bur hc
su.cumbsro an atack on the orh
&c6rxe6 llNelQI3 14Qg6Nc7 45Nc2Kc3 46Ngl4
Qe7 17Oft6a5 13h4a4 49h5f ioNclNdT 51Q96
NII 52Q83(d7 5lh6Ne8 slN.:Qhl 5iQfl+Qe7
5rr Qh5 Qh7 57 Nb4Nc7 53QA5Qe7 59os8oh4 60
Q37+Oe7 6lNhi.2 62Nf6+ K.8 63Qr.7al=Q 61
OrIS+ Kb7 6i Nd7 Na6 66 N6+ Biack resignr_
Thc pao Nas a 13th ccntury inventioni the ooves
of the other ncn and of the early lndian che$nen
bave nuch in comnon. lsec 'nsroRt
or csas.)
CHIGORIN DEFENCE, .19. an unusual way oI
declinins the auErN's,cAMDU introduced by {rH!
coRrN towards thc end oi ttE 19rh c.ntury
CEICORIN INDIAN DEFENCE, 140, rhe oLD
CT GORIN VARIATION. 24 in $e Ouecn-s Pasn
Opening sonelines called thc RIcHr.R Variation
and sonetimes named aftcr poNz,ANrwho analysed
it h6ti 235, thc .Losr !^{^noN oI the sroLrAN
DrtsrN.Ei 402 in the Spanish Opcning played
sucessfully in $e sanc Durarchisonn, Nuren
berg 1906a 660..H6oRrN singenious artackigai.sl
thc FRENCH DE!EN.E. phyed by him in his match
against r Mscs. 1893.
Also 76in rhe s.MlsLAv DEIEN.Eolihe aUEEN-s
oAMBr Declined, Iavoured by Chigorin in thc
1890s. Black\ first sn rores conslitulc the coLLL
sysrEM, r preparation for thc advance oI his king's