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

DABBABA..n uno.thodox LtaPER used in several
versions of cRrAr cHEss. The 6 ordidates ol ils
teap are 2,0, and lhe length ol i1s move V4.
Sta.dingon d4n pould altack M. d6, f4. and d2.
D,ht'?hr merns sow. a movable stmcture to
prorect soldiers advanci.g upon a fort. The name
was also ued to descnbe Pieces tha! sere movcd in
other wars. Io a 1oth-entury gamc on a 10 x 10
board the dabbaba was mored like a MNN, in a
l4th-century game like a bishoP, and in an
18rh century game like an EMress.
DA(!, ARTHUR WLLIAM (1910 ), Amer
ican player, lnlemational Master (1954), son ola
Pohh lather and a NoNegian nother. Comiflg
lron Portland, Oregon,10 New York in 1930 he
wo. the Mashall Club Championship, 1930 1,
and rhus oblain.d entry to the Ne* Yort lournament.1931
(won by c{sLANcA). He ra'cd badly
in this event, but the expericn.e sharpened his play
and at Pasadena 1932 he tied lor third place *i1h
ESE'VS( ANd H. STENET AIiET ALEGNE ANd
$snDAN. Dake never bettered this tournament
performane bur he distinguishcd bimsellin three
olympiads (all son by the UsA) in 1he las1 of
which. warsaw 1935, he nade the best score at
board ro& (+13=5). He largely sa,e up competitive
play soon after the Se@nd World War.
DAMTANO (16th century), aurbor oi the first chcss
book to be pubtished in llaly, Qu$to libro e do
inpalarc giocarc a scachi eI de le tatne, Por\e,
1512. Aeording to Bibliotheca Luitano, 1159.
Daniano was an apothecary iron Odenira in
soulh-wesl Po ugdl. F[s bool has 124 unnumbereJ
pasc, 8trot which dcJl qifi problems anLl
studies (all but onc taken rron oiher soure, Nilh
both ltalian and Spanish texr. Damiano suggests
rhe game was invenied by Xerxes which is why it
was loown in Spanish d Axedrez. He exami.es a
Iew oDenings, notins that afler I e4 e5 2 NB tbe
reply2. . . Nc6hbesr, 2. . . d6nnot good-and2
... f6 (1he openins naned alter him) is wosr.
Besides advocating a cLAssrcAL CENTRE he adds
vanousnanns, e.g. II you have a good move look
to see whetncr tbere is a beuei one and with an
advanlage make equal exchanges,' Thc last chapter
gives advice aboul blindfold chess.
Neaily50yearselapsedbeloreanoderteltbool
(by Ruy L6pEz) was pubhhed, and during that
tine Daniano\ book achieved sDch wide popularny
that seven edilions Ncre published in Rone and
a French lranslalion inPans. Enelisb and Gernan
translations snbsequently appeared.
DAMIANO DEI'ENCE, 544, a variation given by
LUCENA and rightly ondenned by DAMTANo as
DAMJANOVIa (pron. Dam-yan-oyich)- MATo
(1927- ). Yugoslav player, International Grandmasrer
(1964). His besr roumanent perlormances
sere:seondplace(+8=4 3)eqnalwithruoNov
after (locus ahead ofsPAssKY al Sochi 196.1i 66t
(+9:5-t) at Zagreb 1969i add irst cqnal with
Hrcqr and MArANovf, Bad Pyrmont 1970.
DANGDROUS DIAGONAI, rhe di.gonal cl-h,l
for White ore8-h5lorBlack. A beginner is oietr
suerhcdbyiheaPpe anceofthcenemyqueenon
the h-6le bearing down on his fPawn or Biving
.heckmare. Sec Fodl's MArE and scsol^R\ MArE.
Grandmdlcrs ioo may be surpiised, as in the
LaEen Spa$ky USSR v. Rcsr of world 1970 Queen\
1b3.5 2Bb2Nc6 3c,lNl6 lNAe4 5Nd4Bc5 6Nxc6
dr.6 7e3Bl5 3Bc2Qe7 9Oc2rlrl0 l014?Ns'l 1lg3
h5 12h3h4 llhiglhxs3 11RClRht 15Rrbl 92 16
Whnc r.siSns
Rll Qh4+ 17 Kdl rxfl=Q+
DANIS{ GAMDIT, 343, analysed by nany who
lived in Dennark: in the 1830s by a iurisl called
B lankensle in er livi ng in Judand ; in l867byM s.J.
From shen he playeditinthe Parhtournanentrby
usA vhen he was Prussian Anb.ssador at
Copenhasen (186!78)i andlaterbyO. H Krause,
S. A. Sorensen. and others.
DARGA, KLAUS VI(TOR (193+ ).WeslGer
man player, International Crandmasler (1964),
compnte. programmer. Fron 1953, when he tied
for 6^t place in the World Junior Chanpiodsbip
(he losl on tie break), Darga became a resularcomperilor
in intcrnational tournamcnts. He.eached
his best lo.m i. the late 1960s, notably ar Winni
peg, 1967, *hen he came 6Bt (+3=6) equal Nnb
TARSEN abeadolcEsandsPAssn. AlteNardshe
entered lewer lournanents, Preferrjng to give
more dne 10 his prolession. Darga played in ten
Olympiads fron 1954 lo 1976.
DAII( BISHOP, a bishop that is moved on the
DAWSON, THOMAS RAYNER 0889-195I),
Englishconposer, pioncer of both rArR! ptoDLEMs
and REnocRADE ANALyS'S. lln problems in these