Chess

By PUILIDOR

244. 0. GALLISCHEK (from Richter's Schach-Delikatessen)

BLACK (3 mew

WHITE (to men) W"IL,t.• this position Black plays . . . R—I3 6 ch; how can .,, "Re avoid either stalemate or perpetual check? It i!ri be done, after a kind of Keystone Comedy chase t,h, e White king: as a slender clue, White would win he had no pawn on K Kt 3. I am indebted to ti• Picard for sending me this position: solution next week. Solution to No. 243 (Lider): Kt (4) x P (Q 6)) threat Q x P. Attractive and original problem, with a thematic try s Kt (2; x P (Q 6)? defeated only by t ... R—K 7!

One of the most remarkable tournament results of recent years was the victory of the Israeli veteran, fifty-five-year-old M. Czerniak at . Natania with so points out of I s, 21 points ahead of Kraidman, Matanovic and Gligoric. Such a victory in his own country must have been peculiarly satisfying; the following game shows one reason for it—he has kept his aggressiveness and courage, qualities that are so often lost by older players. To attack needs much more stamina than to defend.

White, Soos. Black, CZERNIAK. °patine, Robatsch Defence.

z P—K 4 P—KKt 3

2 P—Q .4 II—Kt a

3 Kt—K B 3 P—Q3

4 R—Q 84 Kt—K Bs $ § Kt—Q 2 0-0

6 —K a P—B 3 7 t 3 Q—B a

8 0-0 P—K 4

p P x P P x P zo Kt—B 4 QKt—Q a

11 P—B 3 ? . . . He should piny R—Q t, to meet P—QKt 4 with Kt—Q 6. Point of text was no doubt to play 12 13—B a against t x . . . Kt-13 4 but he could have met the atter with 12 Kt (4) x El', Kt (3) x KP; 14 13—K13 4, Q—K 2 and White has u satisfactory game. Now he is put on the defensive extraordinarily quickly. II. . . P—QKt 4! Q za QKt—Q a Kt— R 4

23 P—Kt 3 Kt-13 4 24 B—B a It—Kt 5 z5 Q—II 3 Q—K a

z6 Kt—Kt 3 . . . . Better r6 Kt—R 4 and T7 QKt —13 3: the pieces are needed on the K side. 16 . . . Kr—K 3 17 P—QR 4 Q—R 1

18 R—Q r QR—Q r Threat R x13.

19 QKt—Q a . . . . 19 13-1:. 2 Xi ∎.i:--B c : is even worse. Kr (4)-85 !fp A boa] sacr.fice.. . zo P X P. ... . . . which White should have the courage to accept. Alter 20 P x Kt, Kt :•.P; 21 Q x P White, although in great danger, has strong counter-chances on Q side and I cannot find a cleat win for Black. so . . . B—R 3 ! 2l K-11 r R—Q 6 The alternative is 21 . . . R x Xi: 22 Kt x R, Kt—K 7 I; 23 Q x Kt (23 Q—B ? B—B 6 eh ! ' or 23 Q—Q 3, Kt—B 4), 13 x Q; 24 B x B—but Black is going for king, not queen. as Q x P. Kt—R 6 23 K—Kt 2 KB x Kt

24 Kt x li B x It 25 R s: B Kt (3)—Kt 4

26 P—KB 4 I . . a final and fatal timidity. Ile feared 26 . . . R x Kt and 27 • . . Q—B 6 ch but after 36 I' ,P, It x10.; 27 R.xR I ill x R loses), Q—B 6 ch; 28 K—B z Black can only draw by perpetual check, c.a. 28 . , . Q—R It ch; ao K—K 2, Kt—Kt 8 ch ? (29 .. , Q—B 6 eh I); 3o K—Q a ! and White wins.

26 ._. . P x P

27 H —B I R (111)-01/

28 P :.,. P . • • R 28 Kt—B 3. Xi ,`, Kt i 29 R x Kt, R x K; 3o N. x , R—Q 6 eh; 31 K—Kt 2, P xi' and Black wins.

28 ._... . R x Kt ch ao ti x R R x B ch 3o K—R r Kt x KP

31 Q—Kt 8 ch K—Kt 2

7 c

32 2 R—B 3 Xi '5)--/3 32 Q—K 5, Kt (5)—B 7 ch. • • • 'h 33 K—Kt a Q—R 5

34 K—B r Q—Kt 5 35 —K 5 ch K—R 36 —Kt 3 Kt—Q 6 1

474 (171 1 . . . 37 R x Q ?, R—B 7 mate or 37 —Ni—..t 5 c.., _•:.—Kt 21 37 • • • R—Q 8 ch 38 R- R Q x R ch 39 K—Kt 2 Kt (Q 6) x P ch 40 2 x Kt ch Kt x Q ch 41 —II a Q—K 7 ch 42 Resigns . . . 42 K—Ku 1, Q—K 8 mate.