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Ever since Spielmann penned his diatribe From the Sickbed of the King'5 Gambit this form of opening has been regarded with suspicion. But then along comes a game like this, played with spirit and wit by a young attacking genius, and all us doubters in the vitality of the gambits take heart again, and raise our King's Pawns on high.
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One Rook White gives up in normal style, but the other is sacrificed in brilliant enough manner to gladden the heart of any problem lover.
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O O P QR3 Kt B4 KtxBch Q Kt3 B Q2 B Kt4 QxPch QxQch Resigns There are two threats of mate on the move. If 22 . . . P B3, White wins nicely by 23 R Kt3 ch, K B2 24 R R7ch, K Kl 25 B Q6, R Q1 the other Rook has no plausible move 26 R K7 mate
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P K4 Kt KB3 P Q4 KtxP Kt QB3 P KKt3 B Kt2 P QB4 Kt QB3 PxP Kt B3 P Q3 P KKt3 B Kt2 PxKt Kt Q4 PxKt R QKtl O O Avoiding 12 . . . BxP 13 BxB, RxB 14 Q Q4 with a peculiar attack on both Rooks. Attacking the Rook and threatening mate at Kt7.
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At the age of eight when most children are intrigued by tick-tack-toe, Reshevsky was making complex combinations on the chessboard. He would face as many as twenty expert opponents in his exhibitions of simultaneous play. His manner was confident, his style sound, and his moves were made without hesitation. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew. On 12 . . . RxKt 13 Qx Rch, QxQ 14 BxQch, KxB and 1 P K5 wins the helpless. Bishop. What else is...
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Although White's combination begins with the capture of the vulnerable Bishop Pawn, this is no banal sacrifice of a Knight just to liven things up. If 16 . . . RxR 17 BxPch, KxB 18 Q B4ch, K B4 19 Q B7ch, B B3 or 19 . If 16 . . . RxR 17 BxPch, KxB 18 Q B4ch, K B4 19 Q B7ch, B B3 or 19 . K K5 20 P B3 mate 20 RxR and White wins. If 18 . . . K B1 19 BxKP wins the Rook, as Black must prevent mate. Forced, as 20 . . . K Q4 lets White mate in two. If 22 . . . R K2 he must not permit a check at B2 23...
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From the way the Knights hover around White's King it is clear that one of them will swoop down with a smothered mate. And smothered mate it is, but it takes an unusual, piquant form. Ii 14 PxB, QxP 15 Kt Kl, BxP 16 BxB, KtxB, and Black has two Pawns and the attack for his piece. Naturally, this Knight must not be taken. Meanwhile, Black threatens 19 . . . Kt K7ch 20 K Rl, QxR mate. And wins after 22 KtxQ by 22 . . . Kt R6 mate This is the sort o game that never ceases tq amaze me. At the odds...
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P Q4 QxP Q QR4 QxKtP Q-Q3 Kt QB3 B Kt5 O O O P KR4 KtxP P QKt3 Q-QB3 K Ktl Kt Kt2 Q B3 P B4 B B1 K B2 If 18 . . . K R1 19 Bx Ktch followed by 20 RxP mate. As Nimzovich used to say, The King has the consolation of dying in his homeland.
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The epaulette mate makes an exquisite finish to this lovely little game.
Chess Lukomski Podebin
Do not let improbable names mislead you Very often they are attached to exquisite bits of play. Lukomski unleashes an attack as though his name were Marshall who incidentally was fond of this game . P Q4 P QB4 Kt QB3 P K4 P K5 Q Kt4 PxKt Kt KB3 P K3 P QKt3 B Kt5 Kt K5 KtxKt Offering a Rook which his opponent does not dare touch. If 8 . . . BxR 9 QxKtP, R B1 10 B Kt5, P Kfe3 11 BxP, RxB 12 PxR, and Black is finished. On 10 . . . P Q3 11 Q B3 wins a piece.
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What a wonderful feeling it must be to sacrifice the Queen and then to checkmate with a Pawn. Watch this one which the winner played blindfoldedl 9 Q R5ch K B1 10 B R3ch K Ktl White announced a mate in two, which is done this way