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8 SSC.I Sun'Mar-19' 1972 BY ISAAC KASHDAN INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER Addrm LiH'ti to Chm Editor, I A. Timti Timt Mirror Squnr lot Angolat, Calif. 90053 CHESS March If, 1972 TIMES PROBLEM 4117 By E. A. Wlrtanen BLACK new style sport coats All the newest styles fabrics, colors.

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We will come to the winners later. The most curious performance was that of Bent Larscn of Denmark, who was the favorite in the llf) un C-J xfv vfc lU fV III 1 1 WHITE 10 1 14.99 Whltt mates In three. It does not sem likely that th white rooks would get together, but they do, In two remarkabl variations. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 4116: NQ2. top fashion suits Single-breasteds in many patterns, solids in an enormous choice of colors.

Pick something very contemporary that he'll enjoysprucing up with a bold dress shirt and wide new tie. Sizes 10-20. 19.99 pre-tournament prognostications. It was Larsen's first major appearance since his disastrous 6-0 loss to Bobby Fischer in their match last summer. How would this affect Larsen, who had one of the greatest tournament records in recent years? If you leave out the top five prize winners for a moment, Larsen's performance is superlative.

Against the rest of the 16-man field he won eight games and drew two against Pal Benko of New York and Jan Donner of Holland. But against the leaders it was five zeros. Larsen, the highest-rated player, could not get a draw against them, any more than he could against Fischer. He would develop good positions, then go wrong at a critical point. Heading the list were Lu-bojevic, a relatively unknown young man from Yugoslavia, who recently acquired the grandmaster title, and veteran Oscar Panno of Argentina.

They tied with totals of 11-4, each winning seven games and drawing eight without a loss. It was a worthy triumph for both. U.S. champion Samuel Re-shevsky of Spring Valley, N.Y., tied for third place with Lajos Portisch of Hungary, each scoring 10-5. Reshevsky won six games, drew eight and lost one to Csom of Hungary.

Portisch was undefeated, winning five games while drawing 10. Ulf Andersson of Sweden took the fifth place with 9l-5V2. Then came Csom and Larsen, tied with 9-6. The point distribution was quite different. Csom had a plus score of 3-2 against the leaders, nut did considerably less well than Larsen against the lower group.

Two of the American contingent were less successful. Benko finished in eighth place with 8Vs-62. and former U.S. champion Arthur Bisguier was 13th with 5V4-9V4. The remaining final standings were: Donner and Tatai, Italy, 7-S; Keene, England, and Pomar, Spain, 6-9; Garcia, Cuha, and Bel-Ion and Medina, both of Spain, 3-12.

The following games are from the tournament: BENONI DEFENSE no combinations in the style of Tal or Alekhine. The wins were achieved mainly by errors on the part of the opponents or by the accumulation of small advantages which proved sufficient in Fischer's hands. The key word to describe Fischer's play is accuracy. He made no serious mistake at any time during the stretch. He was never in time trouble, and almost always had more time left on his clock at the end of the session.

Fischer won a number of games that almost anyone else would have considered as drawn. Slight theoretical advantages were as good as a queen ahead, with the forceful and exact play of the American genius. A typical example was the fourth game of the match plaved last year between Fischer and Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union. With an early advantage in the cen-ter, Fischer planted a knight on Q5 which Taimanov had to take with a bishop. Fischer was then content to exchange pieces and simplify to the position fn the follow-ing diagram, which occurred after 45 K-Q3.

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reg. A boys' wear 14 and 23 all stores except Oxnard run km Reshevskv Larsen i ReshtvsKV Larsan Denmark U.S.A. uenmor USA, Black Whit P-K3 NxP RxP QxR N-Q5 Q-Ql O-RS KxB R-Kl K-Rl PxP N-K3 Q-N4 K-Nl R-KB1 Q-K6ch QxKP Resigns 20-N-B2 JI-PxP 22P-KB4 23- RxR 24- P-E5 25- B-R6 26- N-N4 27- BxB 28- P-R3 29- P-B4ch 30- P-B3 31- PxP 32- QxP 33- N-K5 34- Q-07 35- NxBP 36- K-R1 37- N-NS Black P-Q64 P-Q3 N-KB3 P-KN3 B-N2 0-0 N-R3 N-B2 P-OR3 B-G2 P-QN4 RN1 B-K1 N-Q2 OExN P-N5 BN4 PxB R-Rl White 1-P-Q4 J-P-Q5 3- P-M 4- N-QB3 5- N-B3 6- B-K2 TOO J-N-02 -P-QR4 10- P-B3 11- N-B4 12- N-N6 13- P-R5 14- B-K3 15- NxN 16- 0-Q2 17- N-Q1 18- BxB 19- RR2 SLAV DEFENSE Larsen Panno Denmark Larsen Denmark Black Panno Argentina White Argentina FlhCHER Whit has two pluses. First, he has the better king and pawn ending. In fact he Is threatening to win by 4 BxN, KxB; 47 K-B4.

The main difference is the spar rawn moves. If then 47 K-B2; 48 05. K-Q2; 49 P-B4. and the white King will penetrate via K6 or QB6. The second advantage tor White Is th bishop for knight, especially with pawn on different color on both side of the board.

It i Black's move, and 'ne seems to have ample defensive resources, but watch how Fischer works his way through. The game continued: 45 N-K2; 48T3-K8. K-Q4; 47 B-B7ch, K-Q3: 48 K-B4. K-B3; 49 B-K8ch, K-N2; 50 K-X5. N-Bl.

Threatening mate in one, but Fischer is of course prepared. If 50 K-R2; 51 B-B7, K-N2: 52 B-N3. would the position that occurs later in the game. 51 B-B6oh, K-B2. 52 B-Q5.

N-K2, 53 B-B7, X2; 54 B-X3, K-R2; 55 B-Ql, K-N2; 56 B-B3ch, K-B2. Fischer Is about to accomplish his major objective, to get his king behind the black pawns, one wav or the other. If 5fi K-R2: 67 P-B4. X-Nl; 58 K-R6, N-B3; 59 K-Qfi, N-K5ch: fiO K-K6. XxXP; 61 K-B6, and White will win on the king sine.

Taimanov allows the white king to enter on the rook file, which does not seem serious. 57 K-Rfi. X-Nl: 58 B-Q5, X-K2; 59 B-B4, K-B3: 60 B-B7, K-B2; 61 B-K8. K-Ql. This is the critical position.

How does White make progress? If 62 B-B7, K-B2, and the pawns are held on both sides. White ran keep gaining tempos, but there is no additional weakness to hit. What comes now Is part of Fischer's plan. He does not even consider it hrilliant. He Rives up the bishop for three pawns, and wins "simply." 62 XxB: 63 KxP, K-Q2; 64 KxBP.

X-K2; 65 P-QX4, PxP: 66 PxP. X-Bl: 67 P-R5, X-Q3. If 67 K-B2. Black will stop the queen side pawns, but 68 K-Q5 will win. The black king and knight cannot cover the whole area.

The final moves were: 68 P-N5, N-K5ch: 69 K-Xfi, K-Bl: 70 K-B6, K-X1: 71 P-X6. Here Taimanov resigned. His knight can no loneer get hack to defend, and one of the pawns will soon queen, Black Q-62 O-Nl KxN R-Nl 0-R2 B-K2 KR-Q1 OBxB PxR PxP 0 B2 K-B3 RxN K-02 Q-OB5 Q-N4 Resigns wmte 19- N-B4 20- NB-N6 21- NXN7 22- B-B6 23- B-K4 24- R-B4 25- RxQP 26- BxN 27- RxBch 28- P-K6ch 29- B-04 30- N-N6ch 31- NxR 32- RxPch 33- RxNP 34- P-ON3 35- R-N6 N-KB3 P-Q4 P-B3 ONQ2 PxP P-QN4 BN2 N5 P-B4 N-04 PxP P-N3 B-K2 P-R3 B-KB1 0-R4 P-R3 1- P-QB4 2- N-QB3 3- N-E3 4P-Q4 S-P-K3 e-B-03 7-BxBP I-B-Q3 9-P-K4 10-N-QR4 H-P-KS 12- 0-0 13- R-K1 14- B-KN5 15- B-KRS 16- R-QB1 17-B-KN5 18-N-Q2 OPENING ENGLISH Larsen Lubolevlc Denmark Larsen Lubolevlc Denmark Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Black White Whit. Black P-N3 N-05 PxP N-R3 P-B4 P-KN4 PxN KNxP NxR Q-N5 Q-R5 PxB B-R3 RxBP QxR R-KB1 19- N-B1 20- B-QR3 21- NQ3 22- M3XP 23- P-K5 24- P-R3 25- PxB 24-PxP 27-B-N2 29- N-K3 30- BxN 31- N-B4 32- OxP 33- RxR 34- 0-05 Resigns P-K4 0B3 PQ3 B-K3 Q-Q2 KN-K2 P-B4 P-KN3 B-N2 0-0 R-B2 QR-KB1 K-Rl BPxP N-KN1 B-N5 OPxP R-Kl 1-P-KN3 2B-N2 3- P-OB4 4- N-P93 -Q3 0-P-K4 7B-K3 (-KN-K2 9-N-Q5 10- Q-Q2 11- 0-0 12- P-B4 13- R-B2 14- QR-KE1 15- QPxP 16- P-N3 17- P-OBS 18- BxP COURT-FREED LION ENDS UP BACK IN ZOO BOSTON A mountain lion seized by police and then freed by the courts, is now back in custody. The 150-pound animal was found in a room of a former tavern in East Boston where it was being kept as the pet of a motorcycle club.

Acting on a court order, based on complaints that the lion's nighttime howling was i turbing neighbors, police and officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals seized the animal after tranquilizing it. They took the lion to the Stoneham Zoo for, safekeeping. The lion had been in the zoo last October after it clawed and bit a policeman when it was found wandering loose in Revere. The lion was later returned to its owners by a court order. GLIGOBIC TO EXHIBIT Grandmaster Svetozar' Gli-goric of Yugoslavia arrived in Los Angeles today to begin an extensive exhibition tour -of the United States.

His first appearance will be at the Student Chess Club, starting at p.m. Monday in the Teachers' Cafeteria of Grant High School in Van Nuys. Visitors are welcome, but only members of the club can play. In his first public exhibition Gligoric will take on all comers at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Downey Chess Club, 8441 Firestone Blvd.

The charge will be $5.50 for anyone wishing to take a board, and $1 for spectators. At 7:30 p.m; Friday Gligoric will be at the West Covina Chess Club, at the Mesa School on S. Barranca. The charge here also will be for players and $1 for spectators. FISCHER'S ACCURACY Last year Bobby Fischer rolled up the most fantastic winning streak in chess history, 20 straight victories against grandmaster opposition.

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